COMS Interactive, a startup that produces an SaaS products for the health care industry, has securied a new $21 million round of funding, the company announced today.
CareCloud offers cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) software that helps doctors improve patient care, increase collections, and streamline operations. It's the latest big deal in a "record year" for digital health.
Health startup Medivo has raised $15 million to expand its health monitoring platform that connects doctors, consumers, and clinical labs. The company's vision is to save and improve lives through faster and easier access to quality health care.
The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that companies may not patent human genes. At least, not ones they haven't made themselves.
Google is helping a little leaguer throw out the first pitch in a major league game today, even though he has a life-threatening blood disease, by using a telerobotic pitching machine -- and Google Fiber.
VentureHealth has launched its online equity crowdfunding platform for life sciences companies. It provides accredited investors with opportunities to invest in innovative medical technology that ultimately saves lives and improves patient care.
eHealthMe is a startup trying to make healthcare big data accessible to the mainstream population. Today, it announced a new Q&A service where patients can anonymously post health questions and get answers from people with comparable medical histories.
General Electric is on a mission to improve efficiency in hospitals, and is setting aside $2 billion for its health care practice.
Fitness is good, but wellness is better. And to become one with the universe, you must first become one with your T-shirt.
Digital health accelerator Rock Health has selected its fifth class of startups. Given the burgeoning interest in the space, the team says this was its most competitive application process yet.
Guest Post Google Glass for health care will remain a concept -- rather than a practice -- until developers gain a better understanding of the medical environment.
Google today announced the addition of nutrition information for more than 1,000 fruits, vegetables, meats, and meals to its search results.
Health Q&A startup HealthTap has added a new feature to its popular mobile apps called AppRx that lets doctors recommend high-quality medical mobile apps to everyday users.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week launched its first investigation into an unregulated Urinalysis app, a warning to health app makers.
Editor's Pick Serial entrepreneur and "PayPal mafia" member Max Levchin's new pregnancy app is a promising application of big data to real-world problems.
How do we progress beyond a health care system dominated by handwritten charts, or worse, technologically stunted electronic health records? The answers may lie with $20 billion in government bonuses and a few startup CEOs.
Editor's Pick Over half of doctors in the U.S. have now ditched paper-based systems in favor of electronic health records (EHRs). Will this drive down health care costs?
Health care is a completely dysfunctional market where the buyers have little access to price or quality information about the products they're buying. Fortunately, the data we need is out there -- if we can just get to it.
A Michigan baby's life was saved by the insertion of a 3-D printed trachea at two months old.
The $90,000 boost from angel investors is the first outside capital for the company with a diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease.
