Following a series of violent threats directed at medical centers that care for transgender youth, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association and Children’s Hospital Association urged U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate bomb threats and protect children’s hospitals and physicians. “The attacks are rooted in an intentional campaign of disinformation, where a […]
Jennifer Gentile of Boston Children’s Hospital offered her perspective on digital health tools addressing mental health needs with the goal of reducing reliance on drugs, in a preview of the INVEST Digital Health conference in Dallas on September 20.
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.
Boston Children's Hospital and Shields Health Solutions partnered to launch Boston Children's Pharmacy, a specialty pharmacy, right across from the hospital to help young patients and families get better access to specialized pharmacy services including help with prior authorizations, and specialized medications.
The company has struck partnerships with properties owned by Cedars-Sinai, BayCare and others, and is looking to build out some healthcare-specific features, such as medication management.
Google rolled out a Health Studies app, a rival to Apple's research app. To start, it will offer a study on respiratory illness in conjunction with Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital.
Patients using the offering from the startup, MORE Health, can get access to physicians and services at Boston Children's Hospital and Nationwide Children's Hospital.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
While the skills can help facilitate smoother patient engagement, there's still work to do when it comes to bringing voice to healthcare.
Less than two months after MedCity speculated whether Amazon would release a HIPAA-compliant Echo device, the tech giant revealed Thursday that select skills for Alexa — the voice-activated personal assistant service powering those devices — are indeed HIPAA-compliant.
Voice as a user interface in healthcare tech has been gaining ground in recent years and will be a spotlight at the HLTH conference through a partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital.
Companies, health plans and providers are increasingly looking at delivering care at schools, where children spend most of their waking hours.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Veta gets the licensing rights to TriVox Health, a disease management platform, and HelpSteps, which connects people to health and human resources services in an effort to reduce well-being disparities.
As part of the collaboration, Medumo obtains an exclusive license of DisCo, an application created by Boston Children's that helps patients after they've been discharged.
In 2014, Martin Gottesfeld, who identified himself as a member of Anonymous, carried out cyberattacks on Boston Children's Hospital and Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.
Through the collaboration, 2nd.MD members can receive a video consultation with a pediatric specialist from the hospital.
The two companies are working to develop an integrated product called GetWell Loop, in the latest example of consolidation in the patient engagement industry.