I read an interesting Wall Street Journal article recently that discussed the war between tech companies to control future consumer distribution platforms. The article explains that the cash-flush giants “…each want to own the digital platform where people communicate, shop and seek entertainment.” This got me thinking about platforms in healthcare. Right now, it’s fair […]
Pain management is one of the greatest challenges facing our healthcare system right now. We’ve witnessed tremendous growth in utilization trends stemming from the ‘perfect-storm’ effect playing out in this industry over the past several years, earning it the title of ‘last, wild, wild west of healthcare,’ as many like to call it. The unique […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Around age 40, patients often develop a fuzziness of vision close up, presbyopia–becoming farsighted and losing elasticity in their natural lenses. Docs prescribe reading glasses or bifocals, and the eyes continue their decline. But Irvine, California-based startup LensGen hopes to mimic the lens’ natural movement with an implant. This intraocular lens would harness fluidics and displacement to manipulate curvature, […]
When the problem is noncompliance, the solution often has nothing to do with pills. Patients often don’t follow treatment plans because they are taking care of someone else or they don’t have a ride to the doctor’s office or they don’t have the money to buy the medications. The California Healthcare Foundation is taking on […]
Mamy people find it a hassle to take time out of the work day to go for a dental checkup. That’s why co-founders of Studio Dental, Dr. Sara Creighton and Lowell Caulder, created a dentist office that comes to you. Studio Dental launched their Indigogo campaign last fall and raised more than $40,000. The video […]
At a recent conference in Minneapolis, a panel discussing where the best medtech startup opportunities are located gave an answer sure to please the hometown crowd: the Midwest was singled out as a great location for starting new firms. “We love the Midwest,” said Jan Garfinkle, founder and managing director of Arboretum Ventures, a venture […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Wearables for grownups get most of the media hype – Fitbit, Jawbone, and Shine – but don’t think that babies have been left out of the quantifiable self craze. Whether they like it or not, babies can now be tracked as well, with devices ranging from teddy bears to turtles. One of the companies in this […]
A British company is selling an eCard that contains an electronic copy of an individual's medical records.
Everyone knows how to stay healthy – eat less, move more. It’s actually making those changes to daily life that is the hard part. The same is not true for people living with diabetes or heart failure or kidney trouble. Treatment plans are complex and often hard to remember, particularly if you’re not feeling well. […]
In addition to designing a good customer experience, ZoomCare is lobbying the Oregon legislature to improve the odds of success for its neighborhood clinic business model. Founded in 2006 by Dr. Dave Sanders, ZoomCare provides a flat $140 rate for clinical visits and $89 for telecare appointments. It serves the “walking well,” and strives to […]
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Which company has more potential to make healthcare safer, cheaper or better? Vote for Playtabase’s Reemo and Rest Devices’ Mimo smart onesie.
At a conference in San Diego this month, a keynote speaker asked how many people in the audience were wearing a fitness tracker. About a dozen people raised their hands. “It’s always the healthiest people you know who are wearing a FitBit,” GreatCall CEO David Inns said. “That’s not going to do anything to cut […]
Today, a new treatment launches for osteoporosis patients worried about developing severe spine curvature. Spine tech startup Benvenue Medical, based in Santa Clara, Calif., announced the full commercial launch of its Kiva VCF treatment at the Society for Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting. The medical device tech is implant-based and intended for use in […]
eXXclaim is a new fund focused on investments in women’s health startups with medical device and mobile health solutions. Healthcare investor Dr. Anula Jayasuriya and medical device leader Karen Drexler had been talking about the problems of getting women’s health solutions funded for quite some time. Then it hit them: Schedules relatively open, the investor community […]
Springboard International’s Life Science Accelerator‘s looking for early-stage women-led startups to take under its wing. Though the accelerator offers no funding, it does connect CEOs with a wide network, Jennifer Lannon, the life science program manager at Springboard, said. While that might sound pie-in-the-sky, Springboard has a track-record of getting venture capital for its companies […]