COVID-19 is introducing new weaknesses to an already strained healthcare system. As healthcare providers battle an increasing influx of patients and dwindling inventory – including critical personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies like masks, ventilators, and hospital beds – they are relying more heavily on their digital tools and applications than ever before.
This is an unprecedented opportunity for health IT professionals to contribute their skills and ingenuity to the COVID-19 fight.
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FCC Approves $4.2M for 13 COVID-19 Telehealth Program Providers
What You Need to Know:
– FCC approves the fourth set of 13 COVID-19 telehealth program providers, totaling $4.2M in funding.
– To date, the FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program has funded 30 health care providers in 16 states for a total of $13.7 million in funding.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved an additional 13 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, totaling $4.2M in funding. The third set of providers will support some
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Datos Health Nabs $7M to Hospital-Grade, Automated Remote Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- Israeli-based digital health startup Datos Health raises $7M in Series A funding led by Israeli venture fund Crescendo Venture Partners.
- The successful fundraising comes amid surging interest in the Datos’ versatile and robust remote patient care platform, demonstrated in its timely deployment to support leading US and Israeli healthcare providers – including Rochester Regional Health and Sheba Medical Center – to enable remote care and monitoring for home
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Vivify Health Launches COVID-19 Screening, Self-Isolation and Monitoring Pathways
What You Need to Know:
- Vivify Health has announced that availability today of new COVID-19 Screening, Self-Isolation and Monitoring Pathways for Vivify+Go mobile solution to providers at non-cost.
- This enables low-risk patients or those with mild symptoms to use their mobile devices to self-screen for COVID-19 by answering a series of questions that follow the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.
- The self-screening helps providers scale their
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M&A Analysis: 10 Reasons Why ResMed Acquired Propeller Health for $225M
On December 3rd, ResMed announced the acquisition of digital therapeutics maker Propeller Health for $225 million to help establish itself as a leader in COPD management across all stages of the disease. Digital medicines can help to personalize treatments, monitor patients in real-time, detect day-to-day changes in disease condition and increase patient adherence. Founded in 2010, Propeller helps people and their doctors better manage their COPD and asthma. Propeller’s digital medicine platform
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ResMed to Acquire Propeller Health for $225M, Will Operate as Standalone Business
ResMed to acquire digital therapeutics maker Propeller Health for $225 million, establishing itself as a leader in COPD management.ResMed, a provider of cloud-connected medical devices and out-of-hospital software-as-a-service (SaaS) business solutions, today announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire digital therapeutics startup Propeller Health for $225M. For ResMed, the acquisition will help establish the company as a leader in COPD management across all stages of the
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Qardio Launches New Service for Doctors to Bill for Remote Care Monitoring, Increasing Revenue Opportunities
Qardio, a digital health company, announced a new service for remote monitoring that brings a smarter way for doctors to deliver non face-to-face patient care while increasing revenue opportunities with the new reimbursement CPT code 99091. This new service is powered by Qardio’s doctor platform, QardioMD, which automatically compiles and analyzes patient vitals such as blood pressure, ECG and weight recorded outside the doctor's’ office. With this service, doctors can now more easily be
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Biotricity Files for Final FDA 510(k) Clearance for Remote Cardiac Monitoring Wearable
biotricity, a Redwood City, CA-based healthcare technology company has filed for a second and final 510(k) for the hardware portion of its remote cardiac monitoring software and device, Bioflux solution with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The announcement follows a previous milestone where Biotricity received FDA approval for the software portion of its remote cardiac monitoring wearable.This 510(k) is the final regulatory requirement needed for Biotricity to bring its Bioflux
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Philips, Emory Launch Australia’s First Remote Intensive Care Unit
Macquarie University has partnered with Philips and Emory Healthcare to launch Australia’s first remote intensive care unit (eICU) monitoring program to monitor patients around the clock. As part of the partnership, critical care nurses based onsite at Sydney’s Macquarie University’s MQ Health will utilize Philip’s eICU technology and Emory Healthcare’s intensivists to provide continuous critical care to patients back in the United States. How It WorksPhilips' eICU solution allows for near
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Study: Remote Patient Monitoring Saves $8K Per Patient Annually
Remote patient monitoring yielded a savings of $8,375 per patient annually, which, for a typical one-million-member health plan could translate into about $1.1 million saved each year. The results stem from a year-long remote patient monitoring pilot from Geneia,an analytics and technology leader in transforming healthcare delivery. @Home Pilot Study OverviewThe @Home pilot study compared the experience of Capital BlueCross members diagnosed with heart failure (HF), who enrolled and actively
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