Medisafe®, a cloud-based mHealth platform for medication management approaching three million patient and caregiver users, today announced the launch of Medisafe Providers™, enabling physicians, care teams, and pharmacists to track their patients’ medication adherence between visits.
Providers can also view adherence alongside patient biometric measurements – blood pressure, glucose, weight, amongst others – which Medisafe users can self-report or bring into the Medisafe mobile app through
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WellDoc, Lifespan Partner to Deliver Diabetes-Focused Digital Health Solution
WellDoc, a digital health technology leader, today announced a collaboration with LifeScan, Inc., a business within the Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Care Companies to deliver a best-in-class digital health solution for patients living with Type 2 diabetes.
Under the collaboration, WellDoc’s BlueStar product, the first FDA-cleared digital therapeutic for adults who live with Type 2 diabetes, will be integrated with LifeScan’s OneTouch Verio Flex™ Bluetooth® Smart blood glucose monitoring
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Report: Personalized Medicine Is Having A Positive Measurable Effect on Patient Outcomes
A new approach to research, pharmaceutical development, and clinical care is remaking healthcare. Known as personalized medicine or precision medicine, it promises improved patient outcomes, cost savings, and progress against previously intractable illnesses.
Yet substantial challenges remain to be addressed if personalized medicine is to deliver on its potential. A new research program from Oxford Economics shows what healthcare and pharmaceutical organizations are doing to hasten this
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American Well Unveils Multiway Video Telehealth Visits, Patient Self-Scheduling, Sidekick Photo App
Telehealth service provider American Well, today announced the launch of AW9, its newest product release, featuring an industry-first multiway video solution that enables joint doctor appointments. Multiway video allows a patient or provider to invite other participants, such as a specialist, caregiver, health coach, family member or language translator into a live, video visit.
Additional features of the AW9 include patient-self scheduling and the introduction of Sidekick, a photo app for
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FDA Clears Box DICOM Viewer as Class II Medical Device, Access Images Via Mobile, Web
Enterprise content management platform Box, today announced during HIMSS16 that the Box DICOM Viewer has been FDA cleared as a Class II Medical Device, enabling it to be used for diagnostic purposes. Box DICOM Viewer allows users to store, view and share any DICOM file (x-rays, MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds) on a web browser or mobile device. Medical professionals can now collaborate across facilities, remotely diagnose patients, share imaging studies with patients, and securely transfer
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Wanda, Dignity Health to Launch Digital Health Oncology Platform OncoVerse
Wanda, a NetScientific Inc. portfolio company that commercializes transformative biomedical and healthcare technologies has signed a collaborative deal with Dignity Health, to launch OncoVerse, a digital health oncology care platform. OncoVerse was initially conceived by a Dignity Health physician who wanted a tool to improve team collaboration, especially when evaluating a complex cancer case and determining the appropriate treatment plan.
OncoVerse is a software platform designed to
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East Jefferson Hospital Taps Teladoc to Provide Telehealth Services to New Orleans Residents
East Jefferson General Hospital has selected telehealth service provider Teladoc to deliver telehealth services to residents in New Orleans and surrounding areas. The addition of Teladoc’s on-demand health care services will enable more local residents to have greater access to care – when, where, and however they want – via smartphone, mobile app or secure online video. The relationship also further cements East Jefferson General Hospital’s position as a leading health care system in
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Telehealth Company Zipnosis Appoints SVP of Sales & Marketing
Zipnosis, the first virtual care telehealth solution that empowers health systems to launch their own branded virtual care platform, has appointed medtech industry veteran John Jordan to Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Under his leadership, Jordan will focus his time on enhancing Zipnosis’ current efforts to stimulate additional growth for the company. He has more than 25 years of experience working with rapid growth healthcare information technology companies and most recently,
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IBM Watson, NY Genome Center to Create Open Cancer Data Repository
Unveiled during Thursdays's White House Precision Medicine Initiative Summit, the New York Genome Center and IBM Watson are teaming up to create a comprehensive and open repository of genetic data to accelerate cancer research and scale access to precision medicine. Utilizing cognitive insights from IBM Watson, the partnership could help transform the way physicians deliver personalized treatment to individual patients.
Open Cancer Data Repository Details
Together, IBM and New York Genome
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American Well Releases First-Ever Telehealth Mobile SDK, Embeds In-App Telehealth
Telehealth provider American Well today unveiled the first-ever mobile Telehealth Software Development Kit (SDK). The telehealth mobile software development kit (SDK) lets hospitals, retailers, health plans, or medical publishers embed telehealth directly into their own apps, under their brand, making online care easier to access than ever before
Limitless Use Cases for In-App Telehealth
There are endless examples of how having an immediate doctor's visit available in-app helps consumers
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