Health Video Site HealthGuru.com Lands $6 Million

Exclusive - Health Guru Media, a provider of health information videos, has raised $6 million in funding from a syndicate that includes new investor Western Technology Investment as well as existing backers Castile Ventures and Village Ventures. Health Guru Media operates HealthGuru.com, a video destination site with a library of more than 2,250 titles covering more than 100 different health conditions, plus lifestyle topics that include wellness and nutrition.

Health Video Site HealthGuru.com Lands $6 Million

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Why Google Health Really Failed—It’s About The Money

As reported on TechCrunch, Google shut down its medical records and health data platform. Since then, there's been a lot of bits spilled offering explanations, but they all missed the most critical item. Money. Or in the language of healthcare - Reimbursement. I explain more below regarding why Google Health was doomed to fail in light of the legacy reimbursement model. First, let's recap some of the explanations offered up so far. These are all valid but miss the biggest point. Adam Bosworth, who originally ran Google Health gave one reason - It's Not Social. That's true if one wants to create a weight management program or is simply interested in fitness-minded folks. Clearly that is important given the obesity epidemic, however there's vast swaths of healthcare where being "social" isn't appropriate or applicable in a doctor-patient relationship. In other words, being social is necessary but not sufficient to transform healthcare.

Why Google Health Really Failed—It’s About The Money

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Technology and digital services industry to save Health

An intergenerational meeting of Hospital CEOs and Health Care providers of Western Sydney gathered today to formulate a common communiqué to secure a sustainable future for the Health Care Industry of Australia. The Westmead facility hosted nearly 150 industry leaders, who agreed on a common set of issues and first steps to resolve them....

Technology and digital services industry to save Health

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Health Retreats: Get an Easily Accessible Out of Town Location

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Different physical, emotional, mental and spiritual rejuvenation are provided by health retreats. To gain some balance lives, people resort to getting helpful programs from these cente

Health Retreats: Get an Easily Accessible Out of Town Location

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iSoftStone and Microsoft to Develop HealthVault Based Citizen Health Solutions in Wuxi, China

Microsoft and iSoftStone Information Technology signed an agreement that enables iSoftStone to introduce Microsoft HealthVault technology to Chinese market.