Connected Health

(SPONSORED) CMC is a clinical approach to care grounded in personalized, urgent-care plans developed with patients by their doctors and nurses. The plan details the patient's diagnosis and treatment, contact information, their wishes and their escalation treatment plan.

The telemedicine tech vendor is betting the ubiquitous Microsoft systems will enable a more robust, secure and scalable collaboration platform.

The new app mimics the Uber set-up, with certified interpreters standing by to come to a hospital and help interpret languages between caregivers and patients.

The company will also tout a new data recovery partnership with Amazon Web Services, the CEO said.

The digital tool makes it easy for people to add a new device to their home – or clinic – Wi-Fi network.

Hackensack University Medical Center is tapping new technologies to achieve more effective medication adherence, according to Hackensack UMC’s director of pharmacy Nilesh Desai.

Lantern, a San Francisco-based startup, with 17 employees, is working with UPMC Enterprises, the commercialization arm of the Pittsburgh-based healthcare giant, to further develop the company’s online mental health wellness services and products.

I have the pleasure of meeting or speaking with many digital health, health IT, med-tech, and life sciences startups every week.

James Mault, Chief Medical Officaer and VP at Qualcomm Life, explains how the transition from a fee-for-service model to a value-based model in healthcare is forcing the industry ahead in adoption of technology, especially as it pertains to connected care.

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