We tend to think about our healthcare sector as a leader in the development and use of advanced medical technology and biotechnology, such as expensive imaging machines or devices that we implant into patients.
But in many aspects of conducting the business of healthcare, our healthcare system is still in a pre-digital era. For example, healthcare may be the last sector where significant amounts of communication are still done via fax and regular post.
Pager has just raised $14 million to bring its on-demand doctor service to San Francisco and beyond.
New Enterprise Associates, Sound Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Lux Capital and Montage Ventures all contributed to the round. In addition to the capital raised, the company welcomes former chief medical officer of Oscar Health Insurance Aran Ron to its executive ranks. With cash in hand, Pager will be looking for expansion opportunities, both into new markets and through partnerships with healthcare organizations.
Funding in the digital health space continues to accelerate as health care reform has put the spotlight directly on the shortcomings of the U.S. health care delivery system.
The digital health accelerator Rock Health tracks investment in the space, and has just released its fourth quarter and whole-year numbers.
On the top line, digital health funding in 2014 exceeded $4.1 billion, Rock Health said, a total greater than that of the past three years combined. The $4.1 billion total represents a growth of 124 percent over last year’s investment total.
COM SALUD organiza, el próximo 18 de noviembre de 2014, el I Congreso Nacional de Wearables y Big Data en Salud con el objetivo de congregar en un mismo espacio a profesionales de los ámbitos sanitario y tecnológico y debatir sobre la posible evolución y expansión de los Wearables y el Big Data aplicados a la salud. El evento, que tendrá lugar en las instalaciones de la Escuela Universitaria de Diseño e Innovación (ESNE) en Madrid (Avenida de Alfonso XIII, 97) arrancará a las diez de la mañana con un amplio catálogo temático entre los que destacan la integración de wearables y Big Data, el nuevo papel de los profesionales de la salud y los pacientes, las consideraciones étic
