Catalyst at Berkeley

Thanks to everyone who came out to the kickoff event last night! And thank you to our panelists, Anand and Francis! For those of you who gave your email to us in the sign-in form, keep an eye out for an email giving more details about the program and a link to the application! If you didn't give us your email last night, all of the information will also be posted here, so don't worry. We look forward to seeing your applications!

Submit the application for the Catalyst Executive team tonight and be a part of the growing field of Health Entrepreneurship!

Catalyst Executive Application Catalyst@Berkeley is looking for driven and dedicated students interested in health technology to join our executive team. We have a variety of open positions and opportunities for advancement to leadership positions.

Congratulations to Google Loon and one of our very own advisors Mike Cassidy on this historic launch!

Google Loon project to cover Sri Lanka with 3G internet July 28, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government and Google on Tuesday signed an agreement to cover the Island with 3G internet under ‘Google Loon project’. Sri Lanka is the first country in the world ...

Big news for the future of healthcare.

Apple partners with IBM Watson Health Cloud to bring secure cloud, data analytics to HealthKit... IBM on Monday announced a new cognitive computing platform called Watson Health Cloud that will, in cooperation with partners Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic, offer custom tailored data analytics services to healthcare professionals.

With speakers and judges such as Peter Thiel, Halle Tecco [Rock Health], and Marc Benioff [Salesforce] -- don't miss the Launch Festival March 2-4, in SF! The event is
Register at http://bit.ly/1FARZsA

Catalyst Open House begins.

There are real problems out there -- keeping track of blood sugar and insulin levels for diabetics, measuring peak flow for asthmatics, and in Silicon Valley the norm is focusing on what's trendy.

"People with chronic diseases don’t suddenly decide that they’re over it and the novelty has worn off. Tracking and measuring—the quantified self—is what keeps them out of the hospital"

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/where-fitness-trackers-fail/

Wearables Are Totally Failing the People Who Need Them Most | WIRED Fitness tracking companies need to start embracing the FDA and making devices and apps for the old, the chronically ill, and the poor.

Apple's HealthKit vs. Google Fit [Infographic]

https://www.truevault.com/blog/apple-healthkit-vs-google-fit-infographic.html

Apple’s HealthKit vs. Google Fit [Infographic] The field of mHealth has never been hotter as more people add wearables to their list of must-have devices. With the release of the iPhone 6 and HealthKit, Apple is now one of the largest digital health platforms in the world. It’s clear that we’re at the very beginning of a megatrend in personal he…

Setting the record straight.

Let's show the world why UC Berkeley made the Top 3 for all Universities globally.

Berkeley >> Stanford The best schools in the world, according to U.S. News.

Get Ready for HEALTH TECH EDU

Case Study for the need for healthcare reform or innovation:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/us/drive-by-doctoring-surprise-medical-bills.html

"He was blindsided, though, by a bill of about $117,000 from an “assistant surgeon,” a Queens-based neurosurgeon whom Mr. Drier did not recall meeting."

These costs "..may involve out-of-network providers who bill 20 to 40 times the usual local rates and often collect the full amount, or a substantial portion."

The effect -->

Total Medical Costs for US: $2.8 trillion.

Annually.

After Surgery, Surprise $117,000 Medical Bill From Doctor He Didn’t Know In a growing practice, medical assistants, consultants and other hospital staffers, often called in without patients’ knowledge, are charging hefty fees.

Generating those sponsorship leads