In This Update:
StartUp Health & Healthcare Transformers in the News
Inc
7 Things You Need to Know About 2013
MobiHealthNews
SecondMarket plans fund for StartUp Health inductees
Fortune
Startups compete to fight childhood obesity
Other Noteworthy News
Healthcare IT News
NIH leader calls for evidence on mHealth
mHIMSS
mHealth a promising new tool in the global health toolkit
SmartPlanet
Healthcare analytics market to reach $10.8 billion by 2017?
Time
Power Up, Slim Down: Mobile Apps May Help With Weight Loss
Greatist
First Study Reveals Weight Loss Apps Could Really Work
mHIMSS
What does mHealth need? How about a doctor
MobiHealthNews
Some trust mobile health tools, doctors equally
EHRintelligence
Mobile apps increase prescription adherence, reduce healthcare costs
Healthcare IT News
Rising use of social media in healthcare
Vote for Your Favorite in PHA's End Childhood Obesity Innovation Challenge
Ten semi-finalists have been announced in PHA’s End Childhood Obesity Innovation Challenge and voting has begun. To vote, visit
PHA’s Facebook page and check out the videos; then vote for your favorites. Three finalists will be flown to DC and have a chance to pitch their idea live at the
Building a Healthier Future Summit. The winner will get marketing and strategy advice from StartUp Health, Edelman, and McKinsey & Company. They also get time with the Deputy Managing Editor of Fortune Magazine… And $10,000 to help turn their idea into reality! Get
more details here.
The Crystal Ball Charity Gala in NYC
On December 20, in NYC, Esther Dyson, Bryan Sivak, Regina Holliday, and over 200 leaders from the Health 2.0 community will gather for The Crystal Ball Charity Gala. John Lucas, the host of A&E's new Storage Wars: New York, will be the auctioneer of works of art from Regina Holliday, Kai Okada, and other patient activist painters to benefit several great organizations, including the International Diabetes Foundation. Register here, and use "Startup12" as your discount code for students and startups for a $20 discount.
Want to Become a StartUp Health Fellow?
We are currently reviewing applicants for the 2013 StartUp Health Fellows program. The StartUp Health Fellows are an elite squad who work on the StartUp Health team and with the companies in our Academy by serving as analysts, researchers, connectors, community organizers, advocates, marketers, product developers, and talent scouts among many other roles. If you are interested in joining the StartUp Health Fellows Program
please see more about it here.
Sign the Pledge to Join the StartUp Health Network
Visit
startuphealth.net to request access to the StartUp Health Network. More than 5,000 innovators, 1700 startups, 470 VCs, and hundreds of angels and potential customers are already using the Network to connect. We have one of the best product teams in digital health working on this day and night and are continuing to launch new features and improvements on a weekly basis. We’re just getting started so please share your feedback and share the
Pledge with those you think should be invited to the Network.
Upcoming Health Events & Challenges
Holiday Startupalooza
December 20, 2012 (New York, NY)
Crystal Ball Charity Gala 2012
December 20, 2012 (New York, NY)
J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
January 7-11, 2013 (San Francisco, CA)
OneMedForum
January 7-9, 2013 (San Francisco, CA)
Digital Health Summit at CES
January 9-10, 2013 (Las Vegas, NV)
Health 2.0 Middle East
January 27-28, 2013 (Dubai, UAE)
Personalized Medicine World Conference
January 28-29, 2013 (Mountain View, CA)
Hackovate Health
Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2013
For even more, visit our listings of
Events &
Challenges.
Are You a Healthcare Transformer? Apply to StartUp Health Academy
You can apply or update your application anytime. We will be announcing the next group of Healthcare Transformers in Q1. Over the coming year we will be inviting approximately 75 additional Healthcare Transformers to join the StartUp Health Academy. If you are a builder, a disrupter, a transformer, an innovator, a passionate entrepreneur building something that will improve people’s health and wellness, we want to meet you.
Apply here today. Learn more about the Academy in
our FAQs.
