What You Should Know:
- Veterans across the United States can now access convenient, on-demand healthcare through VA Health Chat, following the platform's national rollout across all Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs).
- The multi-year initiative, facilitated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), brings CirrusMD's physician-first virtual care services to millions of Veterans.
VA Health Chat: Expanding Access to Care
VA Health Chat is now available to over
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TytoCare Updates Home Smart Clinic Platform with New Features
What You Should Know:
- TytoCare, a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, has released a major software update for its Home Smart Clinic.
- The update includes a number of new features that are designed to make high-quality healthcare more accessible at scale for payers, providers, and
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Avel eCare Launches Clinical Workflow Platform for Telemedicine Services
What You Should Know:
- Avel eCare, a leading provider of clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services, has announced the launch of Avel eSync.
- The innovative platform is designed to revolutionize telemedicine by streamlining workflows and empowering healthcare organizations to seamlessly integrate these services into their operations.
Optimizing the Clinician Experience
Avel eSync's core strength lies in its advanced workflow capabilities. This clinician-centric
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TytoCare Partners with 5 Health Systems to Bring Telehealth to 100+ Schools
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- TytoCare, a virtual care company enabling health plans and providers to deliver accessible, high-quality remote primary care anywhere across the country, announced today that it has partnered with five new health systems to bring TytoCare solutions to more than 100 additional schools nationwide.
- TytoCare’s
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Baptist Health Expands Telehealth Devices to Over 700 Bedsides with Caregility
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- Baptist Health, a leading healthcare system in Arkansas, and Caregility, a provider of intelligent telehealth devices, today announced a significant expansion of their partnership. This collaboration aims to transform patient care delivery by leveraging telehealth technology across Baptist Health's entire network of hospitals.
- Caregility Cloud™ is a trusted platform used by over 1,000 hospitals across the US. It is valued for its high reliability,
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Report: Limited English Proficiency Patients Face Challenges with Telehealth Visits
What You Should Know:
- A new study led by Brigham and Women's Hospital, a member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, reveals that patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) have a less positive experience with virtual healthcare visits compared to English-proficient patients.
- This study highlights the importance of designing inclusive telehealth solutions. By addressing language barriers, expanding digital access, and simplifying technology, healthcare
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AI Predicts Patient Decline 8 Hours Early: CLEW’s Platform Now Available
What You Should Know:
- CLEW, a provider of clinical intelligence and predictive surveillance, has announced the general availability of its FDA-cleared AI platform.
- The FDA-cleared AI platform empowers healthcare providers with the ability to identify patients at risk of deterioration up to eight hours earlier than traditional methods.
Early Warning System for Better Patient Care
CLEW's platform leverages machine learning-derived prediction models to analyze patient
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UnitedHealth Group Shutters Optum Virtual Care Business
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- UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of the Optum health services division, announced the closure of its Optum Virtual Care business, Endpoints News first reports. Optum Virtual Care offered 24/7 access to virtual consultations with board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners across all 50 states.
- On April 18th, Optum Virtual Care employees were informed of the shutdown, with some reportedly having last days in July according to a Seeking
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Owlet Partners with Wheel to Simplify Access to In-Home Infant Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Owlet, a provider of smart infant monitoring technology, announced a strategic partnership with Wheel, a prominent virtual healthcare provider.
- The partnership empowers Wheel's network of clinicians to prescribe Owlet's BabySat, an FDA-cleared infant pulse oximeter. This innovative device, featuring a comfortable sock design, allows caregivers to effectively monitor their baby's health vitals at home. This collaboration fosters closer collaboration
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Sunstone Partners Invests in Accuhealth to Transform Remote Patient Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Sunstone Partners, a leading private equity firm, has announced a strategic investment in Accuhealth, a prominent healthcare technology company.
- The investment aims to propel Accuhealth's rapid growth and empower them to expand their remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM) solutions.
A Focus on Simplifying Remote Patient Care
Accuhealth offers a comprehensive suite of hardware, software, and clinical monitoring solutions for
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