Cloud-based EHR vendor Practice Fusion today released an online patient check-in that it said could eliminate reams of paperwork for both patients and physicians, thus saving time and creating further efficiency using mobile devices or computers. The San Francisco-based company said its hope with the digital check-in process is to eliminate “what is considered to […]
Stanford Health Care has unveiled a new mobile health app that connects with its Epic EHR system and Apple’s Health Kit, along with other cloud services for patient health and data monitoring. Developed by in-house engineers, the MyHealth mobile app is iOS 8 ready and is geared toward letting patients conduct a number of tasks. […]
Leasing allows healthcare facilities more freedom to acquire up-to-date medical equipment without the need for immediate capital investment, opening doors for smaller and newer enterprises.
As reported this morning, Google unveiled its new efforts to bring more accurate medical information to the online world, in a unique partnership with the Mayo Clinic. With health and medical searches accounting for one in 20 of all searches, it’s not difficult to fathom why the search engine giant and Mayo Clinic, already a […]
Totali Inc., a mobile health startup based in Houston, is setting its sites on soon-to-be new mothers with its app, Totally Pregnant, which it says can help hospitals stay competitive for pregnant patients. The app, available on both iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, uses three primary criteria to personalize content for expectant mothers: location, […]
A competition between University of Pennsylvania mobile app teams, many with medical degrees, produced medical apps spanning eye tests for toddlers and adults and a Google Glass application for people recovering from strokes, which affect 900,000 people each year. Five medical teams were among the five finalists who were paired with a software company to […]
ChartSpan Medical Technologies, a South Carolina-based mobile patient medical records developer, today announced it has raised more than $1 million in seed funding, led by investor Don Byrne. The funding represents the largest amount for a company that has come out of The Iron Yard, a fast-growing accelerator in the Southeast from which ChartSpan emerged. The investment […]
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App developer Humetrix said its iBlueButton will be used by California Direct and its physicians hoping to create better lines of communication with patients. It’s the first mobile foray for California Direct, a health information exchange run by Santa Cruz-based Axesson that works with hospitals, ACOs and other providers throughout the West Coast on issues […]
Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare has expanded its free mobile app, Health4Me, to all healthcare consumers, not just UnitedHealth customers. The tool includes a doctor search and the ability to review market average prices for more than 500 medical services. Any consumer can use myHealthcare Cost Estimator, which could allow for a “comprehensive view” of pricing through treatment […]