NYC-based digital healthcare company, Sherpaa, has raised $2.25 million, bringing the company’s totally funding to $8 million. Investors for this round are O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Softbank and Draper and Associates.
Co-founded by Dr. Jay Parkinson MD, MPH in 2012, New York-based, Sherpaa is a health service that HR executives can provide on top of insurance plans. It allows employees to have access to physicians 24/7 through phone or asynchronous text communication as well as insurance
Read More
mHealth | Mobile Health | Mobile Healthcare - HIT Consultant
Joint Telehealth Pilot Program Reduces Hospitalizations by 45%
An at-home telehealth pilot program for patients with multiple chronic conditions between Philips and Arizona-based Banner Health has led to a 45 percent reduction in hospitalizations. Working together to address the shift toward value-based care and increased penalties for readmissions, the Intensive Ambulatory Care (IAC) pilot program assessed the results of 135 patients1 to determine the effectiveness of the IAC program in meeting its clinical and financial goals.
Joint Telehealth Program
Read More
American Well Unveils Telehealth 2.0 App for Physicians
Today during the 20th Annual Telemedicine Meeting & Trade Show in Los Angeles, American Well, the nation's largest telehealth service, unveiled its next generation product line, AW8. The next generation platform reflects a significant expansion in the reach of telehealth: whereas traditionally telehealth connected patients with available doctors to treat urgent care issues, Telehealth 2.0 now allows individual physicians to bring telehealth into their daily practice and use it to care for
Read More
Telehealth Giant Teladoc Files for IPO
On late Tuesday this week, Dallas-based telehealth provider, Teladoc filed a confidential draft registration form for an initial public offering (IPO) to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), WSJ reports. Founded in 2002, the company emerged as an early leader in the growing telehealth space as self-insured employers and insurance companies look for ways to cut healthcare costs by providing a video visits platform for doctors and patients.
The company has raised more than $100
Read More
Intel-GE Care, UMMC to Evaluate New Models of Care Using Remote Patient Monitoring
Intel-GE Care Innovations, a joint venture between Intel Corporation and GE Healthcare is expanding its relationship with the Center for Telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to establish an Innovation Living Lab. The new Innovation Living Lab will create and evaluate new models of care using remote care management technology and approaches to patient behavior change that will facilitate improvements in health outcomes.
On Feb. 24, UMMC announced its plans for
Read More
Doximity Rolls Out “Apply Using Doximity” Tool for Physicians
Doximity, the leading online medical network with over 50 percent of all US doctors as members, announced a new, instant method for physicians to apply for career opportunities — “Apply Using Doximity.” With one click, Doximity members can quickly submit their verified online profile as a curriculum vitae (CV) for an open job opportunity, and a recruiter will reach out to the physician directly.
Eighty seven percent of physicians are open to new jobs, and yet the application process is
Read More
Cedars-Sinai Enables Access to HealthKit For Over 80k Patients
Los-Angeles-based hospital Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has integrated its EMR to enable access to Apple's HealthKit platform for more than 80,000 patients, reports Bloomberg. Patients using HealthKit will now have the ability to integrate their personal medical information such as weight, blood pressure, steps taken, glucose levels and oxygen saturation levels with their patient files, enabling easier online access to their physicians.
“This is just another set of data that we’re confident
Read More
Oschner Health Pilots Apple Watch to Manage Chronic Diseases
After being the first Epic client to integrate with the Apple HealthKit, Ochsner Health System has announced it is now the first hospital in the nation to use the Apple Watch for managing patients suffering from chronic diseases. As part of the Ochsner Hypertension Digital Medicine Program pilot program, the New Orleans-based provider will utilize the Apple Watch to track several hundred patients who are struggling to control their blood pressure.
How It Works
Through wireless blood
Read More
73% Of Consumers Would Not Switch to Apple Watch For Fitness Tracking
73% of current fitness tracking users would not consider switching to the Apple Watch for fitness tracking, according to a recent Treato survey of 8,700 users of fitness trackers. When asked if they would consider switching to Apple's new Watch for fitness tracking, 48% are either extremely satisfied or satisfied with their current device. The survey findings reveal that despite the hype surrounding the Apple Watch release, the company may face a significant hurdles in converting existing
Read More
University of Michigan Pediatric Launches Telemedicine Program for Obesity
This week, the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Pediatric is launching a new telemedicine program that will provide patients access to their evidence-based pediatric weight management program without the need for families to make frequent trips to Ann Arbor. Utilizing Fruit Street Health's HIPAA compliant video platform, clinicians will deliver individual and group sessions via video conferencing to collect activity and nutrition information from patients easily between
Read More
