Alcohol Awareness Month: Stay Informed with Digital Health
By Devon Tolliver, Manager, Marketing and Member Communications The relationship between humans and alcohol is a complicated one. From prohibition to MTV’s spring break, American society has reached extremes on the alcohol-related spectrum. This has led to countless studies and an entire month dedicated to the awareness of issues concerning alcohol. Though moderate alcohol use […]
MobiHealthNews and BIO eBook on Pharma and Digital Health
MobiHealthNews has produced a new eBook that “explores recent digital health moves by pharma and biotech companies: how pharma companies are leveraging mobile and digital health tools to engage patients and how digital health has impacted clinical trial management. “The report chronicles the myriad ways digital health companies have attempted to boost medication adherence with various apps, […]
Press Release: Sharecare Announces $20 Million Investment, Brings Total Funding to $160 Million
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sharecare, a comprehensive digital health and wellness engagement platform, today announced it has closed a $20 million investment from Wellington Management Company LLP. This latest growth round of financing will support Sharecare’s expansion plans, including the development and delivery of innovative mobile products and services to help people optimize their health. Additionally, Trinity Health, […]
Press Release: Mobile Health Care Leader CellTrak™ Announces New Release of its Mobile Apps and Care Team Portal
Mobile Health Care Leader CellTrak™ Announces New Release of its Mobile Apps and Care Team Portal mHealth solution provider adds additional collaborative care capabilities Schaumburg, IL (April 8, 2015) – CellTrak Technologies, the leading provider of mobile health solutions for home health, hospice and community care markets in the US, Canada and the UK, announced the latest […]
Making stronger connections for better population health
By: Terry Edwards, CEO and Founder, PerfectServe, WLSA Member We live in a time of quick and constant communication, where you can share a photo of your meal with millions of people even faster than you can take a bite. Despite the ease of communication in our everyday lives, as an industry, we in […]
In Quest for $10M Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, Scandu and Zensor Join Forces to Form Team
It has been announced that medtech company Scandu Inc., and Zensor, have come together to create Team Scandu/Intelesens in hopes of receiving $10 Million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE. This competition sponsored by Qualcomm is a 3.5 year global contest in which teams develop a consumer-focused mobile device. CEO of Scandu, Walter de Brouwer explains, “The challenge […]
Press Release: Sentrian Wins American Telemedicine Association’s Innovation Award for its Remote Patient Intelligence Platform
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., April 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – Sentrian™, the Remote Patient Intelligence™ Company aspiring to eliminate all preventable hospitalization, announced today that the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has named the Sentrian Remote Patient Intelligence platform (Sentrian RPI) the 2015 winner of the association’s President’s Award for Innovation in Remote Health Care. The ATA award is given to […]
“Effective Use of Mobile Technology from CellTrak® Improves End-of-Life Care for Patients at Grace Hospice”
The use of CellTrak technology has significantly improved the level of care given to Grace Hospice patients. The consumer centric program they have implemented aims to look beyond just the medicine to focus on the person as a whole. ”Grace Hospice strives to provide levels care that exceeds industry standards in every category. In most cases, […]
Shouldn’t doctors be advocates for connective health technologies?
Health care professionals have a duty to advocate for their patients. This is a fundamental principle to the sacred relationship between a doctor and patient. Shouldn’t Doctors also be advocates for connective health technologies that best serve their patients? As unlikely as that sounds given the multitude of distractions facing clinicians, it would be a […]
News on FDA’s App Release
DrugShortages, the FDA newly launched app, will help health care practitioners and pharmacists in the tracking of current drug shortages, resolved shortages, and discontinuations of drug products. “The FDA understands that health care professionals and pharmacists need real-time information about drug shortages to make treatment decisions,” Valerie Jensen, associate director of the Drug Shortage Staff in the […]