Junction, an API to link health wearables with labs, raises $18M

Medical devices, wearables — we are all familiar with them. But are they linked in any way to the healthcare system and the databases that are supposed to keep us healthy? The answer in most cases is no, they are not. Vital, which is rebranding to “Junction”, provides a single API to integrate wearables and lab services, making lab testing easier and creating better healthcare outcomes. It’s now raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Creandum, a European VC. A few other companies are attempting to link data and devices, such as Health Gorilla, which has raised $77.7 million to date, and Change Healthcare, which has raised $48 million. Although born out of London, the now New York HQ’d Junction, thinks the future of healthcare is in the home not in the hospital, because so much of the data about our bodies is in biometrics and physiological data, most of which is and can be collected on wearables and other medical device in the home. And yet, these are rarely hooked up ... Read full article.