Healthrageous (?!) secures $6MM startup funding (US)

More good news on the telehealth front.  The Center for Connected Health‘s spinoff, originally called Hopskipconnect [TA, 11 May], is now Healthrageous–and just secured $6 million in Series A financing to bring the product to market.  Healthrageous’ platform provides interactive personalized self-management tools and coaching to promote adherence to medical advice and wellness.  It’s designed to interface with most major manufacturers of biometric sensors, telemedicine devices, smartphone operating systems, social network media, direct-to-consumer outbound telephonic call systems, and web-based personal health record (PHR) systems.  ReleaseDr. Joseph Kvedar on its origins four years ago–CHealth Blog.