NewYork-Presbyterian and Walgreens has announced a new collaboration to bring convenient access to NewYork-Presbyterian's world-class care through in-store telemedicine kiosks at select Duane Reade drugstores in New York. NewYork-Presbyterian, New York's No. 1 hospital, is offering the telemedicine services as part of its NYP OnDemand suite of digital health services.The first NewYork-Presbyterian NYP OnDemand telemedicine kiosk is currently available at the Duane Reade location at 40 Wall
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EpicMD Raises $3M for Telehealth Platform to Help Physicians Drive Revenue & Improve Patient Experience
EpicMD, a Miami, FL based provider of telehealth technology platform and service solutions focused on the needs of independent healthcare providers, has raised $3 million in Series A funding led by Sagemoore Capital. The round also included particpation from a host of the company’s largest customers, including high-net-worth family offices representing a number of nationally recognized medical thought leaders, each of whom engaged as early adopters of the platform solution.The global
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MDLIVE Unveils AI-Powered Chatbot to Improve Registration Process in Virtual Care Platform
MDLIVE, a virtual medical and behavioral healthcare provider has announced the launch of Sophie, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbot. The artificial intelligence-powered personal health assistant, Sophie is designed to mitigate the inconvenience, difficulties associated with registration process in virtual care platforms. Sophie’s name is rooted in Greek ideology and symbolizes “wisdom.Conversation is initiated with a user based on demographics and information entered throughout the
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Nomad Health Expands to Telemedicine Market, Launches Telehealth Jobs Marketplace
Nomad Health, a NYC-based freelance platform for doctors and nurses today announced that it is broadening its innovative technology to connect doctors directly with telehealth employers - making it the first online marketplace for telemedicine jobs. Starting today, doctors nationwide can now apply to telemedicine jobs, which are digitally transforming healthcare delivery and helping to solve doctor shortages in the United States.Telemedicine is an increasingly important mechanism to increase
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SnapMD Expands Telehealth Platform with Spanish-Language Capabilities
SnapMD, a full-service telehealth technology innovator and solutions provider, announced new Spanish-language patient support services to its Virtual Care Management (VCM) telemedicine platform to extend and strenghten health system care capabilities. The patient support for Spanish-language needs increases patient access to care from the comfort of their own home through the user-friendly patient portal.As an enterprise-software telemedicine platform that reaches across the care continuum,
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HealthPartners Taps AMC Health For Telemonitoring Hypertension Study
AMC Health, a provider of real-time virtual care solutions has been selected as the telemonitoring provider for HealthPartners Institute for its high blood pressure study, Hyperlink. Recently, HealthPartners was awarded $6 million to expand this study to determine if telemonitoring can improve a patient’s health and decrease blood pressure more than traditional clinic-based care. In the second phase of research, AMC Health and HealthPartners will work together to monitor patients’ blood
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Henry Ford Deploys Integrated Virtual Visits Within Epic MyChart Workflow
Henry Ford Health System has deployed integrated virtual visits within the Epic MyChart workflow to provide simplified access to care via Vidyo’s video collaboration platform. IDSolutions Healthcare, Vidyo’s premier Epic telehealth deployment partner, has established telehealth ecosystems throughout healthcare institutions across the United States.For care providers, the ability to launch a video consultation within the same interface makes telemedicine simple to use. Having to launch a separate
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Texas Tech University Launches Telemedicine Pilot Project in Rural West Texas
swyMed announced today that it has joined forces with the Commission on State Emergency Communications and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center on a telemedicine pilot project to implement between EMS providers and a select group of trauma centers in rural West Texas. TTUHSC service area covers 108 counties and 131,459 sq. miles, which is larger than New York, New England, and the District of Columbia combined. The objective of the project, funded by Texas House Bill 479, is to improve
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Medtronic, American Well Partner to Integrate Telehealh Services and Enable Bi-Directional Data Flow
Medtronic has announced an integration partnership with telehealth provider American Well to enable a more complete telehealth solution focused on the unique needs of the complex, chronic, co-morbid patient population. The goal of the partnership is to provide greater patient access to their care team, while improving clinician access to the critical information needed when making care decisions - especially as they evaluate opportunities for early intervention.As part of the integration
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KLAS-CHIME Report: Telehealth Adoption Increasing Among Providers Despite Concerns
Most healthcare organizations and providers plan to expand their use of telehealth programs, based on the benefits they have experienced so far, according to a study released today by KLAS Research and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). But some also expressed concerns about reimbursement and other potential limitations, according to the study.Telehealth has the potential to revolutionize healthcare with both healthcare organizations and legislators hoping it
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