Pediatric patients who require emergency care often need unique equipment, specialized practitioners and appropriate resources that many hospital emergency departments simply don’t have.
In fact, only about 10% of EDs in the United States have a pediatric-specific department, and most report not having the resources needed to treat common emergency conditions such as bronchiolitis, asthma...
AI-based patient safety company MedAware has announced a partnership with Allscripts that will bring its medication decision support product to the latter company’s EHR system. With this, providers choosing a prescription for their patients in a live setting will receive notifications concerning medication-related risks, such as adverse drug events or opioid dependency, and can amend their...
HealthSpot, a Dublin, Ohio-based company building telemedicine kiosks for workplace and retail locations, has raised $8 million from undisclosed investors, bringing the current raise, which began in March 2013, to $18 million total. This is the company's first round since 2012 and brings their total known funding to $23 million.
HealthSpot kiosks are designed for supermarkets, pharmacies, and...
