Remote patient monitoring yielded a savings of $8,375 per patient annually, which, for a typical one-million-member health plan could translate into about $1.1 million saved each year. The results stem from a year-long remote patient monitoring pilot from Geneia,an analytics and technology leader in transforming healthcare delivery. @Home Pilot Study OverviewThe @Home pilot study compared the experience of Capital BlueCross members diagnosed with heart failure (HF), who enrolled and actively
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Fitbit Rolls Out New, Personalized Sleep Schedule Feature
Wearable fitness leader, Fitbit, today unveiled a new, personalized sleep schedule feature to help millions of Fitbit users around the world improve their sleep consistency and overall health. Available now, Sleep Schedule features on the Fitbit app will help you meet your sleep goals and maintain a more consistent pattern of sleep through these tools:- Sleep Goal: Based on your sleep data from your Fitbit tracker, you can follow the app’s personalized recommendations or set your target number
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Philips Acquires Northern Irish Digital Pathology Startup PathXL
Today, Philips announced it has acquired PathXL, Northern Ireland-based leader in digital pathology image analysis, workflow software and educational tools to complement its IntelliSite Pathology Solution. With this move, Philips seeks to accelerate its drive to support medical institutions around the world as they move from microscopy-driven workflows to digitized pathology workflows. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Belfast, Northern
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Home Care Startup Honor Inks Deal with National Parkinson Foundation
Honor, a home care focused digital health startup has landed a partnership with the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) to license it’s proprietary care guidance. This partnership gives Honor a unique advantage to train its Care Professionals using NPF care expertise—and to provide superior personalized non-medical care to clients with Parkinson’s.Additionally, Honor Care Pros will be equipped with the Honor Care Pro App , containing the Foundation’s content and detailed recommendations for how
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How Public Perceptions Are Shaping the Future of Digital Health
Digital health care may be all the rage, but is it making a difference in the lives of consumers? Newly released research from APCO Insight, a full-service public opinion research team, shows that digital health may not be as transformative as we think. Conducted in October 2015, Digital health tools are viewed positively, especially for having an impact on managing personal health and establishing efficient access to health providers. Tools tracking personal health metrics are viewed as having
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Validic, Omnicom Health Group Partner to Develop Digital Health Strategies & Solutions
Digital health integration platform Validic and Omnicom Health Group, a global communications and healthcare strategy organization, today announced a partnership to develop new digital health communication strategies and solutions for healthcare companies. These new solutions are focused on integrating data from wearables, apps and clinical remote monitoring devices. Together, Validic and Omnicom will provide digital health strategies and technologies to healthcare organizations that enable them
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Medtronic Expands Diabetes Care Offerings with Canary Health
Medtronic and Canary Health, a provider of proven digital health self-management programs announced a partnership to expand their diabetes offerings. As part of the partnership, Medtronic will now resell Canary Health’s self-management programs through its sales channels to health plans and providers, and the two companies will jointly develop future solutions that leverage their respective expertise. The partnership marks Medtronic’s first big move into pre-diabetes care and will enable the
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Judge Dismisses American Well’s Patent Claim Against Teladoc
This week, Judge Talwani in the District Court of Massachusetts has dismissed American Well's patent suit against Teladoc. The federal judge ruled that its patent covering the basic provision of telehealth is invalid because the patent’s major elements are “too abstract” to be patentable and do not “amount to an inventive concept.” In response to the federal judge's decision, American Well plans to appeal the ruling. "American Well is the leading innovator in telehealth and we respectfully
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AMC Health Launches Remote Chronic Care Program in Midwest
AMC Health, a provider of virtual care solutions has launched a multifaceted remote chronic care program with a large independent regional health plan in the Midwest. The multi-year program is designed to monitor and treat the payor's Medicare populations with heart failure, pulmonary disease (COPD), and diabetes in their own homes to promote patient engagement, improve patient outcomes, and prevent costly acute episodes. The partnership marks AMC Health's third launch this year with a major
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Medisafe App Adds ‘Auto-Populate Meds from Pharmacy’ Capability
Medisafe, a personalized medication management platform with nearly three million patient and caregiver users has unveiled its new ‘Import from Pharmacy’ feature. The new "import from pharmacy" feature enables consumers to auto-populate medications from tens of thousands of pharmacy locations including Walgreens, CVS and Rite-Aid directly into the Medisafe app. The new feature tackles a vexing consumer health challenge – integrating personal health information from multiple data sources that
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