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Study: In-home healthcare expansion requires overcoming market and technical barriers
By Kat Jercich | 05:41 pm | September 03, 2020
A George Mason University professor argues in a new report that hurdles to entrepreneurial exploration are slowing telehealth expansion.
SoftBank leads $100M investment for intelligent health monitoring and digital therapeutics startup B
By Dave Muoio | 02:34 pm | September 03, 2020
With EHR integration, TriHealth gets data flowing smoothly between acute and post-acute care
By Bill Siwicki | 01:20 pm | September 03, 2020
Some 83% of the Ohio health system’s inter-facility EHR transfers using the integration were successful between March and April. There was a 6.7% decrease in readmissions between April and May.
Circle Medical says $14M from WELL Health will enable low-cost telehealth app usage
By Kat Jercich | 11:27 am | September 03, 2020
The SF-based health tech company says its telemedicine platform saw double-digit growth during the pandemic.
'Femtech and women’s health issues have become more mainstream. We must do more though'
By Sara Mageit | 10:10 am | September 03, 2020
CMS rule stipulates hospitals will receive 2.7% pay boost for inpatient Medicare services
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:05 am | September 03, 2020
1,100 people sign up for Catapult’s telehealth checkup on launch day, company reports
By Kat Jercich | 05:20 pm | September 02, 2020
The VirtualCheckup program combines telemedicine, clinical diagnostics, and COVID-19 and depression screenings to offer users preventive care.
Humana taps Salesforce Health Cloud to launch coordinated care platform
By Mallory Hackett | 02:33 pm | September 02, 2020
Digital health startup Mobio Interactive secures $1.8M in seed funding
By Dean Koh | 02:30 pm | September 02, 2020
Heart attacks and strokes halved using pharmacist-led home blood pressure telemonitoring
By Kat Jercich | 12:43 pm | September 02, 2020
In a study, researchers also found this telemonitoring reduced hypertension more than usual care.