Necessity Is the Mother of Invention in Healthcare, Too
By Bobby Grajewski, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, August 5, 2014 An interview with Bobby Grajewski, president of Edison Nation Medical In the last few years, health systems have shown a...
View ArticleHealth eVillages Raises $50K for Mobile Support in “Healthcare Deserts”
By Rajiv Leventhal, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, September 9, 2014 Health eVillages, a program of the not-for-profit Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights and the Reading,...
View ArticleATA Grades Best and Worst States for Telemedicine
By Rajiv Leventhal, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, September 10, 2014 The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has released two reports—with uneven results— grading each state on an A-to-F...
View ArticleResearch: Mobile App Can Help Detect Early Signs of Glaucoma
By Gabriel Perna, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, October 20, 2014 A mobile health (mHealth) app can help clinicians detect early signs of glaucoma, according to new research. A team of...
View ArticleWalgreens to Offer 24/7 Telehealth App for Consumers
By Gabriel Perna, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, December 8, 2014 Walgreens, the Deerfield, Ill.-based national pharmacy chain, is launching a direct-to-consumer telehealth mobile health...
View ArticleAmerican Well Receives $80 Million in Funding
By Gabriel Perna, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, December 16, 2014 Boston-based telehealth vendor, American Well has raised $80 million in funding and added various investors to its...
View ArticleMayo Clinic to Offer Telemedicine Services for Public School Staff
By Rajiv Leventhal, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, December 29, 2014 The Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System’s campuses in Albert Lea and Austin, Minn. have partnered with public...
View ArticleUSDA Dishes Out Rural Telehealth Grant to Essentia Health
By Gabriel Perna, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, January 5, 2015 The United States Departure of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the Duluth, Minn.-based health system, Essentia Health more than...
View ArticleAmid consumer-driven care, a lesson for health systems: ‘Don’t rely on your...
By Dan Verel, first posted on MEDCITY News , March 4,2015 Health systems had better get used to new entrants, particularly telemedicne companies and retail giants like Walmart and Walgreens, in the...
View ArticleLATEST NEWS ANALYSIS: SGR Repeal Legislation Would Replace Current...
By Mark Hagland, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, March 19, 2015 A first analysis by HCI of the “SGR repeal” legislation introduced on March 19 to repeal Medicare’s SGR formula for physician...
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