Nearly one year into his tenure as Chief Technology Office for the Department of Health and Human Services, Bryan Sivak chats about how open data can transform health care and why entrepreneurs should care. Read more »
Investors put a total of $272 million into 47 deals in health tech last month, according to Startup Health. Our graphic shows some of the other investment highlights from January in health tech. Read more »
Tictrac, a U.K.-based startup, integrates with data from a range of third-party apps and tools — from those that monitor health and activity to those that track social activity and fundraising — to help users make the most of their personal data. Read more »
In an article in the latest issue of Wired magazine, longtime Intel CEO Andy Grove argues “1950s-era thinking” still prevails in healthcare and that patients need more data about healthcare costs and medical histories. Read more »
Stephen Wolfram, the scientist and innovator behind Wolfram Alpha and Mathematica, has spent decades tracking his personal information. As the collection of personal data becomes more mainstream, he believes people could watch their health in a manner similar to how they manage their financial portfolios. Read more »
Despite the boom in connected health devices and the ‘quantified self’ movement, Qualcomm exec Clint McCellan says people won’t get a fuller picture of the health until interoperable systems make it possible to correlate siloed streams of biometric data. Read more »
As investments in health tech and consumer interest in health-tracking devices and apps continue to rise, Wired magazine said it is partnering with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to host its first conference on digital health and the future of healthcare. Read more at paidContent »
As costs related to errors in medical billing climb, Mint-like health startup Simplee rolls out a feature to help consumers automatically spot mistakes in their healthcare statements. Read more »
RunKeeper has raced past its original concept as a mobile app to track runs to become a health platform that ties together all manner of fitness data. Now, it’s raising $10 million to fuel its transformation to become a sort of Facebook for fitness. Read more »
