Powered by Draganfly’s groundbreaking AI Vital Intelligence platform, the Kiosk can screen, with voluntary consent, temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation (SpO2) in seconds. The system does not register any personal data of the individual being screened. – From YahooFinance Featuring a highly customizable camera configuration, the Kiosk can effectively meet the needs of… Read More »
From DigitalHealth In Brief Babylon acquired the remaining equity for $4.9 million in cash and nearly four million in Babylon Class A ordinary shares and two million in restricted stock units Smart Health Stations conveniently located within 5 miles of 73% of the U.S. population, at-home connected devices, and 50-state clinical network More consolidation among digital health companies… Read More »
From HealthcareDive Dive Brief: Teladoc expects to bring in $2.03 billion in revenue in 2021, according to a preliminary filing with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission, substantially above the high point of the telehealth giant’s previous guidance and almost doubling 2020’s topline. The vendor conducted an estimated 14.7 million visits in the 2021 fiscal year, CEO Jason Gorevic said Monday at… Read More »
RedBox Rx by Hy-Vee a new subsidiary of Hy-Vee, Inc., has launched low-cost telehealth and online pharmacy services, and is able to ship prescribed treatments directly to patients’ homes. Services are available now at redboxrx.com. Telehealth consultation fees range from FREE to $39, depending on the type of treatment and are provided via a partnership with Reliant Immune Diagnostics’… Read More »
Alexa Together subscription service launched today. Speech recognition continues to emerge as one of the preferred interface mechanisms. Currently the only shortcomings is ambient noise in very public locations (and less than optimal noise cancellation by microphones) along with Tin Man type conversational AIs that are clearly not really listening often times. From FIERCE Healthcare — Amazon Telehealth… Read More »
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Medicare program provided temporary waivers increasing telehealth flexibility for the duration of the public health emergency (PHE). There are numerous issues for policy makers to address as they consider permanent expansion of these Medicare waivers when the pandemic ends. The goal of this report is to provide information for these policy… Read More »
Cleveland Clinic digital health initiative From Epic At Cleveland Clinic, neurologists and neurosurgeons reach patients who are experiencing strokes even if they’re hundreds of miles away. Clinicians in a mobile stroke treatment unit use telehealth to bring remote neurologists to patients in seconds, and this approach has helped stroke patients receive potentially life-saving anti-clot medication 40 minutes faster.… Read More »
Mental Health Telehealth News From WSJ August 2021 Excerpt: CVS Health Corp. is betting Americans will get therapy at the same place they buy their snacks, soda and prescription drugs. The pharmacy company is among several retailers including Walmart Inc. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., that are experimenting with offering counseling services in or near stores. They see… Read More »
Webex Cisco Telehealth New Partner Evie Jennes• President & Chief Commercial Officer Thank you, Cisco for the powerful partnership and for sharing it on Times Square. I am sure I speak for all your Nasdaq Board partners when I say we are thrilled to be working so closely with you and seeing the partnership stated in such an… Read More »
Rural Telehealth News From HealthCareDive August 2021 Dive Brief: The Biden administration has benchmarked more than $19 million in grants to expand telehealth in rural and underserved communities, which have continued to lack access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The investments will provide funding to train primary care providers, bolster groups providing virtual care, pilot new telehealth services and… Read More »