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Startup Konnact Bloom looks to innovate within hospice

Hospice and home health might not always be the first areas of healthcare that conjure up technological disruption, but Konnact Bloom, a Portland-based startup, is looking to change that notion with its mobile EMR. The company, founded in 2012, was recently awarded a $1 million innovation grant from the Oregon State Coordinated Care Organization to […]

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Bright.md raises $1M in seed round for remote telemedicne

Bright.md, a Portland-based startup, has raised $1 million in seed funding that will go toward  telemedicine software for providers seeking to expand while simultaneously curbing costs. The funding is led by Seven Peaks, Portland Seed Fund and Oregon Angel Fund. Earlier this year, Bright.md won a $100,000 Seven Peaks Ventures Award at the Bend Venture Conference. […]

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Healthcare automation meets the e-visit in a physician’s new digital health venture

Bright.md is in the business of facilitating virtual doctor’s office visits, but co-founder Dr. Ray Costantini doesn’t exactly consider it a telemedicine business. “We think of ourselves as a healthcare automation company,” he explained. “We automate repetitive, algorithm-driven processes that happen in primary care so that patients can get quicker access and providers have the […]

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Using avatars to improve physical therapy adherence

A lot of companies have championed the benefits of devices like Fitbit to help engage patients in their healthcare and track their progress in a trend that’s referred to as the quantified self. Instead of apps, Respondesign wants to improve adherence for physical therapy through an interactive remote-monitoring platform using Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sensor technology and […]