Mobile carriers like Verizon and T-Mobile are dipping their toe into telehealth through partnerships and acquisitions. Earlier this month, Verizon rolled out a telehealth platform based on video conferencing software BlueJeans
Verizon's latest Protected Health Information Data Breach Report finds that healthcare stands apart from other industries regarding the internal threat to security.
In theory, the IoT market opportunity in healthcare is unlimited, but the technology is a long way from reaching its full potential, according to panelists at the Connected Health Conference.
Go big or go home, healthcare. 2016 is the year to make big things happen.
Breaches of protected health information go far beyond the healthcare industry.
The report defined PHI as personally identifiable health information on an individual covered by one of the state, federal or international data breach disclosure laws.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
In a sign that competition in the telemedicine market is heating up, MDLive founder and CEO Randy Parker said it hired a couple of Verizon’s Virtual Visits team in the past month in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Verizon stopped offering the Virtual Visits package last year roughly […]
Verizon said it’s Virtual Contact Center and IP-based Interactive Voice Response have achieved HIPAA compliance, putting the telecommunications company firmly in the healthcare space with the goal of improving patient engagement. The contact center and voice response will both be geared toward payers and providers, who will be able to manage incoming inquiries from either […]
Robert Frost said, “Freedom lies in being bold.” For hospitals, being bold may be the key to survival as well, according to a new report from Verizon and Harvard Business Review. “The Digital Dividend: First Mover Advantage” surveyed 672 business and technology leaders from around the world. There were 74 healthcare respondents in that group. […]
In an effort to cut healthcare costs from after-hours emergency room visits for non-emergencies, companies in the telemedicine space have been rolling out alternatives. The latest comes from Verizon this week. Its Virtual Visits platform is designed to be used when people feel like they’re coming down with a cold or the flu or some […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The practical realities that mobile health applications need to meet if physicians are to embrace them peppered a panel discussion on mobile health at the Financial Times U.S. Healthcare and Life Sciences conference this week. The pervasiveness of smartphones is helping to boost global mobile health market projections that the market will grow to $50 […]
One of the healthcare industry’s biggest issues is a lack of visibility and it seems to be an impediment to improving security. That was one of the findings of Suzanne Widup, Senior Analyst and co-author of Verizon’s 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report. The highly readable report — the sixth year it has been published — […]
As a former registered nurse and diabetes nurse educator, Julie Kling saw firsthand that patients weren’t always receiving the kind of care they deserved. That’s what drove her to the business side of healthcare as director of mHealth product management at Verizon Wireless. Kling will share her insights as part of a discussion on the […]
Verizon has received FDA clearance that will expand a physician-facing patient engagement tool to capture patient data between office visits to the iOS network, according to a company statement. The majority of physicians using mobile devices tend to be iPhone and iPad users. The Converged Health Management platform is a cloud-based tool that transmits patient […]
A cohort of big players in connected health is joining three former senators in pursuit of policy that supports broad use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring. Former U.S. Senate majority leaders Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.), along with former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.), are heading up the Alliance for Connected Care, which […]
