QuickHealth’s walk-in medical clinics — a solution to the “Sicko” problem
QuickHealth, a Burlingame, Calf. company that operates walk-in medical clinics, said it has raised an $8.5 million in a second round of financing.
With the nation’s healthcare system in serious disarray (whatever you think of Michael Moore’s controversial documentary on the topic, Sicko, it has resonated… Continue Reading
Roundup: Page’s helicopter, Metaweb changes, Sequoia’s $100 rule, more
Here’s the latest action:
Page draws attention with helicopter landing — The Google co-founder’s colorful arrival at the Foo Camp this past weekend was captured on film. Scott Beale, always good with imagery, has the clips on his site Laughing Squid.
Thomas Layton takes top job at… Continue Reading
HealthCare.com joins the online-healthcare stampede, raises $6.1M
(UPDATED with additional information on the fundraising, venture interest in the online healthcare-info sector, and a note of caution about these new ventures.)
You can’t swing a dead cat among venture businesses these days without hitting a new online site devoted to healthcare information of one sort… Continue Reading
The healthcare “revolution” — controlling your records, insurance
A bevy of start-ups are emerging to give people new ways to liberate them from the control of powerful health insurance companies — it’s about time.
Typically, you go to a doctor, and the doctor keeps your records on file and you can’t access them. But… Continue Reading
DailyStrength — the health support social network
DailyStrength is another one of those Internet sites you swear you’ve heard of before, because the idea sounds so obvious and the need so great.
It is a health support social network, and it has just raised a first round of funding from Redpoint Ventures…. Continue Reading
Blogosphere slowing?
VentureBeat will attend the Web 2.0 conference today in San Francisco, which celebrates new Internet companies.
But it comes at a time when a key component of Internet excitement — blog activity — is losing steam. David Sifry of Technorati, writes about the state of… Continue Reading