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UAB Medicine, Advanced ICU Care to Develop Tele-ICU Care Operations Center

by Jasmine Pennic 10/14/2020 Leave a Comment

UAB Medicine, Advanced ICU Care to Develop Tele-ICU Care Operations Center

What You Should Know: - UAB Medicine has announced a large-scale, strategic telemedicine partnership with Advanced ICU Care that will encompass the entire health system, one of the top three largest public hospital facilities in the U.S. - The relationship initiates the development of a new tele-ICU care operations center and envisions serving up to 750 ICU beds in Alabama and surrounding states. UAB Medicine, a nationally recognized leader in patient care, research and training and
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Tyto Care Launches AI-Powered Diagnostic Support Solution

by Fred Pennic 10/13/2020 Leave a Comment

Amwell, Tyto Care Expand Partnership to Power Augmented Virtual Care Experiences

What You Should Know: - Today, Tyto Care announced the company’s evolution from telehealth to tele-diagnosis with its AI-powered diagnostic support solution, providing clinicians with advanced insights for informed remote diagnoses.  - The solution will improve the quality of remote triage for common primary and chronic health issues – starting with wheezing and stridor – grounded in Tyto Care’s industry-leading repository of remote exam videos, sounds and images. Tyto Care, a
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Digital Behavioral Health: Addressing The COVID-19 Behavioral Health Crisis

by Victor Siclovan, Director on the Medicaid Transformation Project at AVIA 10/05/2020 Leave a Comment

digital behavioral health and addressing the COVID-19 behavioral health crisis

Living through a pandemic is stressful and anxiety-inducing. Stay-at-home measures are compounding this stress, resulting in social isolation and unprecedented economic hardship, including mass layoffs and loss of health coverage. Fully understanding the impact of these pernicious trends on overall mental health will take time. However, precedents like the Great Recession suggest that these trends are likely to worsen the conditions driving suicide and substance-related deaths, the “deaths of
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4 Areas Driving AI Adoption in Hospital Operations and Patient Safety

by Renee Yao, Global Healthcare AI Startups Lead at NVIDIA 09/30/2020 Leave a Comment

4 Reasons Why Now Is the Time for Hospitals to Embrace AI

COVID-19 has put a tremendous burden on hospitals, and the clinicians, nurses, and medical staff who make them run.  Many hospitals have suffered financially as they did not anticipate the severity of the disease. The extended duration of patient stays in ICUs, the need for more isolated rooms and beds, and the need for better supplies to reduce infections have all added costs. Some hospitals did not have adequate staff to check-in patients, take their temperature, monitor them regularly, or
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PreferredOne Becomes First Health Plan to Cover Prescription Digital Therapeutics

by Fred Pennic 09/23/2020 Leave a Comment

PreferredOne Becomes First Health Plan to Cover Prescription Digital Therapeutics

What You Should Know: - PreferredOne teams with Pear to provide its members with covered access to two prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) for the treatment of substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) - PDTs are a new therapeutic class that uses software to directly treat disease. Like traditional medicines, PDTs are tested in randomized controlled trials demonstrating safety and effectiveness, evaluated and authorized by regulators like FDA, and used under the
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Corindus Vascular Robotics CEO Departure, UPMC Enterprises’ New President, Nordic Consulting’s New CIO, Other Health IT Hires

by Fred Pennic 09/18/2020 Leave a Comment

Tele-Treatment: How We Close the Gap in Access to Care

Mark Toland, CEO of Corindus Vascular Robotics (acquired by Siemens for $1.1B last year), has announced his departure and will be joining BioStar Capital, a health-tech venture capital group focused on cardiovascular and orthopedic medical devices. As a partner and entrepreneur in residence, Mark will help to identify and develop innovative companies leveraging AI, deep learning, robotics, and other transformative technologies that address a wide range of unmet needs. The BioStar team has
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VA, Philips to Create World’s Largest Tele-Critical Care System for Veterans

by Fred Pennic 07/08/2020 Leave a Comment

VA, Philips to Create World’s Largest Tele-Critical Care System for Veterans

What You Should Know: - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs selects Philips to create the world’s largest tele-critical care system, further integrating tele-health and delivering quality care for veterans. - The ten-year contract, which enables VA to invest up to $100 million with Philips for tele-critical care technology and services, leverages Philips history of innovation, including research into technologies that can better support veterans, telehealth,
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Philips Rolls Out Mobile ICUs in India to Tackle COVID-19, Can Be Deployed in 1 Day

by Fred Pennic 07/07/2020 Leave a Comment

Philips Rolls Out Mobile ICUs in India to Tackle COVID-19, Can Be Deployed in 1 Day

What You Should Know: - Philips introduces first-of-a-kind mobile ICUs in India to tackle COVID-19 and other emergencies with each ICU unit capable of being deployed in one day. - Each mobile ICU comes pre-equipped with a state-of-the-art critical-care infrastructure, such as independent patient cubicles, plus anti-bacterial paint and high-end washrooms with a self-disinfection facility to avoid cross-contamination. - Next to the mobile ICUs Philips is also offering a dedicated
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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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ChristianaCare Deploys Employee COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring and Testing Program

by Jasmine Pennic 06/09/2020 Leave a Comment

ChristianaCare Deploys COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring And Virtual Care Program

What You Should Know: - ChristianaCare develops telehealth Employee COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring and Testing Program that allows employers to take proactive, responsible step to ensure workforce safety as they open for work. - The program relies on ChristianaCare’s COVID-19 Virtual Practice and its award-winning CareVio care management program for daily bi-directional, secure text messaging. - Currently, 12 employers in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Louisiana, and Arizona are
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