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At Children's Mercy, telemedicine boosts access to highly sought-after subspecialists

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The high demand for pediatric specialty providers and the constraints many families face regarding transportation, time off from work and school, and finances, made it obvious that traditional models of outreach healthcare were not sustainable," said Morgan Waller, director of telemedicine business and operations at Children's Mercy.

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NewYork-Presbyterian launches Hauser Institute for Health Innovation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Hausers have given more than $50 million to NewYork-Presbyterian in support of the hospital’s innovation programs in health information technology and telemedicine since 2011. "Hauser investment in telemedicine is allowing NewYork-Presbyterian to develop a fully integrated emergency care and urgent care ecosystem.

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Wheel Acquires GoodRx Care Backend Technology to Strengthen its Virtual-First Care Platform

Healthcare IT Today

This is Wheel’s first acquisition, and the company recently announced several new senior leadership hires, including its CTO and SVP of Product. Since 2011, we have helped consumers save over $40 billion from pharmacy retail price and are one of the most downloaded medical apps over the past decade. About Wheel.

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Rwanda : The Digital Health Pioneer

Lloyd Price

Patrick Ndimubanzi, Honorable Minister of State, Public Health and Primary Health Care, Rwanda Digital Health Innovation in Rwanda Let's explore 5 examples of Digital Health innovation in Rwanda ranging from artificial intelligence and machine learning to blood delivery by drones and telemedicine.

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Standing at the Threshold of 2012

LinkousThink

2011 left many old timers in telemedicine enjoying the newfound enthusiasm about telemedicine, telehealth and all the other related expressions (mHealth, e-health, etc.) Nevertheless, I believe we stand in December 2011 at a significantly different place than last December. It’s been a great year. Bells were pealing.

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Health Care Portals: Looking Beyond the Patients’ Horizon

Healthcare IT Today

The idea is similar to the open source SMART Platform , which I have covered several times starting in 2011. Azalea Health is building a platform where third-party vendors can offer patients a variety of services, which are called “niche web applications” by Nathan Shepard, VP of Product there.

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Can Healthcare Optimize Its Human Resources and Redefine Care Delivery in the Process?

Healthcare IT Today

Ashish previously served as CTO at Medicity, the market leader for vendor-neutral Health Information Exchange solutions (acquired by Aetna in 2011). He founded the company in 2015 and remains passionate about empowering care teams with the tools they need to help people age in place.

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