September 2018 - The Health Care Blog

Apple Watch Leaves Patients Connected with No Where To Go

By GRACE CORDOVANO, Ph.D., BCPA The highly anticipated unveiling of the Apple Watch Series 4 caused a news and social media sensation. Apple coined the iconic timepiece as the “guardian of your health”, with health tracking functionalities such as the...

Published Fri, Sep 28 2018 9:15 AM by THCB

Filed under: Tech, mHealth, Apple, Wearables, PatientAdvocacy, Apple Event, DigitalHealth, AppleWatch, Healthcare innovation

Will Apple Track Your Mind, Not Just Your Heart?

By MICHAEL MILLENSON If your heart throbs with desire for the new Apple Watch, the Series 4 itself can track that pitter-pat through its much-publicized ability to provide continuous heart rate readings. On the other hand, if you’re depressed that you...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2018 10:09 AM by THCB

Filed under: Artificial intelligence, Apple, monitoring systems, smart devices, health care

Making Healthcare a Consumer Biz: Livongo’s Glen Tullman on his New Book & IPO Rumors

By JESSICA DA MASSA, WTF Health “If we just shop for healthcare like we shop for everything else…we would take care of a lot of the problems…” So says Glen Tullman, CEO of Livongo, a very hot startup with a chronic condition management platform...

Published Wed, Sep 26 2018 11:08 AM by THCB

Filed under: Glen Tullman, Jessica DaMassa, WTF Health, Livongo, consumer health, On Our Terms, consumer driven health

THCB Spotlights: MIRA Fertility Tracker

A couple weeks back, I met with MIRA Fertility Tracker at TechCrunch Disrupt 2018. Sylvia Kang, CEO & Co-founder of MIRA, spoke to me about her new fertility tester for women trying to track their cycles. It also has an AI component built into its...

Published Tue, Sep 25 2018 2:20 PM by THCB

Filed under: Uncategorized

Health in 2 Point 00 Episode 51

In this Episode of #healthin2pt00 Jess & I do a real recap of the Health 2.0 Conference. I mention some of the startups that I thought were great, including Supportiv, Tag.bio, Nebula Genomics, Bluestream Health, Medically Home, b.well, and Medsafe...

Published Tue, Sep 25 2018 11:35 AM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Bluestream Health, Supportiv, Tag.bio, Nebula Genomics, Medically Home, Medsafe, b.well, Project HEAL

“Remember that Oath?”: EPCS and the Fight Against Opioid Abuse

By SEAN KELLY, MD As doctors, we all took an oath when we graduated from medical school to “do no harm” to patients. It is, therefore, our duty to speak up and take action when there is an opportunity to prevent harm and improve patient care, safety...

Published Tue, Sep 25 2018 9:41 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, pharmaceuticals, Opioids, Opioid crisis, EPCS

The Biggest Trend You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: A Status Report on 138 Healthcare ICOs

By ROBERT MILLER & VINCE KURAITIS You’ve probably heard of Bitcoin, but we doubt you’ve heard of Dentacoin, MedTokens, or Curecoin. These are healthcare specific cryptocurrencies born from Initial Coin Offerings or ICOs. In this article, we’ll briefly...

Published Mon, Sep 24 2018 10:46 AM by THCB

Filed under: Economics, Healthcare, Startup, venture capital, ICO, Funding, Cryptocurrency, initial coin offering, token offering, token, decentralization, network effects, crypto, Finance

Limitations of Randomized Controlled Trials

By, SAURABH JHA In the hierarchy of evidence-based medicine (EBM), randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are like Brahmins. But do Brahmins have flaws? I discuss these flaws with Dr. Anish Koka, a cardiologist and essayist who has written extensively about...

Published Sat, Sep 22 2018 1:57 PM by THCB

Filed under: Radiology Firing Line Podcasts, @RogueRad; Radiology Firing Line Podcast

HealthTech Investing: Venrock’s Kocher & Roberts Bet on Platforms

By JESSICA DA MASSA, WTF Health “Healthcare is a journey for patients. Just helping them with one piece of it — it just doesn’t get the job done…” That’s Brian Roberts of Venrock talking about how he and Bob Kocher have moved on...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2018 10:12 PM by THCB

Filed under: Bob Kocher, Startups, Digital health investing, Venrock, Jessica DaMassa, Venrock Capital, WTF Health, Health Tech Investing, Brian Roberts

Health in 2 Point 00 Episode 50

Wow, today is the 50th Episode of Health in 2 Point 00. On today’s episode, we have something special for you: an Epic Guest Takeover at the Health 2.0 Conference from the “intellectual capital” (as Jessica puts it) that exists today...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2018 4:32 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Health 2.0 Conference, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Singularity University, bolty boy, #health2con, jessica da massa, bayer; upmc; engagedIN

A Guide to Making Machine Learning Work in Health Care

Apologies on the hiatus for posting on THCB. As many of you know, I was running around getting Health 2.0 in order this past weekend. Today we are featuring a piece on understanding how machine learning can actually work in health care today-Matthew Holt...

Published Wed, Sep 19 2018 10:57 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Patients, Economics, Education, statistics, graphics, storytelling

A Rosa Parks Moment is Coming in Phase 1 Cancer Trials

By DAVID C. NORRIS, MD I want to tell you about the most exciting discovery I’ve made in 2+ years of research on dose individualization methods for phase 1 cancer trials. This discovery has nothing to do with any of the technical problems I’ve...

Published Fri, Sep 14 2018 11:48 AM by THCB

Filed under: pharmaceuticals, Drug discovery, Cancer, Precision Medicine, Patient advocates, DTAT, DAVID C. NORRIS, Dose Individualization, Pharmaceutical Innovation

UPMC’s Rasu Shrestha on Consumer Health in ‘Big’ Healthcare

By JESSICA DA MASSA, WTF Health The phrase ‘consumer health’ doesn’t mean what it used to. And, when you really think about it, neither does the word ‘consumer.’ We’ve changed. Wielding the power of our smart phones, wearable devices, and proximity to...

Published Thu, Sep 13 2018 9:59 AM by THCB

Filed under: Health Systems, UPMC, Jessica DaMassa, WTF Health, Rasu Shrestha, consumer health

Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 49

Jessica DaMassa asks me about what I saw at Techcrunch Distrupt, Clarify Health Solutions’s $57m round, what Wellth will do with its $5m & a whole lot about next weeks Health 2.0 Conference–Matthew Holt Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2018 11:14 PM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Novartis, Veta Health, Mira, TechCrunch Disrupt, Clarify Health Solutions, Kegg, Testcard, Wellth

Livongo CEO Glen Tullman’s Advice for Startups

By JESSICA DA MASSA, WTF Health If you’re a health tech startup, should you be building for your exit? Does that really lead to the greatest possible success for your business…if you know how to get out? Here’s some advice from someone who should know...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2018 11:42 AM by THCB

Filed under: Glen Tullman, Startups, Jessica DaMassa, WTF Health, Livongo, startup advice