Omada CEO Sean Duffy and Chris Hogg, former COO at Propeller Health, join host Jonah Comstock to talk about virtual care, remote chronic condition management and just what healthcare will look like into the next decade.
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Talking points:
What is virtual care?
Virtual care in a post-COVID telehealth landscape...
TimelyMD, a telehealth provider targeting college and university customers, has picked up a $60 million investment from JMI equity.
The company acts as an extension of a school's existing student health facilities, offering round-the-clock medical, mental health, psychiatry and health-coaching virtual visits. The company said that it has a presence on 80 campuses, and is now available to 10 times...
The start of the Biden administration has signaled a changing of the guard throughout the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For the FDA, Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn has stepped down and has been replaced by acting Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock. She joined the agency's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research in 1984 and held the position of Center for Drug Evaluation and...
There was a time when CES' annual takeover of Las Vegas was about as reliable as the passing of seasons, but the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed this year's event into the first all-digital show of the trade convention's decades-long history. In lieu of crowded conference halls, on-stage keynotes and late-night parties, attendees are logging on to watch consumer technology's major names discuss...
The Orsini Way has been helping train doctors on handling patient relationships for a number of years, and New Jersey's Englewood Health has been a long-time user of the innovative teaching method.
But last year, as doctor-patient interactions overwhelmingly went online, already difficult patient-doctor interactions became even more fraught. In today's episode, host Jonah Comstock welcomes Dr....
Alexa, listen to me sleep. Hot on the heels of its Halo fitness, weight and sleep wearable, Business Insider reports that Amazon is also working on a contactless bedside device for tracking sleep apnea. The device in development reportedly uses millimeter-wave radar to watch breathing and movement. Codenamed "Brahms," the tracker is roughly the size of a palm, and would speak with other connected...
Last New Year’s Eve, the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wuhan, China. Since then, the virus has spread all over the world. Today, more than 70 million coronavirus cases and nearly 1.6 million deaths associated with the virus have been reported, according to the World Health Organization.
By February, health systems were quickly responding and rethinking their care-delivery model. Over the...
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By MobiHealthNews' tally, the last three months have hosted at least 92 digital health funding rounds totalling just over $3.8 billion – a marked increase over Q4 2019's 55 raises of $1.7 billion.
After something of a cool start, digital health investors finished the fourth quarter of 2020 strong with a collection of nine-figure raises from well-known health tech names. Verily led the pack...
Considering the size and scope of Alphabet, it should be little surprise that the company and its subsidiaries (Google, Google Cloud and Verily, to name a few) have become deeply ingrained in the healthcare ecosystem over the last several years.
The tech giant maintained the momentum in 2020 with efforts focused on artificial intelligence, data flow and digital clinical research – and also sought...
Digital primary care company Curai Health scored $27.5 million in Series B funding from Morningside Ventures, as well as returning backers General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures. The company, which was founded by Neal Khosla and Xavier Amatriain, runs on a subscription-based model.
Users can pay $7.99 a month for the subscription and then access telemedicine visits with doctors. The service also...
