Health Tech News Roundup; Week of January 30th
United Healthcare sees profit of $1.9 billion. The insurance company made headlines when it pulled itself out of California and many other health exchange markets where it operated. More
Leaders of biotech companies do not support Trump's plans to complete change and cut the regulatory framework of the FDA. They see the changes under Obama as leading to faster drug development, while maintaining guardrails. If no one has proof of efficacy and safety, then all drug makers suffer because everyone loses integrity. More
GOP changes to the ACA raise an important question: What, exactly, should insurance cover to be considered insurance? More
This op-ed suggests that healthcare is broken in the US because it doesn't take into account social factors such as the way people are born, grow, live, and age. More
Healthcare costs in America are drastically higher than in other countries, but results are the same or worse, according the WSJ. More
Senate Republicans cleared Tom Price for Secretary of Health and Human Services without Democrats present after clear conflict of interest issues arose that threatened to stall his nomination. More
Metabolic deficits arise 20-30 years before people begin showing symptoms of Alzheimers, suggesting that Alzheimers might be a result of a metabolic condition. Now, one company is in Phase 3 of testing a new therapy based on the hypothesis that amyloid build is caused by cell death as a result of cells that unable to process glucose. More
The majority of people within the healthcare industry are against Trump's ban on Muslims, according to MedCity News. More
This op ed discusses why physicians were reluctant to adopt Obamacare. More
Predicting shakeups we're going to see in telemedicine during 2017 Read More
Hospital system could find itself paying $2.5 million plus for incomplete data Read More
California health system slashes $5 million form software spend, scrutinizing value Read More
Founding CEO returns to head physician/patient engagement startup PatientPoint Read More
Funding News:
Skinjay, a Paris based consumer health and wellness device company, raised $3.7 million from Seventure Partners More
UberCloud, an on-demand super computing platform for scientists and researchers, raised $1.7 million in a round led by Earlybird Venture Capital More
Curated by Stephen Malkowicz