Samsung and TigerText today announced a new strategic partnership and joint offering to improve communication and coordination efforts among care teams, offering CNOs and CNIOs a top of the line, enterprise-grade smartphone that meets the consumer-expectations of staff. Improvements in efficiency allows clinicians to streamline continuity of care and spend more time caring for patients and less time tracking down colleagues or completing redundant administrative tasks. The new all-in-one
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DispatchHealth Raises $30.8M for On-Demand Urgent Care App
DispatchHealth (formerly known as True North Health Navigation), a Denver, CO-based provider of on-demand urgent care has raised $30.8M in funding co-led by Alta Partners and Questa Capital with the participation of strategic partner US Acute Care Solutions and existing investors. The company plans to use the funding to accelerate its mobile app-enabled on-demand healthcare delivery platform.Founded in 2013 by two mobile health executives, DispatchHealth’s team of board-certified caregivers
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PatientSafe Solutions Raises $25M for Point-of-Care Mobile Solutions
PatientSafe Solutions, a provider of mobile clinical workflow and communication solutions has raised $25 million in funding led by HighBar Partners with participation from existing investors Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Camden Partners, Psilos Group, and TPG. The company plans to utilize the latest round of funding to accelerate its operations, sales and customer success. In addition, the funding will help Patient Safe drive further innovation in clinical communications and care
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Generali Global Assistance Acquires Senior Caregiver Marketplace App CareLinx
Generali Global Assistance announced it has acquired CareLinx, a Silicon Valley-based nationwide, tech-enabled caregiver marketplace improving access to affordable, quality home care for families, large health systems, and insurance companies. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company has raised a total of $5 million in funding to date. Founded in 2011, CareLinx professional caregivers leverage proprietary digital care plans to better assist the elderly, individuals
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New Study Finds Prompts, Social Networks, Philanthropy Keys to Engagement for Wearables
A recent innovation study found interaction with social networks and use of digital coaches via a smartphone app connected to a biometric sensor embedded in eyeglasses provided incentive for users to increase activity, including an average 20-25 percent spike in daily steps when prompted by a digital coach. Conducted by the University of Southern California (USC) Center for Body Computing (CBC) and VSP Global's innovation lab using a prototype of VSP's unique Level™ smart glasses, the study is
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United Healthcare, DrFirst Launch App to Tackle Med Adherence with Drug-Price Transparency
The high cost of prescription drugs is one of the top causes of patient medication non-adherence, resulting in avoidable emergency department and hospital admissions, as well as longer term poor patient outcomes. With the transition to value-based care finally becoming a reality, this challenge must be addressed — and quickly — by leading healthcare organizations. To address this critical issue, UnitedHealthcare and DrFirst has announced the launch of PreCheck MyScript, a new app that delivers
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Vidyo Integrates with Allscripts FollowMyHealth To Embed Telehealth Visits Directly Into Patient Portal
Vidyo, which is used by 295 U.S healthcare systems for telemedicine, today announced its integration with Allscripts’ FollowMyHealth patient engagement platform. The FollowMyHealth platform empowers patients for continuous engagement, while expanding their care team. The integration embeds virtual consultations directly into the patient portal, helping to create a system of connected care that is more accessible to more people.Modern, self-service video API platforms like vidyo.io (which was
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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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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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Transforming the mHealth Experience With Digital Health Assistants
Editor's Note: Jeffrey Schwartz, MD, is president of Health Navigator, a diagnostic symptom checker used to help triage and prioritize patients. The platform streamlines telehealth and diagnosis. His extensive clinical, management and patient-care insights help guide the development of the Health Navigator platform. mHealth continues to be a health care buzzword, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. Evidence for the potential of mHealth technologies to improve consumer engagement,
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