What You Should Know:
Bright.md announced the close of an $8 million series C
to deliver critical capacity to support patient care in the midst of a COVID-19
pandemic and to help flatten the curve.
The funding will be used for a massive expansion effort
to bring non-video telehealth to aid frontline healthcare workers and the
patients they are treating.
Over six years, Bright.md has stretched $12.5 million to
advance its AI-powered automation platform for primary and urgent
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Technology
COVID-19 Spikes Deaconess Health Adoption of Remote Medical Exams
What You Should Know:
Tyto Care and Deaconess Health System announced its expanded integration partnership to help stem the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Tyto Care’s TytoHome telehealth device enables
Deaconess patients to perform comprehensive physical examinations with a
Deaconess Care Provider from the comfort of home reducing the risk of spreading
the coronavirus and limiting the pressures facing emergency rooms and clinics.
Since the COVID-19
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Uniper Launches Cross-Platform Service to Address Social Isolation for Older Adults
What You Should Know:
- Uniper-Care Technologies announced its new cross-platform service that enables older adults and at-risk individuals in isolation to connect and engage with healthcare professionals, access live and interactive health and wellness programs, and communicate with family and friends.
- The service is designed to help the at-risk, older adult population and healthcare systems cope and adhere with the new world order of extensive social isolation due to the
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New COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Map Uses Social Determinants of Health to Identify Populations At Greater Risk
What You Should Know:
- Jvion Launches COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Map to identify the social determinants of health (SDOH) that put populations at greater risk, informing community planning and resource allocation to proactively mitigate the risk to vulnerable populations.
- The Community Vulnerability Map allows users to search and drill down into communities to view populations most vulnerable for severe outcomes if infected with a COVID-like virus and the socioeconomic
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Babyscripts Lowers Prenatal In-Person Visits During COVID-19 Outbreak
What You Should Know:
- Babyscripts, a virtual care platform for obstetrics is helping to lower the amount of prenatal in-person visits to 4-6 appointments during the COVID-19 outbreak due to increased demand.
- The standard amount of in-person prenatal care visits is 12-14. With the help of mobile health and their remote patient monitoring platform, which connects patients directly with their providers, Babyscripts is safely transitioning prenatal care outside the clinic.
As
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COVID-19 Vulnerability Index Identifies Urban Populations at High Risk
What You Should Know:
- RS21 has developed the Urban Health Vulnerability Index (UHVI) to help local governments and health planners identify urban populations at high risk for COVID-19, including older adults and people with serious medical conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and lung disease.
- The UHVI tool uncovers which parts of our communities could be most affected by a COVID-19 outbreak and allows local governments to anticipate where resources may be needed the
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AMA Launches Virtual Panel Discussion on Telemedicine Amid COVID-19
What You Should Know:
- The American Medical Association launches a virtual panel discussion today focused on telemedicine and COVID-19.
- The discussion is hosted by the AMA’s Physician Innovation Network (PIN), an online networking community of physicians, digital health companies and entrepreneurs.
The American Medical
Association is helping mobilize a dramatic increase in the nation’s telemedicine capacity
through its advocacy on Medicare policy changes
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Validic Launches Real-Time, COVID-19 Remote Symptom Monitoring Tool
What You Should Know:
- Validic launches COVID-19 rapid deployment remote monitoring tool for employers and healthcare organizations to monitor employees, patients, and other individuals at scale for emerging symptoms of COVID-19.
- COVID-19 Home Monitoring tracks a person’s body temperature, difficulty breathing, cough frequency, and oxygen saturation.
- Triggered alerts will notify program administrators or clinicians as a person’s symptoms worsen, improve, or remain static – or as
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Business General Liability Insurance: Choosing the Right Provider
One of the best ways to protect your company from being blindsided by issues related to court would be to purchase general liability insurance for your business. There have been too many situations where an unfortunate business owner lost everything they worked for due to someone finding a hole in their legal security and taking advantage of the situation. To help protect your company from the worst, the best thing to do would be to make use of business general liability insurance as soon as
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COVID-19: Why Limited HIPAA Waivers from HHS Don’t Do Enough To Address Telehealth
What You Need to Know:
- HHS issued some very limited HIPAA waivers to combat COVID-19999, but experts say it leaves out some very key guidance when it comes to telehealth.
- Alissa Smith, Partner at Dorsey & Whitney says the HHS is likely going to have to revisit this issue given the limited waivers issued this week.
The main thing I am hearing from my health care provider clients is that they are seeking HIPAA-related guidance
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