Sun.Dec 30, 2018

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Babylon Health hits back at claims its AI isn't up to the job

Lloyd Price

Babylon Health has become one of the breakout stars of the current class of UK tech start-ups, but several insiders have suggested that things aren't what they seem. The company, which has contracts to provide NHS services in the UK, uses, amongst its real-life medical staff, an AI chat-bot to do initial triage and basic diagnosis with patients, in an attempt to get quick results to simple cases.

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Epstein Becker & Green 2018 Telehealth Report

Telebehavioral Health Institute

TBHI Summarizes Epstein Becker & Green 2018 Telehealth Report Telehealth services became notably more popular amount clients/patients, practitioners, employers and legislators according to a 2018 telehealth report from law firm, Epstein Becker & Green. Their 3rd annual telebehavioral healthcare report focused on laws, regulations and policies.

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Apple Watch : new features are empowering patients like never before, but there's a downside

Lloyd Price

When Apple introduced the Apple Watch Series 4 in September, one of the biggest revelations was the addition of several groundbreaking health-monitoring functions. The device contains a next-generation accelerometer and gyroscope combined with algorithms that can detect when the wearer has fallen. It can analyze wrist trajectory and impact acceleration, sending a notice to the user, which can then be dismissed or used to contact emergency services.

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WeDoctor founder Jerry Liao reflects on his journey to $400M investment and 27M monthly active users

Lloyd Price

In 2010, Mr. Jerry Liao Jieyuan and his team created an online platform called (Mandarin for ‘to register’) for patients to make consultation appointments with their doctors. Five years later, the platform was as WeDoctor after it raised almost US$400M in investment from the likes of Tencent, Goldman Sachs and Hillhouse Capital. WeDoctor also opened its first hospital in Zhejiang, a province in eastern China, that year.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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