by Frank Vinluan | April 24th, 2017 Xconomy New York — In a medical technology merger with implications for the healthcare sector in the United States and beyond, Becton Dickinson is acquiring C.R. Bard for $24 billion to tap into the growing markets for products used in treating vascular conditions and cancer. Under the deal announced Sunday, [...]
By CHRISTINA HERNANDEZ SHERWOOD | Apr 13, 2017 at 1:22 PM Since the American Telemedicine Association began reporting on state-by-state telehealth policies, the landscape has changed rapidly. “For the past four years, we’ve seen an increase in the number of bills introduced at the state level,” says Latoya Thomas, director of the ATA’s State Policy [...]
BY DAVID RANII | [email protected] A dozen Triangle startups raised $66.7 million in venture capital in the first quarter, a decent start to the year but significantly less than each of the preceding three quarters. The amount of money raised by up-and-coming Triangle companies in the quarter was roughly on par with the first quarter [...]
By Bernie Monegain | April 12, 2017 | 04:08 PM The healthcare IT landscape that is always in flux, thanks to new approaches driven by entrepreneurs who are adept at shaking things up. Read Full Story From companies created to work in best in today's new value-based healthcare system to precision medicine, data analytics [...]
Pictured: Jonathan O’Donnell, MD (Smashing Boxes), Erica Levine, MPH (Duke Digital Health), Michael Levy, MBA (UNC Healthcare/Bluedoor Health) JONATHAN O'DONNELL | 04.07.17 | CULTURE In anticipation of the MHEALTH@DUKE CONFERENCE, I joined Michael Levy, MBA (CEO of BLUEDOOR HEALTH and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the UNC HEALTHCARE CENTER FOR INNOVATION) and Erica Levine (Programs Director at the [...]
JONATHAN O'DONNELL | 03.23.17 | INSIGHTS The speaker lineup for the upcoming LIFECYCLE OF DIGITAL HEALTH SCIENCE CONFERENCE on April 12 is loaded with successful experienced health professionals. Take Michael Levy, MBA, for example. He currently serves as CEO for BLUE DOOR (a network accelerator) and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the UNC CENTER FOR INNOVATION. We caught [...]
