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By Jonah Comstock | 09:09 am | August 19, 2014
While Novartis' recent partnership with Google and its longtime relationship with Proteus have indicated that the pharma company has an interest in digital health, a page on the company's website, added this summer, lays out its broad vision and explicit interest in mobile health specifically.
By Jonah Comstock | 09:20 am | August 18, 2014
Remote monitoring of patients with implantable cardiac devices reduced the mortality rate for cardiac patients by 50 percent and improved their clinical status by nearly 10 percent in a randomized control trial recently published in The Lancet.
By Jonah Comstock | 09:05 am | August 18, 2014
The transaction for Practice Fusion's acquisition of Ringadoc included a transfer of $2 million in Practice Fusion equity, according to an SEC document.
By Jonah Comstock | 01:40 pm | August 14, 2014
A Stayhealthy HealthCenter kiosk.
By Jonah Comstock | 01:06 pm | August 14, 2014
Forty-six percent of healthcare providers answering a HIMSS survey used multiple telemedicine technologies in their practice, with the most popular technology by far being two-way video messaging.
By Jonah Comstock | 12:06 pm | August 13, 2014
Global professional services firm Towers Watson says telemedicine could potentially save US employers $6 billion a year.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:10 am | August 13, 2014
Durham, North Carolina-based health data platform company Validic has raised $5 million in first round funding, co-led by Greycroft Partners and SJF Ventures.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:29 am | August 13, 2014
According to a new report from Reuters, Apple's announced partnership with EHR provider Epic Systems may not be an exclusive one.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:16 am | August 12, 2014
Los Angeles County in California has become the latest county to implement a mobile app to crowdsource lifesaving CPR, as reported in a recent story in the LA Times.