Jonah Comstock

Blueprint's 8th class tackles payments, HR, stress management
By Jonah Comstock | 10:31 am | July 20, 2015
New York City-based Blueprint Health has announced its eighth class of startups.
FDA, Google met to discuss use of search to find adverse drug reactions
By Jonah Comstock | 10:10 am | July 16, 2015
MedWatcher, a tool for adverse event reporting, that the FDA worked on with Epidemico.
Intermountain tests AliveCor against 12-lead ECG for heart attack detection
By Jonah Comstock | 08:23 am | July 16, 2015
Utah health system Intermountain Healthcare -- and other, as yet unknown providers -- appear to be investigating AliveCor's smartphone ECG device in a clinical context, to determine whether the iPhone version of the device is comparable with traditional 12-lead ECGs.
Ancestry.com launches health website, positions itself as budding 23andMe competitor
By Jonah Comstock | 06:02 am | July 16, 2015
Ancestry.
Consumers won't get to use Google Glass 2.0, but their doctors might
By Jonah Comstock | 11:26 am | July 15, 2015
It's been clear for a while that Google sees the future of the Glass program in the enterprise, rather than through the Explorer program or directly to consumers.
Mayo Clinic joins new JV to reinvent smartphone-based diabetes management
By Jonah Comstock | 11:12 am | July 15, 2015
NovioSense's glucose sensor.
New DreamIt class targets epilepsy, cancer, concussions, and more
By Jonah Comstock | 10:29 am | July 15, 2015
Philadelphia-based digital health accelerator DreamIt Health has announced its third class.
Fitbit CEO talks software focus, future acquisitions, and blurring fitness-health
By Jonah Comstock | 11:50 am | July 14, 2015
Fitbit CEO James Park Forget everything you thought you knew about Fitbit.
AARP study, White House panel weigh in on how to make tech accessible for seniors
By Jonah Comstock | 10:29 am | July 14, 2015
President Obama addresses the White House Conference on Aging.
Welkin Health gets $2M for disease management coaching tools, Humana pilot
By Jonah Comstock | 08:02 am | July 14, 2015
Welkin Health, a San Francisco-based population health management company that provides a combination of mobile, web, and telephone-based coaching programs, has raised $2 million in seed funding and announced its first major pilot, which is with Humana's Innovation Group.