Digital Health Briefs: 2013 Funding; Telehealth Visits; Mental Health Apps

Rock Health releases 2013 digital health trend report. Small pilot study of telehealth visits for Parkinson’s patients. Mental health apps scrutinized. More digital health briefs.

Prominent startup accelerator Rock Health released its report on 2013’s trends in digital health funding Jan. 2, proclaiming another bumper year for the sector. Digital health startups raised more than $1.9 billion last year, up 39 percent from 2012 and double that of 2011. In 2013, 186 firms raised more than $2 million, and 51 percent of funding went to companies in seed or series A rounds.

The accelerator isolated six “themes” that accounted for 50 percent of total funding: electronic health records and clinical workflow ($245...

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