Health | October 14, 2016 |
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Quote of the Week
"Digital health is likely to have a strong Hype Cycle because healthcare is such a difficult market in which to make change happen on a large scale. Regulation, patent protection, and regional concentration of suppliers resist change. Most patients don't know how to act as consumers, and many don't want to do so."
- Todd Hixon
| Health Startup Digest is curated by: |  | R. Scott Munro - MBA Candidate at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Contact R. Scott Munro at scott.munro@startupdigestmail.com | Remember operator billing?  Operator billing was once thought to be the perfect mobile commerce platform. But for various reasons, it failed to pick up traction. Learn why, and find out about the new future of m-commerce, here. | | Neil Versel - MedCity News Fitbit is trying very hard to disprove what many skeptics have said for some time (myself included): there is no data to prove efficacy. In a new report, "According to Fitbit, the RTA saved $2.3 million on projected employee healthcare costs of $15.5 million over two years — nearly 15 percent. Plus, participants saw LDL cholesterol decrease by 12 points and blood glucose by 17 points in the first year." Now, of course this is a company sponsored research study, so we'll see where this goes. But it may be a step in the right direction, at least. | | Denise Roland - WSJ Soaring prices for drugs and devices have been in the news a lot recently, as well as the influence of pharmacy benefit managers. This WSJ piece looks at why it might be the case that drug makers can increase their pricing, without taking in any larger amounts of profit. No matter the reason for the rising top-line prices, consumers are feeling more of the burden of rising costs, which means they are becoming more and more upset about it. Something will certainly have to give soon. | | Leonard D'Avolio - LinkedIn Interesting quick overview of a recent NEJM article on Machine Learning in healthcare. Take away is: it's useful, but not for every specialty AND it will take some time for education on the use cases to take hold in the industry. Nothing ground breaking here, if you have a subscription to NEJM, feel free to send me a PDF of the entire piece! | | Caterina Falleni - Medium Some great quotes and insights from the Exponential Medicine Conference. I generally try not to give too much credit to "futurists", but it's important to see what these folks see as the future of health care so that we can better understand potential road maps to get there. | | Patti Weber - LaunchPad The Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference invites entrepreneurs to submit proposals to LaunchPad 2017 — a startup competition for entrepreneurs introducing new products or services to promote healthy lifestyles.Applicants will submit written proposals that will be judged by a panel of entrepreneurs, investors and CEOs of health promotion companies. Up to five finalists will be selected by the panel, and invited to present their concepts at the live pitch event at the conference. Winners will be announced in the plenary session on the final day of the conference, Friday, March 31, 2017. The winner will receive a free exhibit space at the 2018 Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference, but more importantly will gain exposure among potential customers and investors.Written applications will be judged on four basic criteria: innovation, gap filled, talent plan and strategy for shortcomings.
Applications Due December 5, 2016. | | Todd Dixon - Forbes A nice overview of Todd's key takeaways from the Health 2.0 Conference in the Bay Area and what he learned about where digital health is on its own hype cycle.
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