iWatch: Healthcare Disappointment?

In a recent article published by Forbes Magazine, business strategy advisor Chunka Mui wonders what happened to all of the "game-changing" healthcare features which Apple once promised? Although there will be the connection to the HealthKit app, the recent Apple Keynote which featured the iWatch was relatively hush in terms of health benefits promised by the new device. Once expected to be a glucose monitor/blood pressure monitor/other medical device killer all-in-one, the presentation focused on the aesthetics of the device.

So although it may be too early to say that the Apple watch is a total failure in terms of its application to health care, it is safe to assume that there is a way to go before the iWatch becomes the wearable device killer that it was originally touted to be. Your move, Tim Cook.

Driving Innovation in the Healthcare Industry Conference

For those interested in Healthcare and driving innovation within the Healthcare industry, USC is hosting the

2015 Healthcare Conference entitled: “TRANSFORMING CARE: Driving Innovation in the Healthcare Industry”.

This conference will be held on Friday, March 6th 2015 and will feature keynote speakers from Amgen, Mayo Clinic, and LAC/USC Medical Center.

For more information, go to http://uscmarshallhcc.com/.

Aprevita for Healthcare Analytics just raised $18M

Apervita just raised $18M in venture capital funding. Their mission is ambitious: to "make algorithms related to disease and treatment available to care providers in roughly the same way that iTunes makes songs available to music fans." 

The types of analytics Apervita will provide will help providers (as well as pharmaceutical companies) analyze risk and remain in compliance.

On www.apervita.com, the company describes itself as "the secure self-service platform that enables any health professional to connect health datasets, author evidence-based algorithms and measures, share them, and publish to a marketplace."