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SynsorMed, Charles Barkley Foundation Partner to Combat Health Disparities for Black Americans Impacted by COVID-19

by Fred Pennic 06/22/2020 Leave a Comment

SynsorMed, Charles Barkley Foundation Partner to Combat Health Disparities for Black Americans Impacted by COVID-19

What You Should Know: - Charles Barkley Foundation forms a partnership with health IT company SynsoMed to combat health disparities for Black Americans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. - Launches Save Our Selves (S.O.S) Council, comprised of Black influencers, technologists, healthcare professionals, and policymakers concerned about the health of Black Americans. SynsorMed, a Birmingham, AL-based provider of remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM)
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Backed by Northwell, Conversa Health Raises $12M for AI-Powered Chatbots

by Fred Pennic 06/11/2020 Leave a Comment

Backed by Northwell, Conversa Health Raises $12M for AI-Powered Chatbots

What You Should Know: - Conversa Health raises $12 million in Series B funding round to expand its AI-powered chatbots enabling health systems, payers and pharmaceutical companies to engage patients and collect patient-generated health data and patient-reported outcomes. - Conversa plans to use the funding to scale its virtual care and communication platform—97 percent of patients who have used its chatbots say they can better manage their care with Conversa.  - Murray Brozinsky
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FCC Surpasses $100M in Approved COVID-19 Telehealth Program Applications

by Jasmine Pennic 06/10/2020 Leave a Comment

FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program Providers

What You Should Know: - FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which was authorized by the CARES Act, has approved funding for 305 healthcare providers in 42 states plus Washington, D.C. for a total of $105M in funding. The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau today approved an additional 67 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Healthcare providers in both urban and rural areas of the country will use this $16.87M in funding to
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OurCrowd Launches $100M Pandemic Innovation Fund to Invest in Companies on Front Lines of COVID-19

by Fred Pennic 06/02/2020 Leave a Comment

OurCrowd Launches $100M Pandemic Fund to Target Solutions for COVID-19

What You Should Know: - Israeli venture capital platform OurCrowd launches $100M Pandemic Fund to invest in companies on the front lines of COVID-19. - The fund plans to raise $100M to invest in 15-20 companies focused on prevention & containment, treatment & healing, and community & disruption mitigation technology solutions to combat current and future pandemic. OurCrowd, a Jerusalem, Israel-based crowdfunded-venture investment platform, today announced the launch of
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Amwell Raises $194M to Expand Telehealth Platform to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic

by Fred Pennic 05/20/2020 Leave a Comment

Amwell Raises $194M to Expand Telehealth Platform to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic

What You Should Know: - Telehealth leader American Well (Amwell) raises $194 million in Series C funding in an effort to expand to better serve patients and healthcare providers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. - As COVID-19 swept across the United States, Amwell has seen a significant expansion in the usage of its core Amwell Platform.  American Well® (Amwell), a national telehealth technology and services company announced it has raised $194 million in Series C funding with
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Report: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Changing Patient Communications

by Fred Pennic 04/27/2020 Leave a Comment

Report-How-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-is-Changing-Patient-Communications

What You Should Know: - Data from Luma Health reveals stark gaps in the volume and cadence of COVID-19-related messages sent between doctors and patients. - California, one of the states hit early and hard by COVID-19, increased patient communications more than 91x over, with 206,000 messages broadcast between late January and March; New York saw a 16x increase over the same period (both states with approximately the same number of cases in early March).    - During the month of
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Looking to Keep Data Analytics in Healthcare Affordable? The Answer is the Cloud

by Tom Scott is Chief Financial Officer of HST Pathways 02/17/2020 Leave a Comment

Looking to Keep Data Analytics in Healthcare Affordable? The Answer is the Cloud.

It’s clear that 2020 Healthcare will be the year of big market disruptions. With data-rich players such as Amazon and Google entering into the healthcare market space, many traditional health care systems are reviewing their own strategic plans with an eye towards staying relevant. According to a recent analytics survey by HIMSS, 32% of respondents said that population health is a top focus moving forward, and nearly 60% are eager to make improvements in care. Most
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AMA: 7 Physician Digital Health Adoption Trends Driving Digital Transformation

by Fred Pennic 02/06/2020 Leave a Comment

AMA: 7 Physician Digital Health Adoption Trends Driving Digital Transformation

- New AMA survey reveals physicians’ motivations and requirements for adopting digital health adoption and attitudinal shifts from 2016 to 2019. - Adoption of digital tools has grown significantly among all physicians regardless of gender, specialty or age. - Adoption of remote care tools such as tele-visits and remote monitoring had the most movement. - Awareness of most of the emerging technologies such as artificial or augmented intelligence is fairly high. Adoption of digital
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El Camino Health Offers Personalized Chatbot to Patients with COPD

by Jasmine Pennic 02/05/2020 Leave a Comment

El Camino Health Offers Personalized Virtual Chatbot to Patients with COPD

- El Camino Health is now offering personalized virtual health assistant to patients suffering from COPD via Conversa Health partnership designed to improve respiratory care coordination and patient experience. - Innovative 2 BREATHE (Be Resilient EAch Time after a Hospital Event) chat program leverages Conversa’s patient engagement platform assigns patients with a respiratory therapist and a pulmonary nurse practitioner for personalized treatment to help patients breathe easier.
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Q/A: UnitedHealthcare Executive Talks Investment in Telehealth Innovation

by Erica Garvin 11/19/2019 Leave a Comment

Q/A: UnitedHealthcare Executive Talks Investment in Telehealth Innovation

Are telehealth innovations the future of care delivery? Pat Keran, vice president of product and innovation for UnitedHealthcare shared his insights and what’s to come from the integration of telehealth innovations in the healthcare landscape. It’s should be of no surprise that in today’s app-fascinated world that telehealth services are becoming increasingly popular both for consumers and employers. According to a recent report from the National Business Group on Health, 39 percent of
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