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Sep 23 2014

Funding for digital health startups, apparently anything your fingers or toes are involved in, will reach $6.5 billion by 2017, according to Accenture.

http://newsroom.accenture.com/news/us-funding-for-digital-healthcare-start-ups-expected-to-reach-6-and-a-half-billion-by-2017-according-to-accenture.htm
Aug 26 2014

According to a VentureBeat article, doctors are uninterested in all the wonderful data flowing from mobile apps, fitbits, etc., having concerns about accuracy and data security.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/15/guess-what-doctors-dont-care-about-your-fitbit-data/
Aug 22 2014

In a big win for the proponents of mobile apps having a dramatic impact on health, Aetna is dropping its mobile fitness tracker, CarePass.  Wait, did that say dropping?  What's going on here, I thought these apps were going to be world beaters?

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/aetna-drops-mobile-health-app-carepass/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0f20021106-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0f20021106-67677117
Jul 29 2014

VisionGain is projecting that the mobile health market will have $6.7 billion in revenue by the end of 2014.

http://www.slideshare.net/Visiongain/mobile-healthcare-mhealth-market-forecast-2014-2024
Jul 22 2014

According to a study in the Annals of Family Medicine, greater use of text and telephone communication with diabetes patients was associated with an increase in in-person office visits, contrary to hopes that these cheaper forms of clinical interaction would reduce office visits and save on costs.

http://annfammed.org/content/12/4/338.full
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