Smartphone App Now Tracks Chronic Eye Disease

by Bruce Brown | May 20, 2021 | Medical

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) continues to rack up significant new medical care applications. Paris-based Tilak Healthcare recently announced a pilot program with Novartis to use Tilak’s OdySight remote vision monitoring app. Following an earlier successful...

Nationwide Telehealth Now Coming from Amazon [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 19, 2021 | Medical

We wrote about the Amazon Care launch in 2019 when Amazon began offering telehealth services to company employees in the Seattle area. We also covered the CB Insights 2020 Healthcare Survey results which found that 30% of the respondents named Amazon as the tech giant...

New Study Shows Telemedicine Reduces Hospital Admissions

by Bruce Brown | May 18, 2021 | Medical

Telemedicine is becoming commonplace, and that’s a good thing. The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the transition from in-person medical consults only to remote care. The arguments in favor of remote patient monitoring and connected care services include convenience,...

Now Treat Excess Sweating at Home [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 17, 2021 | Medical

Hyperhidrosis — also known as excessive sweating — is more common than many might think, according to a 2016 study published in the Archives of Dermatological Research by Burke Inc. Earlier studies cited by the study estimated that on average, 2.8% of the...

New Comprehensive Virtual Mental Health Program Available Nationwide

by Amantha May | May 12, 2021 | Medical

Teledoc Health, a multinational virtual healthcare company, hopes to make mental health services more accessible to individuals in the United States and worldwide. The company has announced the launch of myStrength Complete, a comprehensive, personalized virtual...

Drone Delivers Transplant Organ Safely After 10-Mile Flight [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 11, 2021 | Medical

MissionGO achieved another milestone in unmanned aircraft medical delivery this month. On May 5, a MissionGO Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) — better known as “a drone” — flew a human pancreas on a 10-mile circuit. In this test project,...