Biotronik

The growth of telehealth and remote-monitoring tools could be a game-changer for women's health, particularly maternal and fetal care.

Also in deals this week: TeleDentist teams up with Call A Doctor Plus, and emergencey response app Twiage launched in Indianapolis hospital. 

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.