Teladoc has inked a contract with the Mississippi Insurance Department to provide telehealth services statewide to the 13,000 Mississippi Volunteer Firefighters and their dependents. By offering telehealth consults to its volunteer firefighters, the Mississippi Insurance Department expects the Teladoc program to be used as a recruiting incentive as demographic changes decrease the pool of available firefighters.
The program with Teladoc will also benefit the state by increasing the
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New York Digital Health Accelerator Showcases 6 Startups at Demo Day
On Friday, the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA) – a five month program showcased six early and growth-stage digital health startups for healthcare providers and patients in the areas of care coordination, patient engagement, and workflow improvement. Each startup received $100k in up-front funding per company from a syndicate of leading venture capital and strategic investors.
14 New Pilot Programs Anticipated to Result from Program
Since entering the accelerator program, the
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HealthTap Launches SOS to Become the Uber of Disaster Response
Imagine what's possible to do with 85,000 top doctors deployed in real-time to a disaster area well before the relief forces arrive. Starting today, population managers can now deploy world-class, compassionate healthcare via any mobile device or web connection in minutes during natural disasters, war, or terrorist attacks through HealthTap’s new SOS disaster relief platform.
By virtually deploying doctor knowledge and expertise to jumpstart the relief process, including before local first
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Report: The Digital Health Innovator’s Mini-Handbook
Enspektos, LLC, a New York-based innovation consultancy, has published The Digital Health Innovator's Mini-Handbook. This 40-page first-of-its-kind publication is designed to provide entrepreneurs, executives, medical professionals and others with strategies, insights and methods that can help them successfully develop, implement and scale digital innovations in health.
The mini-handbook features a number of resources, including:
- The Ages of Digital Health: A unique framework that
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Akili Interactive Labs Nabs $30.5M for Digital Medicine Gamification
Akili Interactive Labs, Inc. ("Akili"), a company focused on developing clinically validated digital medicine for cognitive assessment and personalized treatment through gamification has raised $30.5 million in new equity funding. The investments will be used to support the potential FDA clearance of its digital medicine platform across a variety of patient populations, including pediatric attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder Participants in the round
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Medical Device Excise Tax Suspension Could Rejuvenate Market
The suspension of the medical device excise tax, which was implemented in 2013 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, also known as Obamacare), will have positive consequences for the US medical device market over the next few years, says an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData.
The tax, which imposed a 2.3% tax on the domestic sales of medical devices in the US, to be paid by manufacturers or importers, was suspended on December 18, 2015,
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Philips Unveils Mobile Medical Alert Service for Senior Emergency Care On-the-Go
This week, Royal Philips announced the availability of Philips Lifeline GoSafe, its mobile medical alert sthat is part of Philips suite of solutions that connect care across the health continuum. Featuring the power of up to six location technologies, GoSafe gives seniors the assurance to get up and go while being protected by the 24/7, Canada-based emergency call response centre which protects more seniors than any other medical alert service.
“When seniors feel less confident, anxious or
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AbilTo Launches Tele-Behavioral Program for Substance Use
AbilTo, Inc., a provider of evidence-based behavioral change programs proven to improve medical health and lower cost for high-cost medical populations has announced the addition of its Depression and Substance Use program. The new program helps individuals understand the interaction between mood and substance use, and identify strategies to replace use with positive coping skills and healthy reinforcement.
AbilTo's Depression and Substance Use program helps participants focus on specific
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Welkin Health, Minnesota Children’s Hospital Partner to Deliver Better Diabetes Care to Children
Welkin Health, a San Francisco-based digital health company specializing in patient relationship management, has been chosen by Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota as a partner for a multi-year study aimed at improving care for children with type 1 diabetes. Children’s Minnesota is using the configurable Welkin software to improve its care team’s efficiency when communicating with patients and their families remotely.
Diabetes Study Details
The Children’s study is designed to
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The Future of Wearables in Healthcare for 2016 & Beyond
From Google Glass to the latest in consumer technology, Augmedix’s Pelu Tran tells us where wearables are headed in healthcare.
Seems like everyone is talking about the proliferation of wearables these days. It’s hard to find a wrist that doesn’t don one of the latest health tracking devices. In 2015, the wearable trend also gained greater traction among healthcare providers—with gadgets like Google Glass displaying great potential in multiple areas from surgery to telehealth.
As
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