Hospitals right now are working at full capacity, with bed occupancy around 75% in the U.S. and it is projected to rise even further. The hospital overcrowding ultimately leads to longer waits for care, delays, staff burnout, and poor patient treatment outcomes.
The good news is that technology is evolving fast and is here to reduce the hospital bed-shortage crisis. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is one of the solutions that helps reduce the burden on the providers, as it allows
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Amazon One Medical Launches Pay-Per-Visit Telehealth for Kids at $29
What You Should Know:
- Parents and guardians will now have quick access to certified family care providers for their children’s health care needs though Amazon One Medical Pay-per-visit.
- The telehealth service can help treat pink eye, lice, and over ten common skin-related issues like eczema, bug bites, contact dermatitis, fungal rashes, and more for children ages 2 to 11. This service will also cover EpiPen and
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MD Integrations Secures $77M to Scale Doctor-Only Telehealth Platform
What You Should Know:
- MD Integrations (MDI), the only unified telehealth platform built on a nationwide, doctor-only network secures $77M led by Updata Partners and Denali Growth Partners.
- The expansion will accelerate MDI’s growth and includes the appointment of Ramin Zacharia as President & COO.
The Physician-First Foundation of Virtual Care
Founded in 2020 by Dr. Marc Serota, MDI was built to solve the fragmentation and lack of quality control Dr. Serota observed
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MoldCo Raises $8M to Combat the “Invisible Health Crisis” of Mold Toxicity
What You Should Know:
- MoldCo, a telehealth platform specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mold and environmental toxins, has announced it has raised $8M in seed funding co-led by Cantos and Collaborative Fund. The funding brings the company's total funding to $11M.
- The funding will be used to expand MoldCo's virtual clinic and advance its mission to make expert-led care for mold-related illness more affordable and accessible to patients nationwide.
Mold: The Invisible
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ATA Launches Digital Infrastructure Score to Map U.S. Virtual Care Readiness
What You Should Know:
- The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has introduced an enhanced Digital Infrastructure Score, a data-driven tool designed to measure how well U.S. communities are equipped for digital access.
- The new benchmarking tool provides a comprehensive review of the elements needed for digital health solutions, especially as physical access to healthcare changes.
What the Digital Infrastructure Score Measures
The ATA's new tool and its accompanying
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DeepHealth Receives FDA Clearance for Remote Scanning Solution, TechLive™
What You Should Know:
- DeepHealth, a subsidiary of RadNet, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new remote scanning solution, TechLive™. The vendor-agnostic platform is designed to address the growing radiology technologist shortage by allowing experts to remotely operate and supervise MR, CT, PET/CT, and Ultrasound procedures from a centralized command center.
- The move comes at a critical time for the healthcare industry, which has seen radiology workloads steadily increase
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Department of Defense Extends Amwell’s Contract for Virtual Care
What You Should Know:
- Amwell, a technology-enabled care platform provider, today announced that its partnership with a Leidos-led team has been awarded an extension of its Digital First contract to power the digital transformation of the Military Health System (MHS). The MHS system serves approximately 9.6 million beneficiaries, including active-duty service members, their families, and retirees.
- Under the contract extension, Amwell will continue to provide its comprehensive
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Teladoc Health Launches Wellbound Employee Assistance Program
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC), the global leader in virtual care, today announced the launch of Wellbound, a bold new employee assistance program (EAP) designed to empower a more engaged, healthier workforce.
- The new program, purpose-built for the company’s employer and health plan clients in the U.S., leverages Teladoc Health’s unmatched scale, clinical product portfolio and consumer engagement expertise to help organizations create a powerful “on-ramp” for
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Eko Health’s Telehealth Platform Expands Across 800 Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- Eko Health, a leader in AI-powered cardiac and pulmonary care, announced today that its telehealth platform is now used by health systems that operate over 800 hospitals across the U.S.
- By enabling the real-time streaming of high-fidelity heart and lung sounds, Eko is helping virtual care teams deliver more confident frontline diagnostics from anywhere.
Eko Health Expands Remote Diagnostic Capabilities with Web-Based Telehealth Platform
Eko Health, a
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Multimodal AI Will Power the Future of Remote Diagnostics and Virtual Hospitals
As a veteran of multiple healthcare startups, it’s hard not to become immune to claims of technological developments which will “revolutionize patient care”.
To be fair, revolutionary changes do exist. Telehealth for example, enabled by the combination of AI and cloud technology, has revolutionized the access patients have to robust diagnostic services. Yet, telehealth with its data fragmentation and current clinical diagnostic limitations, still has serious challenges
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