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Steward's ACO focuses patient engagement efforts on 4 percent of covered lives
By Aditi Pai | 12:17 pm | November 04, 2014
Steward Health Care System's President Dr.
Video visits, telemedicine today are like retail clinics were in the 1990s
By Jonah Comstock | 11:42 am | November 04, 2014
As telemedicine continues to grow in adoption and support, two of the most high profile telemedicine CEOs -- Teladoc's Jason Gorevic and Doctor on Demand's Adam Jackson -- shared the stage at the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit with Dr.
Gauss Surgical raises $1.5M for iPad app that measures blood loss during surgery
By Aditi Pai | 10:13 am | November 03, 2014
Los Altos, California-based Gauss Surgical raised $1.
What's holding telemedicine adoption back?
By Jonah Comstock | 01:19 pm | October 23, 2014
Telemedicine has been around for a number of years, but it's not yet an everyday channel for patients to receive care.
CHE Trinity Health taps Sharecare for patient engagement tools
By Brian Dolan | 01:10 pm | October 23, 2014
One of the largest not-for-profit healthcare systems in the US, CHE Trinity Health has chosen Sharecare, the company founded by WebMD founder Jeff Arnold and television personality Dr.
Viewing patient engagement through the lens of pathology
By Jonah Comstock | 11:53 am | October 23, 2014
The key to cracking patient engagement isn't better kinds of technology, it's understanding patients better.
Tablet-based waiting room check-in company Phreesia raises $30M
By Brian Dolan | 10:47 am | October 23, 2014
New York City-based Phreesia, which offers a tablet-based patient check-in and payment service to healthcare providers, has raised $30 million in funding led by private equity firm LLR Partners.
Illinois medical group to use Apple Watch in disease management pilot
By Aditi Pai | 10:10 am | October 22, 2014
Springfield, Illinois-based Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) has launched a pilot program to examine how nurses and physicians can integrate the Apple Watch into the medical group's Advanced Medical Home program.
MyHealthDirect raises $8 million for white-labeled, appointment-booking
By Aditi Pai | 09:49 am | October 13, 2014
Nashville, Tennessee-based appointment booking service MyHealthDirect raised $8 million in a mix of venture capital and debt from Chrysalis Ventures, Arboretum Ventures, and Ares Capital Corp.
Inhaler sensor startup CoheroHealth begins pilot at Mt. Sinai Medical Center
By Jonah Comstock | 11:32 am | October 08, 2014
CoheroHealth, a New York City-based startup working on medication adherence tracking for asthma inhalers, is launching a small pilot with Mount Sinai Medical Center.