“Google Glass for doctors” startup raises $23M as it eyes expansion
Google Glass startup Augmedix has raised another $23 million in funding, adding new investors McKesson Ventures and OrbiMed. Existing investors and customers include Catholic Health Initiatives, Dignity Health, Sutter Health, and TriHealth. Augmedix, founded in 2012, pairs doctors and nurses with remote scribes using a Google Glass device. An Augmedix scribe watches the live stream and takes notes as providers see their patients. The point of the service is to allow doctors to have uninterrupted conversations instead of having the distractions of writing notes and completing...