On-demand doctor house call service provider Heal has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Slow Ventures, March Capital, Pritzker Capital. The round also included numerous renowned angels, including: Dr. Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm Executive Chairman; James Lassiter, founder of Overbrook Entertainment; Stephen Rader, founder of Clarity Partners; Jamie McCourt; Lionel Richie; and Mike Wortsman, former President of Univision. The funding round brings the company’s total funding to $8.7
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CHIME Urges Congress to Rethink Federal Telehealth Policies
On Monday, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) sent a letter to a Senate Finance Committee workgroup urging them to rethink the reimbursement of telehealth services, as well as how it can serve as an effective alternative for improved healthcare delivery.
In the letter CHIME stated, "inconsistencies in the definition and reimbursement policies of telehealth services in federal and state programs are hurdles to widespread adoption. While Medicaid encourages
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Population Health: 37 Healthcare Executives Define the Term
The term “population health” has been a buzzword in the health IT lexicon for the past few years. Driven largely by the healthcare industry’s transition from a volumes based model to value-based delivery, population health plays a key role in emphasizing the accountability of outcomes. The concept of population health was originally defined as “the health outcome of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group” by David Kindig and Greg Stoddart in 2013.
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UBS Recommends WorldClinic for Concierge Telemedicine
UBS Wealth Management Americas has chosen WorldClinic to be one of only two recommended healthcare resources on the UBS platform of healthcare offerings for its high net worth clients and key executives. The concierge telemedicine provider was chosen after a nationwide review of more than 30 different healthcare companies that started in the spring of 2014.
WorldClinic Continuous Connected Care model leverages the latest cutting edge technology in mobile health monitoring devices and
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Doctor on Demand Raises $50M for Telehealth Video Visits
Doctor On Demand has closed a $50 million round of Series B financing to fuel the rapid expansion of its telehealth video visits platform. The round was led by Tenaya Capital along with investors Qualcomm Ventures, Dignity Health, and 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki. Existing investors, Venrock, Shasta Ventures, and Sir Richard Branson also participated in the round. To date, Doctor On Demand has now raised more than $74 million in total funding.
Available on iPhone, iPad,Android and desktop,
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Cleveland Clinic Launches 24-Hour Telehealth Visits Via Mobile App
Cleveland Clinic is now offering 24-hour telehealth visits that allows Ohio-based patients to receive urgent care consults via smartphone, tablet or computer for just $49 dollars. The new telemedicine service called MyCareOnline is provided through Cleveland Clinic’s partnership with telehealth platform provider American Well.
“It’s tremendously more convenient, because people can be seen from home or work,” said Dr. Peter Rasmussen, the medical director for distance health at Cleveland
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Intel-GE Care Innovations to Test Telehealth with Seniors
Intel-GE Care Innovations™, a joint venture between Intel Corporation and GE Healthcare has announced a partnership with Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing to measure the telehealth benefits of leveraging remote patient monitoring (RPM) with senior living residents.
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Residents of Kingsley Manor in Los Angeles and Claremont Manor in Claremont, California, will use Health Harmony, Care Innovations’ RPM platform that simplifies RPM by providing intuitive and
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Walgreens Plans to Expand Telehealth Platform to 25 States
Walgreens, in collaboration with telehealth platform provider MDLIVE, today announced an expansion of its telehealth platform to users in Colorado, Illinois and Washington. Additionally, the company announced users can now access the platform via the Walgreens website on desktop and tablet devices, in states where the service is currently offered.
Walgreens and MDLIVE first launched the platform last December through the Walgreens mobile application in California and Michigan. The
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American Well Sues Teladoc for Patent Infringement
Telehealth provider American Well has filed a lawsuit against competitor Teladoc for patent infringement for the Teladoc telehealth service offering (“the Teladoc System”).
“Teladoc has infringed American Well’s intellectual property,” said Ido Schoenberg, CEO of American Well in an official statement. “While a transparent and competitive landscape is an imperative for innovation, Teladoc has unfairly disregarded American Well’s ownership rights to advance its business. We developed and
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Will Interstate Telemedicine Further Accelerate the Exodus of Physicians?
Did you know that you are a “telemedicine provider”? No? I can’t blame you for not knowing, but you are, and always have been. Well, maybe not always, but certainly since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Better yet, you provide free telemedicine services. Here is an idea: on the home page of your practice website, you should add a big huge flashing banner saying “Free Telemedicine Services!” Still hesitating because you are not using fancy monitors when you take calls from
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