Vocera Communications, Inc. has named Benjamin Kanter, MD, FCCP, as the new Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) to lead the company's physician-nurse communication. Prior to joining Vocera, Dr. Kanter worked as an industry consultant and thought leader with innovative healthcare IT companies, including Extension Healthcare, where he was the CMIO. In 2013, while the CMIO of Palomar Health in San Diego, Dr. Kanter worked with Extension Healthcare to create a reverse look-up smartphone app
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UnitedHealthcare, Qualcomm Integrates Fitbit Charge 2 Wearables for Wellness Program
UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm has announced the expansion of UnitedHealthcare Motion™, a wellness program that provides employees with Fitbit Charge 2 at no additional charge and enables them to earn up to $1,500 per year by meeting certain goals for the number of daily steps.The two companies introduced UnitedHealthcare Motion in 2016 as a pilot in 12 states to select employers, using Qualcomm Life’s 2net™ Platform* for medical-grade connectivity that features multiple safeguards to help keep
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VIDA Raises $5.1M to Commercialize Precision Pulmonary Informatics
VIDA Diagnostics, Inc., a Coralville, IA-based provider of precision pulmonary informatics has raised $5.1 million in Series B funding led by Chartline Capital Partners with participation from Rittenhouse Ventures, Next Level Ventures, Rural Vitality Fund II, Iowa Seed Fund, and Northern California Investment Fund. The latest round will be utilize to help commercialize VIDA’s pulmonary imaging software and associated Precision Services including hiring additional talent.Founded in 2004, VIDA
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Teladoc CMO Henry DePhillips Appointed to National Quality Forum Telehealth Committee
Teladoc Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Henry DePhillips has been named to the National Quality Forum (NQF) Telehealth Multi-stakeholder Committee. As part of member of NQF, DePhillips will work closely with the multi-stakeholder NQF committee to establish a structure for measuring the quality of telehealth encounters and to identify existing and potential metrics that could be used to evaluate the quality of telehealth services.The NQF Committee will assess the best means of measuring the quality
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PHZIO Launches Telehealth Profitability Calculator for PT Clinics
eWellness Healthcare Corporation, a telehealth-focused company offering reimbursable insurance for physical therapy (PT) treatments has launched a telehealth profitability calculator for prospective PT clinics. The calculator is designed to illustrate the additional profits prospective PT clinics they can make by utilizing the PHZIO platform. Telehealth is an emerging field within the physical therapy industry as most traditional physical therapy practices operate on a one-to-one basis with
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GreatCall Acquires Healthsense to Expand Senior Care Market Footprint
Connected health for active aging provider GreatCall Inc. has acquired Healthsense, a provider of of passive remote monitoring services for the senior care, managed care and home care. Healthsense remote monitoring service is based on industry-leading passive technology that track activities of daily living (ADLs).For GreatCall the acquisition will expand its portfolio of connected health services for senior living and healthcare. . GreatCall's products and services include: Lively, Jitterbug
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Zipari Nabs $7M for CRM, Consumer Experience Platform for Health Insurance
Zipari, a Brooklyn, NY-based startup has raised$7 million in Series A funding led by Vertical Venture Partners. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand their suite of CRM-centered software as a service solutions for the health insurance vertical.Founded in 2014, Zipari provides carriers with CX platform, a SaaS based insurance-specific consumer experience platform featuring real-time insights into consumer behavior at every touch-point, enabling member segmentation with predictive
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Is Journey Mapping the Future of Transforming the Patient Experience?
Editor's Note: Victor Morrison is Next IT Healthcare’s Chief Strategy Officer. He has over 22 years of pharmacy expertise. You can follow him on Twitter @VictorOMorrison At this year’s Next Edge Health Experience Summit, Riley Conrath and Shane McAllister of EffectiveUI gave a great talk titled “Designing for the Emotion of Healthcare.” EffectiveUI has written at length about journey mapping and persona development for healthcare clients, but it was particularly striking to hear their talk
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12 Reasons Why Digital Health Has Reached the Tipping Point in 2016
Digital health finally reached a tipping point in 2016 as consumers adopted digital health tools at a record rate over the last 12 months, according to the latest report from digital health venture firm Rock Health. The second annual report, Digital Health Consumer Adoption written by Ashlee Adams, Mark Shankar and founder, Halle Tecco surveyed over 4,000 consumers nationally on the latest trends in consumer adoption of healthcare technology. These insights reveal consumer attitudes toward
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21st Century Cures Act May Increase Role of Telehealth in Medicare
Enactment of the 21st Century Cures Act is largely being praised for its reforms aimed at the drug approval process and increased funding for scientific research. But a little-discussed provision buried amidst the nearly 1,000 pages of legislative language could have a major impact in increasing Medicare beneficiary access to telehealth options, according to the URAC . URAC, a nonprofit organization developing evidence-based measures and standards states that while new research and reforms may
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