LifeWise Health Plan of Oregon announced it will offer telehealth visits via Teladoc physicians to its members for the purpose of diagnosis, prevention, health advice, disease management and treatment starting starting next year. Effective January 1, 2015, virtual care will be a component of LifeWise's healthcare delivery system and will be available as a covered benefit to all members.
Telehealth Visits Overview
Telehealth LifeWise members will have access to telehealth services
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Can A Mobile Health App Reduce Eye Age by 8.6 Years?
Can a mobile health app improve your eye vision? Various studies in neuroscience and advances in mobile technology healthcare seem to show that it is possible. GlassesOff is a new mobile health app that is clinically proven to reduce “eye age” by an average of 8.6 years. It is designed to reduce and eventually eliminate your dependence on reading glasses. What is the app all about and how does it work? Is it really as helpful as it claims to be? Is there scientific data to support the claims?
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American Well Raises $81M To Expand Telehealth Visits
Tehealth leader, American Well has raised $81 million in Series C funding to expand telehealth videos with patients, according to a SEC filing. American Well immediately connects U.S. board-certified physicians with patients for live, on-demand video visits 24-7, and handles all related administrative, security and record keeping functions. See below for the full release details.
“Telehealth is about to completely change how people get healthcare,” said Doug Wenners, Senior Vice President for
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Can A Google Glass App Help the Hearing Impaired?
Close to 30 million people in the US alone suffer from hearing impairment. Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a Google Glass app especially designed for the hearing impaired called Captioning on Glass (CoG). How does the technology work? Is it genuinely useful to the hearing impaired? What are the pitfalls of the app? While some researchers say that it is possible, others deny it.
How does Google Glass work for the hearing impaired?
A Georgia Tech research team is credited with
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5 Ways Secure Messaging Can Improve Patient Care
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According to a recent report from healthcare start-up accelerator Rock Health, venture capitalists poured more than $3 billion into digital health companies in the first three quarters of 2014. But where’s most of the money going? Toward efforts that “improve patient care and reduce costs,” the analysis said.
Studies show that as more clinicians and healthcare facilities adopt the use of mobile technology in their daily healthcare practices, the positive
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Orange, USAID Partner to Accelerate Mobile Health in Africa
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and global telecommunications operator Orange announced a new alliance to accelerate mobile health in Africa at the mHealth Summit 2014 in Washington, DC. These mHealth innovations will help treat and care for individuals in developing countries across Africa.
Alliance Overview
The goal of the USAID/Orange alliance is to create a framework for easily replicating these important mobile services in a number of African countries throughout the
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Global Telehealth Market Set to Double in 5 Years
The global telehealth market is set to nearly double in next 5 years due to the demand for high-quality healthcare and remote patient monitoring, according to a new report by ReportsnReports.com. Analysts forcecasts the telehealth market togrow at a CAGR of 18.88 percent over the period 2014-2019.
Enhancing Mobile Health Reach
While all major players in the market are focusing on R&D to launch innovative products and services, there is also a sense of urgency among vendors regarding the
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Secure Messaging App TigerText Unveils New Features & Analytics
Real-time secure messaging app provider TigerText today announced new capabilities for its mobile application, designed specifically for the broader enterprise market. With a completely redesigned user interface, frictionless onboarding process and advanced reporting capabilities, TigerText is furthering its vision to provide an instant and secure workplace communication channel for healthcare organizations.
With TigerText, healthcare organizations can enable secure and compliant
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Walgreens to Offer Telehealth Visits Through MDLIVE
Drugstore gaint Walgreens has announced the expansion of its telehalth platform to offer telehealth visits through MDLIVE, provider of telehealth services that will give Walgreen customers 24/7 access to U.S. board-certified doctors through its mobile application. The collaboration aims to transform retail digital healthcare delivery and compete against competitors Rite Aid and CVS who already have similar telehealth offerings. Last year, Walgreens launched its Pharmacy Chat feature,
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Center for Connected Health Launches mHealth Research Platform
The Center for Connected Health today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind research tool to help companies, device manufacturers, startups and investors better understand what consumers want from -- and how they actually use -- personal health technologies. The cHealth Compass mobile platform creates customized surveys targeting a large research panel of U.S. adult healthcare consumers, patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals, to answer questions to support the design, testing
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