It’s time to get used to seeing your doctor from a digital screen, as virtual care is projected to expand well into the future. And while telehealth technology has proven to be highly beneficial in supporting the shift to virtual healthcare, it has also introduced a host of new vulnerabilities and opportunities for security breaches. Cybercriminals have always preyed on the healthcare industry, but with this virtual transition, the substantial increase in connectivity and network exposure has
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Virtual Healthcare
Hospital Telehealth Vendor Financials Round Up – Teladoc Health, Amwell & SOC Telemed
Several hospital telehealth vendors enjoyed great success in 2020 as they benefitted from unprecedented demand for their IT and services during the pandemic. But as lockdown restrictions were lifted and the strain on hospitals’ in-house capacity across the ICU and other acute care wards eased into the second half of 2021, were the vendors able to maintain their growth? With full-year results from several of the leading hospital telehealth vendors now published, here’s our take on the recently
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Femtech Startup Ruth Health Secures $2.4M to Transform Telehealth Approach to Pregnancy Care
What You Should Know: - Femtech startup Ruth Health providing progressive telehealth and comprehensive care platform built for women by women announced it has raised $2.4M seed funding round led by Giant Ventures, with participation from Citylight VC, Cleo Capital Scout Fund, Crista Galli Ventures, Duro VC, Emmeline Ventures, Gaingels, Global Founders Capital, Pentas Ventures, SOMA Capital, Techstars, Torch Capital, YCombinator, and various strategic angels. This brings Ruth Health’s
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Vivalink Expands Use of its Biometrics Data Platform
What You Should Know: - Vivalink, a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions, has expanded its Biometrics Data Platform - which delivers uninterrupted streams of real-world physiological data - to enable faster algorithm development for disease detection and diagnosis. - More than 100 digital healthcare application companies and customers in 32 countries are already developing a wide range of medical applications for remote patient monitoring and clinical trials based on the
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Teladoc Health Launches Virtual Care Transformation Model for Employers
What You Should Know: - Today Teladoc Health announced a first-of-its-kind Virtual Care Transformation Model for employers. - The model offers a comprehensive roadmap to move virtual care forward based on an organization's resources, priorities and goals. Virtual Care Transformation Model: Roadmap to Evolve Virtual Healthcare Benefits Recent data shows that 80% of large employers believe virtual care will have a significant effect on how healthcare is delivered
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OpenLoop Raises $8M to Expand Full Stack, White Label Telehealth Services
What You Should Know: OpenLoop, a health tech startup delivering full-stack clinical support to companies launching and scaling virtual care services across the nation raises a Series A funding round of $8M led by SpringTide Ventures. - OpenLoop, known for the quality, flexibility and breadth of services they offer to clients who are often early in their telehealth delivery journeys, will use this fresh capital to continue to expand their technology-enabled infrastructure. They will be
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XRHealth Secures $10M to Expand Virtual Reality Treatment in the Metaverse
What You Should Know: - XRHealth, the gateway to the healthcare metaverse, announced today that they raised $10M in funding to expand virtual healthcare treatment in the Metaverse. The funding was backed by HTC, Bridges Israel impact investment fund, AARP, and crowdfunding on StartEngine.com and existing investors. - XRHealth’s platform is FDA and CE registered and provides an immersive experience for users, transporting them to a virtual world for comprehensive
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PointClickCare & Sound Physicians Partner to Drive Fully Integrated Virtual Health
What You Should Know: - PointClickCare, a cloud-based healthcare software for the long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) market) announced a new partnership with Sound Physicians, a national physician partner to hospitals, post-acute providers, physicians' groups and payers to offer a fully integrated virtual health solution to U.S. LTPAC providers. - The partnership between PointClickCare and Sound Physicians will deliver
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Unique Factors to Consider When Selecting Enterprise Data Platforms for Virtual Healthcare Apps
Developing virtual healthcare solutions is a daunting task. As a healthcare technology solution provider targeting the remote care market, you’re required to have both the clinical and the technological expertise needed to design, build and integrate a complete solution that can address the challenges with virtual patient care and monitoring. Today’s digital healthcare solution for remote care is powered by software and data. Or more specifically, the reliable acquisition and management
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4 Hurdles On The Road to Hybrid Healthcare – Digital Transformation
COVID-19 forced healthcare organizations to make a huge leap forward in their digital transformation roadmaps. Although many companies had plans on the books to advance telemedicine, the crisis revealed that virtual care is not only possible but in many cases is also preferred by patients. Virtual care also offers an opportunity to enhance the patient experience, improve population health, reduce costs and improve the work-life of healthcare providers -- the quadruple aim of
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