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...