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Massachusetts fumbles on telehealth parity bill
Last year, the American Telemedicine Association gave the state an "F."
By Meg Bryant • Aug. 9, 2018 -
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CVS rolls out virtual care offering in 9 states
Minute Clinic Video Visits leverage Teladoc's technology platform and are available through the CVS app.
By Meg Bryant • Aug. 9, 2018 -
Analysts question mental health app sector's employer-focused strategy
GlobalData thinks developers should do more to target and serve individuals and families.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 9, 2018 -
Zocdoc steps back on pricing change amid physician pushback
Doctors filed an online petition demanding the online care-scheduling startup drop a planned booking fee for new patients.
By Meg Bryant • Aug. 8, 2018 -
MDLive, Beacon partner on virtual behavioral health visits
Last week, MDLive closed a $50 million funding round with investors including Cigna and Health Care Service Corp.
By Susan Kelly • Aug. 8, 2018 -
FCC seeks comments on $100M telehealth pilot
The commission noted many low-income consumers, especially in rural areas, lack access to affordable or adequate broadband.
By Susan Kelly • Aug. 6, 2018 -
NIST offers 'how to' for securing EHRs on mobile devices
Such devices are ubiquitous in healthcare, raising concerns about security and privacy of personal health information.
By Meg Bryant • Aug. 3, 2018 -
Microsoft files patent for eyeglasses-based blood pressure monitor
The device could free patients from the need to use oscillometric cuffs to track their health.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 1, 2018 -
Walgreens rolls out digital marketplace with 17 well-known providers
The platform lists prices for services ranging from lab tests to telehealth consults. Advocate and New York-Presbyterian are among those taking part.
By Meg Bryant • July 27, 2018 -
ECRI safety panel advises 3 ways to avoid diagnostic testing, medicine mix-ups
"The problem of not closing the loop has a significant impact on patients and caregivers, and can lead to devastating effects on the outcome of patients, workgroup chair Chris Lehmann said.
By David Lim • July 27, 2018 -
GSK teams up with 23andMe to boost R&D
As part of a broader restructuring, the British pharma hopes to tap 23andMe's genetic database to develop better drugs and more easily find patients.
By Lisa LaMotta • July 25, 2018 -
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Sanofi Ventures leads $17M Click round to enter digital therapeutics
The funding will support development of prescription apps to treat depression and insomnia.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 24, 2018 -
5 key parts of the FDA Medical Device Safety Action Plan
The ambitious proposal focuses on a total lifecycle approach to device safety.
By Meg Bryant • July 23, 2018 -
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Lyft, Hitch Health NEMT pilot reduced no-shows by 27%
The yearlong program targeting patients who frequently miss appointments yielded an estimated 297% ROI.
By Tony Abraham • July 23, 2018 -
NIH center makes public a trove of CT images for research
Named DeepLesion, the collection contains CT images of more than 32,000 lesions from across the body, ranging from lung nodules to liver tumors.
By Susan Kelly • July 23, 2018 -
Docs still not all in on virtual care, Deloitte study says
The consultancy suggests including frontline physicians in defining telemedicine goals and formal training on the technology.
By Meg Bryant • July 20, 2018 -
US, China power GE Healthcare to double-digit profit rise
The results validate the strength of the unit ahead its planned spinoff.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 20, 2018 -
Health Catalyst rolls out new hospital safety surveillance tool
The Surveillance Module is part of the company's Patient Safety Monitor suite.
By Meg Bryant • July 19, 2018 -
Industry seeks clarity on latest FDA Pre-Cert working model
A software coalition questioned the agency's statutory authority to run a pilot test in 2019.
By David Lim • July 19, 2018 -
FDA finalizes guidance on use of EHRs in clinical trials
Industry groups including AdvaMed and BIO were broadly supportive of an earlier draft.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 19, 2018 -
Medical device connectivity market could exceed $1B by 2022
The widespread adoption of EHRs is driving fast growth, according to a new analysis.
By Meg Bryant • July 17, 2018 -
Device industry lobbies FDA on combo product classification
AdvaMed argues the agency too often concludes a product’s primary mode of action is that of a drug or biologic rather than a device.
By Susan Kelly • July 17, 2018 -
Gottlieb: Investment into leveraging RWD will benefit device, drug safety
Allowing FDA to use de-identified EHR clinical medical information would boost safety monitoring and shift more development to a post-market setting, the FDA commissioner said.
By David Lim • July 11, 2018 -
New body to improve patient EHR matching advised by experts
Advisers convened by Pew want the entity to create best practices and standards to better link patients to health records.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 11, 2018 -
Wearable ECG patch increases atrial fibrillation diagnosis in clinical trial
Use of a digital health device has increased diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, raising hopes that stroke risk can be reduced.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 11, 2018
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