Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 10th March, 2018

Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/rock-health-digital-health-startups-bill-evansRock Health wants to reframe the discussion around digital health to focus on patients by Evan Sweeney  Mar 2, 2018 2:48pm A lot of money has flowed into the digital health industry over the last seven years —$23.8 billion to be exact. But Rock Health, the venture capital firm that tracks funding across the industry, wants to shift the discussion about health startups from dollars and cents to human beings.Most technology startups in the consumer world measure value based on online advertising or rev enue to investors. But monetary figures associated with digital health companies are “not a metric of success,” according to Bill Evans,... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - Category: Information Technology Authors: Source Type: blogs