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Healthcare is ripe with opportunity for investors and entrepreneurs. 
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Daniel Sands, MD, an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Medicine and co-founder and co-chairman of the Society for Participatory Medicine, said today's clinicians aren't meeting the needs of an increasingly engaged and empowered patient population because they're still too focused on what they're good at – delivering critical care – and not paying attention to the spaces in between. They're not communicating and collaborating with their patients outside the office, using "frequent life touches" to figure out what those patients are doing each and every day that affects their health and health management. Via Lionel Reichardt / le Pharmageek, eMedToday
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I had a chance to talk with Randy Parker, CEO of MDLIVE about the rapid growth this popular telemedicine platform is experiencing. Not only are they growing ...
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London startup Babylon is building an artificially intelligent doctor
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A recent study by the Missouri Telehealth Network shows both patients and providers are satisfied with the quality of care telemedicine provides. Telemedic
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A St. Louis-based physician has developed a mobile health coach app that’s perfect for New Year’s resolution season. The YouPlus Health system was founded in 2013 with research from a
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Fitness trackers may be the latest health-tech fad, but if you're looking to lose weight, there are other tools and services you should add to them and to your overall plan. Via KeyApps Ltd
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A free app that shows how much sugar is hidden in everyday products has been launched by Public Health England as it warns parents to track the amount in kids’ diets. The app has been developed after figures revealed children were eating three times the recommended allowance of sugar. The biggest single source of sugar is fizzy drinks like colas – which contain the equivalent of nine cubes, more than the maximum recommended daily amount for any child. But the app shows that cereals, fruit juices, and yoghurts also have high sugar levels. Yoghurts and fruit juices can both contain the equivalent of five sugar cubes per serving. Via Giuseppe Fattori
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January 20, 2016 4:35 PM
Here's a great app for moms with kids, as well as caregivers and those planning meals and shopping for elderly diabetics. Hidden sugars are rampant, even in foods marketed as 'all natural'. It's nice to have this on the phone so it's convenient to use while shopping.
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The oracles of Ancient Greece were an essential aspect of their religion and culture. A god answering personal questions, usually about the futu...
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In far-flung rural communities, telemedicine is a game changer for both patients and health-care providers.
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We did an extensive survey of the current data and research on telemedicine. Check out the 36 stats below for the details on current trends and findings.
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What if you went to start your car and Apple Watch stopped you? Via Alex Butler
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SOURCE January 14, 2016 The phrase "Brave New World" has become one of the most often used clichés in medical technology in recent years.
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A recent study on telehealth says that it can help low-income families who otherwise wouldn't be able to take time off to get health care.
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Results from a randomized, controlled, open-label non-inferiority trial indicate psychotherapy administered via telemedicine had similar results to therapy via same-room treatment for older veterans with major depressive disorder.
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Although 66 percent of the largest 100 US hospitals have consumer-facing mobile apps, and 38 percent of those have developed proprietary apps for their patients, a mere 2 percent of patients at those 66 hospitals are using apps provided to them,...
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Amwell, American Well's consumer-facing mobile app for live, online doctor visits, is the #1 most downloaded telehealth app for the second year in a row.
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Two health organizations have partnered with American Well to make their own telemedicine app. They integrate data from Apple Health into the visit.
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Your phone can text, call, and email. It can take photos and videos. And, in the hands of the right people, it could be the next tool in health research. An increasing number of scientists are collecting real-time medical data directly from patients, often using apps and social media in place of, or in addition to, traditional clinical trials. In October, for example, Boston Children’s Hospital built an app called C Tracker using ResearchKit, an open-source program for creating iOS health apps. The app allows the hospital to collect personal information—like medication use, diet, and overall condition—from hepatitis C patients via their smartphones. In the short term, those data points illustrate patients’ quality of life, says Ken Mandl, director of the Computational Health Informatics Program at Boston Children’s. In the long term, it could help formulate new hepatitis treatments. Mandl says C Tracker is just one example of how health apps can affect research. “We can actually see how patients are doing in their own lives in a way that’s relatively noninvasive, completely permissioned by the patient, but gives us insight into how our therapies are working,” he says. Further, Mandl says the friendly, familiar interface of apps like C Tracker increases the odds that study subjects will participate. More important, he explains, mobile health apps do what traditional clinical trials have failed to: put patient outcomes first. “This ResearchKit app adds patient perspective and the patient experience [to the data],” he says. “It’s a real-time aspect.” ResearchKit is not, however, beloved across the board. Julliette Ehlert, a senior manager at Cambridge digital healthcare consultancy Medullan, says ResearchKit apps potentially skew results, as they often draw a mostly white and well- educated population—in other words, the demographic that tends to use iPhones. Despite that, Ehlert is generally in favor of incorporating mobile devices into studies, so long as researchers take advantage of Android and Web platforms as well. (Mandl says an Android version is coming.) “I do think that researchers who want to have the wealth of population available to them should do something mobile,” Ehlert says. “Everybody’s got one in their pocket at this point.” OTHER TECH-ASSISTED STUDIES Dario Though still awaiting FDA approval in the U.S., Dario lets patients test and monitor blood glucose levels using an app and a finger- pricking smartphone attachment. Reps say the data could eventually be used in diabetes research. GlucoSuccess Another app built through ResearchKit, GlucoSuccess offers management tips for diabetics, while simultaneously incorporating information about their health behaviors into type 2 diabetes studies. Boston Children’s Sleep Study Boston Children’s used subjects’ Twitter behaviors to analyze those at highest risk for sleep disorders. Unsurprisingly, they found that people with sleep problems tweet most during hours typically reserved for shuteye. Via Plus91, Giuseppe Fattori
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CES is where health and fitness gadgets shine. Withings and Fitbit took steps out of their comfort zones with unexpected new products, while a slew of start-ups took to the show floor to show off crazy, weird tech that made me laugh and shake my head.Here’s all the wonderful and wacky health and fitness gear that might help you live a healthier life—if it works. Via Alex Butler
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In this video interview, CEO Jason Gorevic discusses the "three core assests" that Teladoc brings to its customers, including consumer engagement.
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Only 2 percent of patients in the largest U.S. hospitals are using hospital-provided mobile health apps, according to new research from Accenture.
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