Telehealth Initiative Launched in Northern California
Patients in rural northern California communities will now have faster, more convenient access to specialty care in their area thanks to a new telehealth initiative announced by the Blue Shield …
Michigan mobile health initiative aims to cut hospital costs, readmissions
Community EMS, a Southfield, Mich., ambulance and consulting company, has begun pilot testing a mobile health initiative to use paramedics and telemedicine to assess the health of chronic disease patients …
Verizon, WellPoint, CVS, Walgreens Ally with Former Senators to Push Telehealth Policy Reform
A cohort of big players in connected health are joining three former senators in pursuit of policy that supports broad use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring. Former U.S. Senate …
PA Science Center is launching a health IT accelerator
Philadelphia is getting its second health IT accelerator. The University City Science Center is launching the Digital Health Accelerator, a six- to eight-month program to help health IT companies grow, …
Independence Blue Cross Launching Health IT Incubator in Philadelphia
Health IT has a new homebase in Center City Philadelphia. Health insurance company Independence Blue Cross is opening a 5,000 square foot “Center for Healthcare Innovation” at 1700 Market Street, …
Company turning smartphones into low-cost labs raises $1M
Biomeme, a Philadelphia company that has developed technology to turn smartphones into low-cost diagnostic labs, raised almost $1 million in a debt financing. Documents filed with the Securities & Exchange …
Building the foundations of a health system that learns from itself
A new $7 million award to the Harvard Medical School Center for Biomedical Informatics from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will create a far-reaching data platform that will link …
Telehealth network scores a $23.6M investment
Several large healthcare groups are getting on the telehealth train after announcing Wednesday they would be investing some $24 million in the technology. Sutter Health has joined venture capital firms …