A must-read for your weekend is Neil Versel’s spicy rant over at Mobihealthnews. Neil takes on the hype machine of what Ed. Donna of NYC calls ‘the Left Coast’, including investors in healthcare who puff up their chests and look… Read moreNeil Versel's take on 'Silicon Valley know-it-alls'
The 6,500 layoffs at Cisco–the year’s largest–have been a not-unanticipated event, but the confirmation of how fragile a ‘big gun’ is, in an otherwise fairly healthy sector (see Apple, Google), is still very bad news for the US economy. Most… Read moreCisco layoffs affecting their telehealth initiatives?
No, this isn’t a new ‘joint’ for robot mobility or a place where they hang out…Massachusetts-based iRobot (best known for the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot, but also industrial robots) and the InTouch Health telemedicine network at end of week announced… Read moreYour weekend robot fix: iRobot and InTouch Health go 'joint'
Mobihealthnews does everyone in the field a nifty service in rounding up the top 10 mHealth acquisitions to date, some of which we’ve reported on, others have been more under the horizon. Article. (Acquired company then acquirer:) Vitality GlowCaps–Dr. Patrick… Read more2011 mHealth acquisitions thick and fast
If you’re in the Boston area and registered for the Connected Health Symposium on 20-21 October, the Center for Connected Health is hosting a registrants-only summer networking event on 26 July at Tia’s from 5:30-8:30pm. Not registered? Early bird discounted… Read moreBoston Connected Health Symposium networking event
