by Amantha May | May 21, 2021 | Health
Sutter Health, a large health system serving Northern California, has partnered with Docent Health to optimize Scout, a virtual mental health navigation platform for teens and young adults. Created by Sutter Health, Scout provides digital tools and human interactions...
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...
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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...
by Amantha May | May 19, 2021 | Enabling Tech
A man paralyzed from the neck down can now quickly write sentences with his mind, thanks to a brain-computer interface (BCI) developed by Stanford University researchers. The BCI allows the man (a research study participant known as “T5”) to create letters...
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,...
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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...
