Michael McGillion, director of PROTECT LAB and assistant professor at the School of Nursing at Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, is speaking at the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition this week in Las Vegas on effective hospital-to-home (H2H) postoperative care management. McGillion sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss his talk.
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New York-based virtual care company Teladoc Health reported its 2024 full-year revenue and Q4 2024 financial results, noting a 1% decrease year-over-year in 2024 revenue at $2.569 billion, compared to $2.6 billion in 2023.
The company reported a 3% decrease in Q4 2024 revenue at $640 million from Q4 2023 revenue of $660.5 million.
Teladoc's net loss was $1 billion in 2024, compared to $220...
HCF now offers remote heart monitoring with Ramsay
Health insurer HCF has started offering remote heart monitoring service for patients dealing with heart failure.
It recently tied up with Ramsay Connect, Ramsay Health Care's community, home, and remote care joint venture with Remedy Healthcare, to offer two million HCF members access to the Virtual Heart Failure Service.
The service hooks...
EMR provider eClinicalWorks announced that First Choice Neurology has chosen the EHR-agnostic, AI-powered contact center solution healow Genie to improve patient engagement.
In 2024, eClinicalWorks and healow launched healow Genie with the aim of broadening access to healthcare information and resources.
The healow Genie platform offers features such as patient self-service, intelligent assistant...
Health system Inova Health has chosen AI-enabled medical documentation company Abridge as its system-wide generative AI platform for clinical conversations with the aim of improving documentation for clinicians.
According to the company, the Abridge AI-powered platform turns patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time.
Abridge will be fully integrated into Inova’s...
The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) announced the release of The Playbook: Pediatric Digital Medicine, an industry guideline aimed at addressing the special challenges of pediatric digital health innovation and creating solutions that maximize care for children.
To counter, what it calls, a lack of investment and barriers to innovation in the pediatric digital health space, DiMe is partnering...
Google has received FDA clearance for its loss of pulse detection feature available on Pixel Watch 3.
The loss of pulse detection technology checks for an individual's pulse. Once it detects signs of a loss of pulse, it activates infrared and red lights to search for additional pulse signals. A motion sensor then checks for signs of movement.
An AI algorithm then analyzes the pulse and movement...
In recent months, the Singaporean government has cracked down on erring providers of telemedicine in the country. It was revealed at the start of the year that eight providers were being investigated for improper practice and false advertising – and one already had its license to offer outpatient services revoked.
Amid this growing scrutiny, telehealth company ORA launched what could be...
PAVmed, a medical technology company focused on devices, diagnostics and digital health, and its subsidiary, cancer care platform Veris Health, completed a $2.37 million private placement financing.
Accredited investors acquired PAVmed securities priced at-the-market and shares of Veris common stock indicating a pre-money Veris valuation of almost $35 million.
The financing augments a recently...
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers has acquired at-home lab testing facility Sigmund NJ LLC, also known as Trybe Labs.
Hims & Hers said the acquisition of the New Jersey-based testing facility will allow customers to take better control of their health and permit providers to access a range of data and biomarkers that may help identify risk of disease before it develops....
