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2011's AARP prediction for older adults: technology to live your best life

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The result was a 2011 report called Connected Living for Social Aging: Designing Technology for All. In 2011, text messaging, instant messaging, social networking had not reached the 66+. Nextdoor was unknown in 2011 which was the year it launched in the US. You won’t find it on AARP’s website – it’s too old.

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5 things digital health companies need to do to achieve success

KevinMD

The objective of my blog, which began in 2011, was and remains to educate the reader (clinicians, health care IT community, patients and caregivers, and other health care stakeholders about digital Read more… 5 things digital health companies need to do to achieve success originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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M&A or affiliation improved rural hospitals' margins, reduced risk of closure: report

FierceHealthIT

The analysis, conducted by healthcare consulting firm Dobson DaVanzo, found that among 110 rural hospitals that closed between 2011 and 2021, more than half were standalone hospitals without support from larger systems.

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GoodRx files to go public, revealing jumps in year-over-year revenue growth

Mobi Health News

The company was founded in 2011 and is looking to go public on the Nasdaq market.

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Veteran clinical navigation platform Grand Rounds raises $175M

Mobi Health News

WHAT IT DOES The California-based company was founded in 2011 and started out as a second opinions site, but then pivoted to the health navigation space. This morning, clinical-navigation platform Grand Rounds announced a whopping $175 million investment round led by the Carlyle Group.

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Mumbai-based primary healthcare aggregator HealthAssure raises $2.5M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

Founded in 2011, primary healthcare aggregator HealthAssure recently announced a $2.5M Series A round led by Blume Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund.

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Technology design for all -- predicted in 2011, in-market in 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

A long time ago (7 years this month) in a tech world far, far away, a report sponsored by then-AARP executive Jody Holtzman predicted that technology change would deliver a new user experience.