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Led by Philips, Prenatal App Babyscripts Nabs $6M to Support Holistic Care for Mothers

by Fred Pennic 01/07/2019 Leave a Comment

Prenatal App Babyscripts Nabs $6M to Support Holistic Care for Mothers

Babyscripts, Inc., a Washington D.C.-based virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, announced today that Philips has taken a minority position in the company by leading a $6 million round of financing. The round also included participation from investors StartUp Health and NueCura Partners.Founded in 2013, Babyscripts has spent the last four years building a clinically-validated, virtual care platform to allow OBGYNs to deliver a new model of prenatal care. Using Internet-connected devices
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Why Virtual Care is Vital to Evolving Senior Care in 2019 & Beyond

by Lee Horner, CEO at Synzi 12/13/2018 Leave a Comment

Why Virtual Care is Vital to Evolving Senior Care in 2019 & Beyond

Virtual care and connected care are vital to evolving senior care. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the year 2030 is an important demographic turning point as all baby boomers will be older than age 65. This will expand the size of the older population so that one in every five residents will be retirement age and aging baby boomers will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history. Jonathan Vespa, a demographer with the U.S. Census Bureau, commented that “by 2035, there will be 78
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How Marin General Hospital Adopts “Virtual Presence” to Transform the Patient Experience

by Mark Zielazinski, CTO at Marin General Hospital 11/13/2018 Leave a Comment

Mark Zielazinski, CTO at Marin General Hospital shares how their organization is integrating "virtual presence" in the in-hospital setting - allowing patients, providers, and caregivers to clearly communicate and improve clinical outcomes.Telemedicine has resulted in money-saving efficiencies to hospital operations, improved patient safety, and given more people access to healthcare service among other benefits. In use for a number of years, it’s here to stay as a vital tool in patient care.At
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Jefferson and Teladoc to Create the First Telehealth Fellowship Program

by Fred Pennic 11/12/2018 Leave a Comment

Teladoc Health, a provider of virtual care, today unveiled a partnership with Jefferson (Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University) to create the industry’s first academic telehealth fellowship program. The telehealth fellowship is already underway this fall semester at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.  Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University), home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10
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Telhealth Startup Medici Acquires HIPAA-Secure Messaging App DockMD

by Jasmine Pennic 11/06/2018 Leave a Comment

Telhealth Startup Medici Acquires HIPAA-Secure Messaging App DockMD

Medici, an Austin, TX-based global HIPAA-compliant mobile app with secure text, voice and video messaging and allows doctors to provide virtual healthcare to patients, today announced its acquisition of HIPAA-secure messaging company DocbookMD. DocbookMD’s secure healthcare messaging app features real-time alerts to streamline communication, accelerate workflows and enhance team collaboration. For Medici, the acquisition will offer doctors and other healthcare providers access to a broad range
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Penn Highlands DuBois Launches Tele-ICU Clinical Services with Advanced ICU

by Fred Pennic 10/10/2018 Leave a Comment

Penn Highlands DuBois Launches Tele-ICU Clinical Services with Advanced ICU

Penn Highlands DuBois (PH DuBois), the largest hospital in the Penn Highlands Healthcare network, has partnered with Advanced ICU Care, a provider of high-acuity telemedicine services. The collaborative partnership will extend PH DuBois’ ability to deliver the gold standard of critical care by leveraging Advanced ICU Care’s cutting-edge ICU telemedicine technology (Tele-ICU) and virtual care by remotely located U.S. board-certified intensivists.For PH DuBois, Advanced ICU Care’s comprehensive
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Teladoc Launches New Virtual Care Offering, Teladoc Global Care Services

by Fred Pennic 09/20/2018 Leave a Comment

Teladoc Launches New Virtual Care Offering, Teladoc Global Care

Virtual care provider Teladoc Health, today announced the launch of Teladoc Global Care, a virtual care offering designed to meet the needs of globally mobile individuals in need of general medical care. The goal of Teladoc Global Care services will enable multinational organizations to provide expats and travelers with a single solution for convenient and easy-to-navigate access to quality care, regardless of geographic location. Teladoc Global Care is now commercially available for large
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Teladoc Rebrands as Teladoc Health to Reflect Broad Virtual Care Service Offerings

by Fred Pennic 07/31/2018 Leave a Comment

Teladoc Rebrands as Teladoc Health to Reflect Broad Virtual Care Service Offerings

Virtual care provider Teladoc, today announced it will be changing its corporate name to Teladoc Health in order to better reflect its broad portfolio of virtual care services and mission to transform how people access healthcare around the world. Teladoc currently offers the only comprehensive virtual care solution spanning traditional telehealth, expert medical, and licensed platform and program services. As such, the Teladoc Health corporate brand will unify the combined capabilities and
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Bright.md Integrates with GOeVisit, Enters Canadian Market with Virtual Care Platform

by Fred Pennic 07/13/2018 Leave a Comment

Bright.md Lands $8M for Virtual Physician Assistant, Partners with Adventist Health System

This week, Bright.md announced a new and unique customer deployment with Vancouver-based MyCare MedTech, marking its initial expansion into the global marketplace. Until now, the company’s SmartExam platform has been implemented exclusively by traditional brick and mortar healthcare systems like Providence Health & Services, Presbyterian Health Systems and Rush University. However MyCare MedTech tapped Bright.md to enhance its own existing virtual platform, dubbed GOeVisit.SmartExam enables
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Teladoc Acquires Global Virtual Care Provider Advance Medical for $352M in Cash and Stock

by Fred Pennic 06/04/2018 Leave a Comment

Teladoc Acquires Global Virtual Care Provider Advance Medical for $325M

Virtual care provider Teladoc, today announced it has acquired Advance Medical, an international virtual care provider of telemedicine services across Europe, Asia, Latin America for $352 million cash and stock. Under the terms of the agreement, the purchase price consists of approximately $292 million in cash and $60 million of Teladoc common stock. With a broadened international footprint and the ability to offer an expanded set of clinical services worldwide, the combination creates the only
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