Bay Area Startups Seek to Transform Health Care

Joshua Johnson

May 29, 2015 at

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Bay Area digital health startups raised $1 billion in venture capital in 2014, a 125 percent increase from the previous year. The sector promises better management and treatment of diseases like diabetes and improved access to health data. But health care is a notoriously challenging business and the rapid growth of this industry raises serious questions of privacy and efficacy. We’ll take the pulse of the digital health industry. What new products and therapies offer real hope? And which are merely hype?

Guests:

Christina Farr, editor of KQED's "Future of You" blog, which explores how new technology is revolutionizing medicine

Sean Duffy, co-founder and CEO of Omada Health, a digital health platform

Anya Schiess, founder of Healthy Ventures, a seed stage fund focused on digital health technologies

Stephanie Tilenius, founder of VIDA Health, a health-coaching app

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