The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan, also known as the Federal Employee Program (FEP) has selected Teladoc, Inc. to provide general medical and behavioral health services for the 2018 benefit year. The implementation of Teladoc will allow millions of federal employees around the country anytime, anywhere to access quality health care services through multiple devices – mobile app and web video capabilities, as well as phone – along with easy-to-use tools and alerts to encourage
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Fitango Health Adds Social Determinants of Health to Digital Health Platform
Fitango Health, a patient centric platform for chronic care management has added ‘Social Determinants of Health’ to its digital health platform. Social determinants of health are defined as “the determining and structural conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age” as they apply to a person’s health. These factors can include socioeconomic status, education, the physical environment, employment, and social support networks, as well as general or geographical access to health
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Indica MD Launches Medical Marijuana Telehealth Platform in California and New York
Indica MD, a Pasadena, CA-based digital health startup has launched a HIPAA compliant medical marijuana telehealth platform in California and New York that provides patient evaluations for the safe, complementary and alternative use of cannabis. The online medical marijuana doctor service connects patients with licensed physicians in California and New York which can approve them for their medical marijuana card so they are able to gain access to medical cannabis dispensaries in their
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doc.ai Launches First Blockchain-Enabled NLP for Quantified Biology
doc.ai Incorporated ("doc.ai"), a San Francisco, CA-based digital health startup has announced the launch of its blockchain-enabled natural language processing (NLP) platform for quantified biology. Founded by the entrepreneurial Walter De Brouwer in 2016, doc.ai utilizes the blockchain to timestamp its datasets and decentralize artificial intelligence to generate insights from combined medical data.doc.ai is building a new platform for established medical companies to enable patients to have
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Propeller Health Expands Partnership with GlaxoSmithKline to Improve Management of Asthma and COPD
Propeller Health, a digital health company developing solutions respiratory medicine has announced the expansion of its 2015 collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). As part of the expanded partnership, both companies will undertake commercial activities using the Propeller clip-on sensor and software platform for use with GSK’s ELLIPTA Inhaler. The companies will continue ongoing research and development efforts to collect evidence from the Propeller clip-on sensor and software platform used
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AbleTo Raises $36.6M to Accelerate Behavioral Health Platform
AbleTo, Inc., a provider of technology-enabled behavioral health solutions has raised $36.6 million in Series D funding led by Bain Capital Ventures and also includes strategic investor Aetna. Existing investors, ncluding .406 Ventures, Sandbox Industries, HLM Venture Partners, and Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. also contributed in this round. AbleTo plans to utilize the funding to accelerate scale and expansion of its business operations. The company has now raised a total of $57.4 million
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Harvard Health Taps Outcome Health to Bring Actionable Health Intelligence To Over 40k Waiting & Exam Rooms
Today, Outcome Health announced an exciting collaboration with Harvard Health Publications that will bring Harvard Medical School's trusted expertise to 40,000+ waiting and exam rooms through Outcome’s digital platform with new videos, illustrations, and additional health content. Outcome Health platform improves patient outcomes by providing actionable health intelligence and information at the moment of care through technology.As part of the partnership, the teams will begin collaborating
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Lumity Raises $19M to Accelerate Data-Driven Health Benefits Platform
Lumity, a San Mateo, CA-based technology-driven benefits solution for growing companies has raised $19M in Series B funding led by DFJ, with participation from current investors Social+Capital Partnership and True Ventures. As part of the recent round, Lumity is now expanding the company’s benefits advisory practice and technical and back office teams. DFJ Partner, Josh Stein, will also join the company’s Board of Directors.Founded in 2013, Lumity helps employers and employees make better, more
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Interpreta, higi, Partners to Integrate Biometric Data for Patient Engagement
Interpreta and higi are announcing a partnership to integrate biometric data from higi with clinical, claims and genomic data from Interpreta. The integration will enable patients and their physicians to increase engagement and share healthcare data (on blood pressure, pulse, BMI, weight, body composition, and self-screening questions) gained at higi retail stations and prioritized within Interpreta in real time.This will enable physicians and insurers to leverage a patient’s biometrics data,
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Why The Mental Health Industry Is Ripe For Innovation
Technology has been tested and proven effective in many advanced and innovative industries, and is now extending and applying its benefits to more regulated industries such as healthcare. According to Mary Meeker's Internet Trends 2017 report, healthcare is “at a digital inflection point.” She recognized and attributed this change in part to the increase of data collection from fitness trackers and health apps as well as the increase of hospitals sharing healthcare data with patients.As part of
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