San-Francisco-based Joyable, an evidence-based, affordable mental health service provider has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by returning investors Thrive Capital and Harrison Metal. The funding will be used to develop the company's first-ever native mobile app to offer Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and expand its service to more of the 15 million Americans currently suffering from clinical social anxiety. The company previously raised $2M seed round.
Launched in March 2015,
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FDA Approves Medtronic’s Remote Monitoring Pacemaker App
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared approval and U.S. commercial availability of Medtronic's MyCareLink Smart(TM) Monitor, an app-based remote monitoring system for patients with implantable pacemakers. The app-based system makes it easy for heart device patients to stay connected to their doctor.
How It Works
Prescribed by a physician, The MyCareLink Smart Monitor is comprised of a handheld portable device reader and the MyCareLink Smart mobile app, available for free on
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Consortium Unveils ‘Cookbook’ for Large-Scale Telehealth Deployments
A Philips-led consortium of leading companies, universities, hospitals and healthcare authorities has unveiled a 'cookbook' for large-scale deployment of coordinated care and telehealth. The cookbook is the result from a two-and-a-half year scientific evaluation of data from different connected health programs in five European regions. It provides new insights that apply across the EU on why certain telehealth programs are more successful than others.
Connected care is seen by many
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UCSF, Voalte Partner to Develop Social-based Clinical Communication Platform
Sarasota, FL-based healthcare communication company, Voalte is partnering with the Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI) at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 2016 to develop Voalte Story, a product based on CareWeb, a clinician facing interactive patient wall that caregivers may access to post and link texts or alarms to a specific patient.
Built upon Voalte Platform, the company’s new communication solution, Voalte Story utilizes “enterprise social-based communication”
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The Role of Secure Messaging in the Digital Health Revolution
While the world focuses on holograms and telemedicine, secure communication technology is making what could arguably be considered the most profound impact on the healthcare system. It’s less Sci-Fi than robotic surgery. Less Silicon Valley than a virtual visit. But secure messaging technology is addressing the most fundamental need within the healthcare system: effective communication.
This sponsored report by DocHalo explains the rise of secure messaging in healthcare,
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4 Reasons Why Fossil Acquired Misfit for $260M
On Thursday, watch maker giant Fossil Group, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire wearable technology company Misfit, Inc.for $260 million. The purchase price, which includes transaction costs, will be funded through a combination of cash on hand and bank debt.
Fossil Group expects the acquisition to close before the end of fiscal 2015, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval. Misfit founder and CEO Sonny Vu will now serve as president and chief
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Uber Teams with Voalte, SMH to Offer Patients Rides to Doctor’s Appointment
Sarasota, FL-based healthcare communication company Voalte is teaming up with Uber and Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, to create a new Voalte app that could make scheduling transportation easier for patients who need a ride to their doctors’ or medical appointments.
Pilot Program Details
The pilot program will integrate Voalte's app with Uber’s internet-enabled platform to give a group of Sarasota Memorial patients discharged from the hospital a convenient option to pre-arrange
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MedHelp Adds Blood Glucose Tracking via Apple Watch App
MedHelp®,the consumer division of Physicians Interactive®(PI) is expanding its diabetes management platform to allow individuals to track blood glucose levels on the Apple Watch®. With this new capability for consumers, MedHelp continues its focus on creating highly effective tools that help consumers, providers, payers and otherpartners address the management of chronic conditions that are rapidly taking a significant toll on America's health and the national healthcare system.
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Welltok Rolls Out Watson-Powered CafeWell Platform to IBM Employees
Welltok is offering a Watson-powered version of the CaféWell Health Optimization Platform™ to IBM employees, leveraging the power of cognitive computing to help revolutionize how IBM manages health resources and engages employees. For IBM employees, Welltok's CaféWell platform organizes IBM's 36 disparate partners, including five health insurance carriers, flexible spending accounts and retirement programs. The integration will allow employees the ability to access a single, engaging and
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Can Mobile Health Apps Transform Mental Health Care?
Any conversation focused on what’s great about America usually includes a mention of optimism, hopefulness or some variation on the theme.
Americans generally still believe in a brighter future, and especially the ways in which technology can enable that future. But that sense of optimism contains a kernel of potential disappointment when we ask technology to do too much.
Consider the case of mental health care, a profession that faces massive budget shortfalls.
According to Robert
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