The American Medical Association (AMA) today supported the bipartisan Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act to expand the use of telemedicine to achieve quality care for patients. The CONNECT for Health Act would:
- Create a bridge program to help providers transition to the goals of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) through using telehealth and RPM without
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Fitbit Unveils Fitness Wristband, Fitbit Alta
Fitbit, the leader in the connected health and fitness market, today introduced Fitbit Alta™ – a slim, sleek fitness wristband that can be personalized to fit your style, while advanced health and fitness features make tracking workouts effortless and deliver positive motivation to keep you moving. Fitbit Alta is designed with a satin finish, stainless steel body and features a line of stylish interchangeable bands in multiple popular colors and premium materials so you can find the right style
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President Obama to Request $1B for Cancer ‘Moonshot’
President Obama is planning to ask Congress for $755M in mandatory funds for new cancer-related research activities at both NIH and the Food and Drug Administration part of its National Cancer ‘Moonshot’ imitative. The Moonshot initiative will begin immediately with $195M in new cancer activities at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Fiscal Year 2016.
Over time, other agencies will make new investments in this effort, beginning with the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Veterans
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71% of Consumers Would Use Health Monitoring Devices If Data Was Clinically Accurate
71 percent of adults would use a personal health monitoring device if it was clinically accurate, according to a national survey of 1,000 respondents commissioned by The Society for Participatory Medicine and healthcare technology company Biotricity Inc. The survey reveals that more than 8 out of 10 consumers (84 percent) believe that tracking their own health data with a clinically accurate health monitoring device will help improve their overall health.
“Americans are tremendously in favor
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Doctor on Demand Adds Nationwide Psychiatric Telehealth Visits
San Francisco, CA-based Doctor On Demand has expanded its behavioral health services to include psychiatrists telehealth video visits now available nationwide. The company began offering mental health care services in December 2014 with the addition of psychologists to its provider network.
The new addition of psychiatrists video visits represents a significant expansion of access to mental health care through Doctor On Demand. Now, patients can receive both therapy from a doctorate-level
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5 Forces Driving the Investments in On-Demand Healthcare
US funding for on-demand healthcare companies – those providing location-based offerings with near-real-time and 24/7 services – will quadruple from over $200 million in 2014 to $1 billion by the end of 2017, according to new research from Accenture. Since 2000, the top 230 on-demand companies have raised more than $12.5 billion, distributed across six main sectors: auto and transportation (76 percent); food and drink (10 percent); health (6 percent); household chores (3 percent); logistics (3
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Connected Health Business Models for Smart Home Platform Players
Editor's Note: Harry Wang is the Director of Health & Mobile Product Research at Parks Associates. He is also the founder and lead analyst of Parks Associates’ digital health research program since its inception in 2006.
The smart home industry focuses on consumer use cases that charge a recurring monthly fee as the default revenue model for service providers. Equipment manufacturers usually earn revenues from product sales. Smart home platform providers can offer a
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Only 27% of Heart Patients Use Activity Trackers to Manage Their Heart Condition
Only 27% of consumers with known heart disease and/or risk are using an activity trackers with 16% say they are using their tracker to specifically manage their heart condition/risk. Yet 74% of those who do use an activity tracker report the device is helping them cope with their heart condition, according to January HealthMine survey of 501 consumers with known heart disease and/or risk.
Overall, HealthMine found that 31% of those with a heart condition/risk are using some type of mobile
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AHA, IBM Watson Health, Welltok Partner to Transform Heart Health
The American Heart Association is teaming up with IBM Watson Health and Welltok to develop a first of its kind workplace health solution that leverages the cognitive computing power of IBM Watson. Powered by IBM Watson, AHA, IBM, and Welltok will create a new offering that combines AHA's science-based metrics and health assessments with cognitive analytics, delivered on Welltok's health optimization platform. The effort is intended to help alleviate the burden of cardiovascular diseases, which
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Specialty Pharmacy Launches Care Management App Powered by Patient IO
Diplomat, the nation's largest independent specialty pharmacy launches AllMetRx, a new care management app powered by Patient IO. With AllMetRx™, real-time treatment data is captured by caregivers and patients to monitor adherence, side effects, and other pertinent clinical data which is shared with providers and stakeholders.
The care coordination solution that can be integrated with any healthcare software system, including electronic health records and population health management
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