Data-driven emergency response platform RapidSOS announced this week the close of an $85 million Series C funding round led by Insight Partners.
With this, the company has raised about $200 million from investors to date.
WHAT IT DOES
RapidSOS aims to provide emergency responders with accurate, real-time health and location data before they arrive on the scene.
The company's platform collects a...
This week Zoll Medical Corporation, a medical device and software company, announced that it acquired patient charting and revenue cycle management company Golden Hour for an undisclosed sum.
The companies, which both offer charting and services related to the emergency medical services market, will now be able to combine its efforts, according to a statement.
“We have been looking at this...
Electronic muscle stimulation has been a well-known practice in athletic circles for years but it's typically only available on bulky machines. But workout enthusiasts will soon have access to a new electronic muscle stimulation device that connects to an app on Apple and Android phones. Powerdot recently announced the launch of its product that uses EMS, or e-stim, which aims to enhance...
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By Padma Nagappan
Getting care providers to communicate with each other and share patient data with a network of care givers can go a long way towards helping reduce costs and improve patient care and healthcare, Dr. Theodore Chan, who is working on the San Diego Beacon Community project, stated during his remarks at WLSA last week.
The Beacon Community...
Wireless healthcare technology company Halo Monitoring has connected its personal health monitoring and alert system to Microsoft's online health data repository, HealthVault.
Halo Monitoring unveiled its myHalo product at the beginning of 2009 during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. myHalo "wirelessly transmits secure vital signs, activities of daily living, and critical event...
Just yesterday we reported on the growing competition between wireless remote monitoring companies CardioNet and LifeWatch, which both help physicians monitor patients at risk for heart arrythmias via wireless devices and sensors. How can wireless health services help people who actually have heart failure, though? The University Hospital in New Jersey with help from Verizon Wireless and...
