The specter of HIPAA is at the back of every health care provider’s mind, every day, in every interaction. Providers must constantly question if the information they are sharing, and how they are sharing it, falls within the law’s privacy guidelines. If they aren’t following the rules, they know, they could face significant fines and other consequences.
Yet for many providers, the same care and consideration that they give to conversations, emails, and other interactions doesn’t always extend
Read More
mHealth | Mobile Health | Mobile Healthcare - HIT Consultant
Mount Sinai, Livongo Health Launches Diabetes Management Program in NYC
Mount Sinai Health System and Livongo Health, a Chicago-based consumer digital health company, today announced the launch of a comprehensive diabetes management program in the NYC. The program, already available to Mount Sinai employees, combines the Livongo for Diabetes solution with the clinical capabilities of the Mount Sinai Clinical Diabetes Institute and the Mount Sinai’s Diabetes and Cardiovascular Alliance to offer a comprehensive health management solution to patients with diabetes. The
Read More
Mobile EMS to ED Response App Twiage Wins 2015 New Ventures Healthcare Challenge
Atlanta-based Twiage, a Blueprint Health company that enables seamless EMS to ED care transitions using mobile technology has been selected by Cleveland Clinic Innovations as the winner of its prestigious 3rd New Ventures Healthcare Challenge at the 2015 Medical Innovation Summit on Monday.
Founded in 2013, Twiage is a comprehensive, interoperable prehospital communication system that delivers real-time situational awareness of incoming ambulances to busy Emergency Departments. Paramedics
Read More
Teladoc Reaches 1 Millionth Telehealth Visit Milestone
On-demand telehealth platform Teladoc has crossed an industry milestone this week with the completion of its 1 millionth telehealth visit. Each telehealth visit reflects an interaction between a board-certified, state-licensed physician and a patient in need of health care via video, phone or online.
To date, more than 12.5 million U.S. members are connected to Teladoc’s network of over 2,000 board-certified, state-licensed physicians and behavioral health professionals who provide care for
Read More
American Well Powers Telehealth Visits to 29 Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans
Telehealth services provider American Well, today announced it is the telemedicine partner of choice for 29 Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans in more than half of the United States. Beginning 1/1/16, 29 independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans rely on American Well to deliver care to members across 26 states. Through its app, Amwell health plans can give members a benefit they want, while reducing medical costs for key employer accounts.
"Modern technology like web and mobile lets us
Read More
Welltok Acquires Zamzee to Optimize Children’s Health through Gamification
Health optimization provider Welltok, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Zamzee, an award-winning health program developed by HopeLab, to strengthen its CaféWell Health Optimization Platform™ for children. Welltok’s CaféWell Health Optimization Platform organizes health and condition management programs, apps and digital tracking devices to improve engagement by providing personalized guidance via social, gaming and cognitive technologies.
Zamzee rounds out their offerings to include
Read More
Twiage Selected As Finalists for Cleveland Clinic’s 2015 New Ventures Healthcare Challenge
Atlanta-based Twiage (Twitter for Triage), a Blueprint Health company that enables seamless EMS to ED care transitions using mobile technology has been selected by Cleveland Clinic Innovations as one of the four finalists for its prestigious New Ventures Healthcare Challenge. The challenge is a part of Cleveland Clinic's commitment to cultivating the next early-stage digital health companies that will disrupt the market and streamline the delivery of better care to patients everywhere.
Next
Read More
Report: System Integration Key to Global Telehealth Success
Telehealth technologies are advancing quickly, but their ability to improve access to healthcare depends on a wide range of enabling factors, including communications infrastructure, skills, regulation and culture, according to new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The report finds that global telehealth success is largely dependent upon system integration to ensure that new telehealth systems work seamlessly with those already in place, to avoid medical specialties having ‘one-off’
Read More
Figure 1 Raises $5M For its “Instagram for Doctors” App
The Toronto-based startup Figure 1, whose medical photo sharing app used by more than 500k medical professionals across 100 counties has raised $5 million in funding from Union Square Ventures as well as existing backers Version One Ventures, Rho Canada Ventures and Graph Ventures. Investors also include Allen & Co. and individual investors. The latest funding round brings the Canadian digital health startup's total funding to $9 million.
The company plans to utilize the funding to
Read More
New Instagram-Like App Embeds Heart Data for Social Sharing
The University of Southern California (USC) Center for Body Computing (CBC) and Medable Inc. has launched an Instagram-like app called Biogram that lets users embed heart rate data into a photo distributed to social media via a photo-sharing network. Developed by using ResearchKit, the Biogram app will help researchers better understand how publicly sharing biometrics influences personal relationships and experiences in a social community.
Biogram Research Study Overview
As part of the
Read More
