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UNC Health Care Launches Innovative Fully Integrated Epic Telehealth Solution
UNC Health Care has developed a fully integrated telehealth solution that enables patients to easily access providers through enhanced functionality of their patient portal. Partnering with American Well, UNC Health Care has launched the Telehealth (clinical) app into its Epic electronic health record (EHR) workflow...
Tyto Care Expands Availability of TytoHome to Best Buy Stores in California, Ohio, North Dakota and South Dakota
Tyto Care, the creator of the health care industry’s first all-in-one modular device and telehealth platform for on-demand, remote medical exams, today announced the expanded availability of TytoHome at select Best Buy retail stores in California, Ohio, North Dakota, and South Dakota. TytoHome is already available...
New Payer-Technology Partnerships Could Be Telehealth’s Future
The healthcare industry is continually looking for novel ways to cut healthcare costs, and telehealth keeps coming up as a strategy of interest. Numerous studies have shown that implementing telehealth can help curb unnecessary doctor visits and lower costs. However, because of regulations, reimbursement, and lack of...
Digital Health Companies Hit a New VC Funding Record in 2018
Venture funding for digital health companies around the world hit an all-time high in 2018. According to Rock Health, health startups in the U.S. won a record $8.1 billion in funding. StartUp Health’s number for investments around the world is $14.6 billion. Compare this to $1.1 billion in 2011, and you can see just...
5 Best Telemedicine Apps For When You Can’t See a Doctor
Telemedicine apps are making it much easier for many people to get help from a doctor. They’re based on a simple idea: most people already have a smartphone or a personal computer, so why not use these devices to speak to a doctor online? The biggest benefit of telemedicine apps is that they give people access to...
Travis Broome Discusses Aledade’s Partnership with Aetna
Aledade and Aetna are partnering to bring population health to patients and greater accountability of total cost to providers, said Travis Broome, vice president of policy at Aledade, in an interview with AJMC. Broome said one of Aledade’s core beliefs is that they want the total patient panel. “If we’re going to...
Today’s entrepreneur: Mike McSherry
Vator recently interviewed Mike McSherry, Founder and CEO of Xealth, a platform that enables clinicians to prescribe digital health tools to patients. Through the Xealth platform, clinicians can find and order digital health tools and programs for patients direct from a health system’s electronic health records...
Inhaler Monitoring Cuts Hospitalization Usage, Study Finds
Patients with emphysema, also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) whose inhalers were tracked by a monitoring device were less likely to need hospital admission, according to a new study by Propeller Health and the Cleveland Clinic. Electronic monitoring allowed healthcare providers to intervene...
More than half of US seniors would use telehealth, survey finds
According to a new study from American Well, 52 percent of U.S. residents over 65 are willing to use telehealth services. For its Telehealth Index: 2019 Senior Consumer Survey, the company hired market research firm Harris Poll to conduct an online survey of more than 2,000 adults regarding their opinions on...
Healthcare tech company Accolade to double headcount in Seattle with new HQ office
Four years ago, Philadelphia-based Accolade established a second headquarters in Seattle. Now the company has announced that it plans to double its staff and open new offices with room for more than 225 employees. “We’ve outgrown our Convention Center space and need room to grow—and not arm-wrestle over meeting...
Press Releases
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Implements Kyruus ProviderMatch to Optimize Patient Access
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center has selected Kyruus ProviderMatch™ to enhance its patient-provider matching and appointment access. Kyruus is a leader in providing search and scheduling solutions for the medical industry. Wexner Medical Center, a...
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Selects Evariant to Increase Patient Engagement and Physician Alignment
Yesterday, news broke that St. Elizabeth Healthcare will be integrating Evariant’s Marketing (CRM) solution and Physician (PRM) solution into its system. Evariant, a McKesson Ventures portfolio company, is the leading provider of a healthcare CRM platform designed to...
Accolade Appoints New Chief Medical Officer to Support Continued Digital Health Growth
Accolade, an on-demand healthcare concierge for employers, health plans, and health systems, today announced the appointment of Ivor Horn, M.D., MPH, as Chief Medical Officer. Accolade CEO Rajeev Singh praised Dr. Horn’s passion for finding creative new ways to apply...
Evariant Selected as a Finalist in the Fierce Innovation Awards: Healthcare Edition
Evariant’s cloud-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system has just earned them a spot as one of the Fierce Innovation Awards selected finalists. Evariant is competing in the Population Health Management/Patient Engagement Solutions category. “We are honored...
Everseat Expedites Medical Access and Provider Reimbursements with PokitDok
Everseat has announced that it will make instant insurance eligibility verification a core component of its medical appointment scheduling service. It will do this by teaming up with PokitDok, a company that manages health insurance carrier connectivity, file...