AbilTo, a provider of behavioral health programs proven to improve medical outcomes and lower costs for high-risk medical populations, today announced that Telemedicine and e-Health has published the results of a study AbilTo conducted on the impact of tele-behavioral therapy on diabetes patients with depression.AbilTo’s study documents significant decreases in depression, anxiety, stress, and glucose levels, as well as increased frequency of glucose self-testing, among
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Why Telemedicine Is Not A “Internet of Things” Solution
Medullan’s Dutch Dwight talks about the state of telemedicine and the virtual direction its headed in healthcare.
As telemedicine teeters on the edge of an explosive state of expansion, so many questions come to mind, including how it will transform healthcare delivery as we know it. With value-based reimbursement and a push to serve the underserved growing in the U.S, telemedicine stands to gain a lot of traction and quickly. Still, it’s important to remember the flesh and blood human
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Is Telemedicine The Key To Making Addiction Treatment Work?
Editor’s Note: D’Arcy Guerin Gue is a co-founder of Phoenix, with over 25 years of experience in executive leadership, strategic planning, IT services, knowledge leadership, and industry relations — with a special focus on patient engagement and federal compliance issues. She currently serves as the Director of Industry Relations at Phoenix Health Systems, a division of Medsphere Systems
In a world where only the wealthy suffered from addiction, we wouldn’t have to worry so much about the
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Telehealth Could Deliver Over $6B in Healthcare Savings Yearly
The global adoption of telehealth technologies will potentially allow governments to make substantial savings on healthcare, while delivering important medical services to both rural and under-served communities, according to business intelligence provider GBI Research.
The company’s latest report* states that the telehealth market is being driven by the accelerated development of mobile technology and applications, a greater need for cost-effective healthcare, rising populations, and
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American Well Unveils Multiway Video Telehealth Visits, Patient Self-Scheduling, Sidekick Photo App
Telehealth service provider American Well, today announced the launch of AW9, its newest product release, featuring an industry-first multiway video solution that enables joint doctor appointments. Multiway video allows a patient or provider to invite other participants, such as a specialist, caregiver, health coach, family member or language translator into a live, video visit.
Additional features of the AW9 include patient-self scheduling and the introduction of Sidekick, a photo app for
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East Jefferson Hospital Taps Teladoc to Provide Telehealth Services to New Orleans Residents
East Jefferson General Hospital has selected telehealth service provider Teladoc to deliver telehealth services to residents in New Orleans and surrounding areas. The addition of Teladoc’s on-demand health care services will enable more local residents to have greater access to care – when, where, and however they want – via smartphone, mobile app or secure online video. The relationship also further cements East Jefferson General Hospital’s position as a leading health care system in
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Telehealth Company Zipnosis Appoints SVP of Sales & Marketing
Zipnosis, the first virtual care telehealth solution that empowers health systems to launch their own branded virtual care platform, has appointed medtech industry veteran John Jordan to Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Under his leadership, Jordan will focus his time on enhancing Zipnosis’ current efforts to stimulate additional growth for the company. He has more than 25 years of experience working with rapid growth healthcare information technology companies and most recently,
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Tribridge, Microsoft Collaborate to Accelerate Population Health Management
Tribridge has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft Corp. that will allow healthcare providers to accelerate the implementation of transformational population health management (PHM) delivery models. Tribridge Health360's PHM cloud solution addresses the massive changes required as healthcare providers rapidly shift to value-based healthcare delivery. While Health360 is delivered on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online platform, providers using Health360 are going beyond better
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UCSF, Cipher Health to Launch Customized Population Health Platform
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and healthcare technology firm CipherHealth LLC have launched a customizable population health management platform called View that aims to improve the quality of care for patients with complex health conditions. The platform, which helps engage patients and facilitate more efficient team coordination among providers, was developed in collaboration between the two entities.
View integrates CipherHealth's patient engagement software platforms
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American Well Releases First-Ever Telehealth Mobile SDK, Embeds In-App Telehealth
Telehealth provider American Well today unveiled the first-ever mobile Telehealth Software Development Kit (SDK). The telehealth mobile software development kit (SDK) lets hospitals, retailers, health plans, or medical publishers embed telehealth directly into their own apps, under their brand, making online care easier to access than ever before
Limitless Use Cases for In-App Telehealth
There are endless examples of how having an immediate doctor's visit available in-app helps consumers
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