Health Reading List | April 17, 2015 |
Welcome back everyone,
The Health Reading List has been AWOL for a bit, but what a week for it to come back! This week was HIMSS15, and we had a slew of digital health news including a number of health related Apple Watch apps, some announcements from big (and new) players making bets in health, and of course, more studies confirming clinicians hate EMRs.
Generally, I will try to keep the articles to news and content that is relevant, and potentially under the radar (e.g. I'm assuming you've already read about the exciting IBM partnerships, so I won't include that here). Ultimately, I want to make this a value added e-mail that people are excited to open, so please reach out with any comments or suggestions!
Moving forward, if you come across news, announcements, videos, or podcasts that you think everyone else would benefit from, e-mail me at scott.munro@startupdigestmail.com or tweet @R_Scott_Munro.
Keep fighting the good fight!
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