Telehealth

In 2014, Cleveland Clinic initiated its consumer telehealth strategy, and since then has introduced new dimensions of care to engage its patients.

drchrono was one of the first companies to offer an EHR that ran on mobile devices natively.

With Bitcoin allowing attackers to stay anonymous, and a bulls-eye painted over the industry, time to get prepared is running out, group says.

Dubbed digital "e-visits" by executives, the primary care service is for minor ailments ranging from allergies to sunburn.

Palmetto Health execs say internal challenges made their own rollout a difficult process.

Even though emergency room professionals are providing video visits, the AnywhereCare app is actually intended for non-emergency ailments such as sore throats and respiratory illnesses.

Rather than only looking at how the technology reduces costs and improves outcomes, researches focused on related time, transportation and environmental factors. 

The IT consultancy also said IoT will skyrocket to $1.3 trillion and predicted that wearables are poised to pick up steam again.

With a new acute-care deployment, in addition to cloud-based migration of its ChartLogic outpatient EHR, practice management and patient portal technology, "the future of healthcare IT is in cloud-based applications," says Medsphere's CEO.

CEO Stuart Randle said the startup will use its first round of funding to enhance its technology platform and work toward FDA clearance.