StayWell acquired the mobile platform, which includes apps for diabetes, including Sugar Sense, women’s health apps such as "I'm Expecting", and weight management. Vitals snapped up the peer communities division.
Vitals SmartShopper tool uses cash incentives to spur consumers to be shrewder healthcare shoppers.
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.
Parent company MDX Medical disclosed the fundraise in an SEC filing this week.
The three-week pilot is intended to be a proof of concept to see whether clinicians and patients like the wearable monitors.
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Vitals, which provides pricing transparency and reviews of physicians, named Heyward Donigan as its new CEO, replacing Mitch Rothschild, while appointing former Priceline Group CEO Jeffrey Boyd to adviser and board director. Donigan was previously CEO of ValueOptions, a health improvement company that specializes in mental and emotional well-being and recovery. There, she helped drive […]
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.
Granted, Valentine’s Day isn’t usually about celebrating patient-doctor relationships, it is interesting to look at what qualities and factors leave a patient more or less satisfied with the connection. Turns out, it’s mostly less. According to a recent Vitals Index, cost is the biggest factor when it comes to choosing a doctor. Whether or not […]
They’re probably still sweeping up after this week’s Digital Health Summit. But the happy honeymoon phase didn’t last long. Vitals is unleashing a report that rains on that parade, noting Americans are unhealthier than the previous year, and no one is using your health apps. Unfortunately, the line at McDonalds is still longer than the […]
Vitals’ acquisition of Compass Healthcare Advisers brings together two criteria that consumers can use to determine whether they want to see one physician over another: what other patients think of them and the price tag for their procedures. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Vitals CEO Mitch Rothschild told MobiHealthNews: “Anytime you decide on […]
Mitch Rothschild, the CEO of online physician appointment and ratings website Vitals, sees 2014 as a mix of positive and negative consumer healthcare trends that could play to the strengths of digital health companies. As provisions of the Affordable Care Act continue to roll out and the industry responds, Obamacare pros and cons will begin […]
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