Teladoc, a provider of virtual care delivery services, today announced that amid the most severe flu outbreak in a decade, the company has provided a record number of visits as telehealth emerges as a trusted clinical solution to provide relief for an overburdened health system. Having provided more than 300,000 total patient visits in the past five weeks alone, and as widespread flu stretches across 48 states, Teladoc continues to help patients from California to Texas, and Alabama to New York
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U.S. Preventive Medicine, Solera Health Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Health Coaching
Solera Health, today announced its partnership with U.S. Preventive Medicine (USPM) to deliver its comprehensive health coaching and nurse based chronic condition care management services within the framework of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for Solera clients. USPM’s health coaching lifestyle management and nurse based chronic care management programs uniquely combine innovative wellness programs focused on prevention with
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Healthbox Opens Applications for the 2018 Healthbox Studio
Healthbox, a Chicago-based healthcare innovation services firm, today announce that we are now accepting applications for their 2018 Healthbox Studio. The five-day program is dedicated to advancing digital health solutions through peer-to-peer collaboration, speaker sessions, and fostering relationships with the Healthbox team as well as healthcare leaders, investors, and industry partners. Although Healthbox no longer hosts traditional accelerator programs, we are committed to supporting
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Penn Medicine Launches Telemedicine Hub with Center for Connected Care
Penn Medicine has announced the launch of their new telemedicine hub, Penn Medicine Center for Connected Care that centralizes the health system’s telemedicine activities. The center also includes its almost 15-year-old Penn E-lert eICU for the critically ill, a tele-homecare service for the chronically ill, as well as a telemedicine service linking obstetricians to trauma surgeons caring for critically injured pregnant women, and a tele-urgent care service which eliminates the need for physical
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Nokia Rethinks Its Digital Health Unit
Nokia today announces that it has initiated a re-evaluation of strategic options for its Digital Health business, which is part of Nokia Technologies. Digital Health's business portfolio includes consumer and enterprise products, and it manufactures and sells an ecosystem of hybrid smart watches, scales and digital health devices to consumers and enterprise partners.The strategic review of the Digital Health business may or may not result in any transaction or other changes. Any further
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Sacramento Kings Selects Connexion Health for Health & Fitness Walk-In Kiosk
Connexion Health announced the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings as the first sports team to announce its plans to utilize Connexion, an AI-powered health and fitness technology platform. Connexion is a walk-in kiosk that fuses multiple powerful sensors with AI for touchless, automated health assessments, coupled with an extensive app marketplace capable of enabling countless health and fitness apps.The Sacramento Kings will use Connexion to measure and analyze their players’
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Fitbit Acquires Health Coaching Platform Twine Health
Fitbit, today announced it has acquired Twine Health, a HIPAA-compliant health coaching platform that delivers a user-friendly experience to help people manage chronic conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, and to support lifestyle interventions, such as weight loss and smoking cessation.Twine Health’s proven coaching platform is a strong foundation upon which Fitbit plans to expand its offerings to self-insured employers, health plans and health systems. Through the acquisition, Fitbit
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StayWell Acquires Digital Health Startup Provata Health, Expands Capabilities in Population Health
StayWell, a health empowerment company has acquired Provata Health, a Portland, Ore.-based digital health startup that delivers scientifically proven population health programs to employers, health plans, and hospital systems. Provata Health's native iOS and Android mobile apps, cutting-edge technology and innovative platform will be integrated with StayWell features to streamline the user experience and help deliver even greater physical and mental health benefits.Terms of the
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Research: 6 Success Factors for Digital-Enabled Health Coaching
Majority of mHealth app solutions are still operating outside the traditional healthcare market. App supported coaching services are more and more seen as the missing bridge between digital health startups and healthcare incumbents. Coaching services are a win/win for both sides. Best in class app supported coaching services are built around 6 success factors.App based coaching services are being offered by medical condition management apps that concentrate on a certain condition as opposed to
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DrFirst Launches E-Prescribing App to Combat Opioid Over-Prescribing
DrFirst, a provider of in e-prescribing and medication management solutions, today announced the launch of iPrescribe, a mobile app that allows physicians to prescribe legend drugs and controlled substances while complying with state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) requirements. The iPrescribe app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.iPrescribe is the first mobile solution to optimize access to all the necessary tools physicians need to manage patients’
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