Cold and flu relief provider Vicks is finally entering the connected health space with the launch of its new Bluetooth-enabled digital Vicks® SmartTemp™ wireless smartphone thermometer now available at pharmacy and baby retailers nationwide this September for $24.99. The Vicks SmartTemp makes tracking multiple kids' temperatures easier than ever before this cold and flu season with a companion App available for Android or Apple devices. Tracking and communicating symptoms and temperature history
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Tanzania’s Healthy Baby SMS Service Records 1M mHealth Registrations
The CDC-funded mHealth Tanzania Partnership’s Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby SMS Service (HPHB) has announced 1 Million registrations to its service since its launch in November 2012. The service has sent 55 Million free SMS with safe antenatal, motherhood and infant healthcare information to Tanzanian pregnant women, mothers with newborns, male supporters and general information seekers across all national mobile networks.
The service is a success thanks to the dynamic collaboration among
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CareFirst BCBS to Award $3M in Telehealth Grants
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) plans to award up to $3 million in telehealth grants over the next three years to programs aimed at increasing patients' access to quality health care services through the use of telemedicine in Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.
In an effort to remove barriers to care and address existing health outcome disparities in its service area, CareFirst has issued a request for proposals from qualified nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations, or
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In-Person Visit vs. Telehealth Visit? Time Is Money
A recent study released by Harvard Medical School (HMS) published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that the average total visit time for typical in-person medical visits was 121 minutes. This total time spent includes 37 minutes in travel time and 84 minutes in the clinic waiting and filing in paperwork.
Of the 84 minutes, only 20 minutes were spent face-to-face with a doctor. HMS estimates that the average opportunity cost per visit was $43 (not including cost
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CareSync Pulls In $18M for Medicare-based Chronic Care Management
CareSync, a chronic disease management platform for Medicare has raised $18 million in Series B funding led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI), Greycroft Partners and Harbert Venture Partners, as well as existing investors Tullis Health Investors, Clearwell Group, CDH Solutions and Travis Bond. The capital will be used to help expand its workforce and continue to advance its best-in-class technology. Over the next 18 months, the company plans to hire an additional 500
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NIH Awards UCSF $9.75M to Launch Mobile Health Research Platform for Heart Disease
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $9.75 million to UCSF over the next five years to launch a mobile health research platform called Health ePeople that will enable investigators to conduct mobile and wireless health research in a less costly, more streamlined manner. The platform builds off the previous success of Health eHeart Study, which harnesses the power of online and mobile technology to gather cardiovascular data from study participants through devices such as smartphone
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PerfectServe Pulls In $21M to Expand Clinician Secure Messaging Platform
PerfectServe, a secure messaging and collaboration platform for clinicians has raised $21 million in funding led by MemorialCare Innovation Fund (MCIF), a strategic investment fund associated with MemorialCare Health System. Additional investors from the round include incumbent investors CHV Capital, the strategic investment arm of the Indiana University Health System, Piper Jaffray and River Cities Capital Funds, along with new investor Ares Capital Corporation. The funding will accelerate the
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HealthTap Launches Enterprise App for Managing All Employees’ Healthcare Needs
HealthTap, a digital health company set to reinvent the way people all over the world take care of their health and well-being has unveiled their new enterprise app called Compass. The new HealthTap Compass will serve as a hub for managing all employees’ healthcare needs, from information to prescriptions and even lab test referrals and interpretations, and will replace the traditional “benefits card.”
As part of the announcement, HealthTap has partnered with supply chain company Flex
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Kurbo Health, Humana Partner to Offer Mobile Weight Loss Coaching for Kids as Employee Perk
California-based Kurbo Health and Humana Inc., have partnered to offer qualified employers with a Humana health plan will have the option to purchase a twelve-month subscription to Kurbo Health’s mobile health coaching and weight loss program as a wellness benefit for employees’ children starting this month. Previously, insurers provided access to weight loss programs to companies for adult employees, this is the first time a wellness program specifically designed to help an employee’s children
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Medtronic Unveils New App Enabling Diabetics to Remotely Monitor Their Diabetes Data
Global medical technology provider Medtronic has announced the U.S. commercial availability of MiniMed Connect, the first and only product to enable people with diabetes to discreetly and conveniently view their insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) information on a smartphone. The announcement reinforces Medtronic's vision to transform diabetes care by beyond insulin pumps and CGM devices and integrating leading consumer technologies, data and informatics to enable better therapy
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