Ciitizen raises $17 million to give cancer patients better control over their health records

Ciitizen, the company founded by the creators of Gliimpse (an Apple acquisition that's been incorporated into the company's HealthKit) which is developing tools to help patients organize and share their medical records, has raised $17 million in new funding. Ciitizen, like Gliimpse before it, is an attempt to break down the barriers that keep patients from being able to record, store and share their healthcare information with whomever they want in their quest for treatment. The digitization of health records -- a featured element of President Barack Obama's overhaul of the healthcare system back in 2009 -- remains an obstacle to quality care and proper treatment nearly a decade later.