Education plays a pivotal role in helping individuals get healthy and stay healthy. The delivery of patient education resources via mobile apps can bolster digital engagement to help healthcare organizations improve clinical and financial outcomes, advance relationships with existing patients, and drive interest among prospective customers.
To help professionals in digital health, patient engagement and experience, patient education learn more about trends in the digital patient education delivery, Equiva offers a new white paper titled Patient Education Via Mobile Apps: 5 Important Considerations. Topics highlighted in the paper include an overview of the evolution of patient education, insights into the value of digital engagement to support patient education, and five concepts to consider when evaluating mobile apps for patient teaching.
The white paper is available for download at Equiva’s website. The company, a leader in digital patient experience, offers this educational resource for healthcare professionals to advance their knowledge of health relationship management to facilitate hyper-targeted digital health engagement.
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Recora, a cardiac care management startup, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round. The heavily oversubscribed round was led by SignalFire with participation from Valor Equity Partners and existing investor Pear VC.
It has developed a cardiac recovery program for health systems, medical groups and health plans. The program has a few components. It includes a recovery kit, includes an Internet-enabled smart tablet and other tools such as resistance bands and blood pressure monitor that can be used by patients of all ages. There’s also a personalized program that goes beyond virtual sessions to include educational tools, support groups, and 24/7 chat with the Recora care team. That
team is made up of a dedicated team of multidisciplinary providers including physicians, nurses, exercise physiologists, health coaches, dietitians, and other specialists.
“Today, one in three people die of heart disease. Although cardiac rehabilitation is considered the standard of care, just 16 percent of eligible patients start the program and 26 percent finish all sessions. It’s time to change that,” said Recora CEO and co-founder, Abhishek Chandra. “At Recora, we believe that the future of heart health centers on cardiac recovery. We need to go beyond cardiac rehab to build a deep, continuous relationship with heart disease patients. With our initial partnerships showing the strength of engaging patients virtually at home, we look forward to further supporting health systems and health plans.”
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Antidote Health has raised a $22 million Series A funding round led by third-time investor iAngels, Group 11, and Flint Capital. With the investment and the prior $12 million seed funding, the company seeks to deepen its market presence and expand its services nationwide. The funds will also support R&D activity, which includes advanced AI screening and clinical decision support system capabilities.
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