Connected Health

Avivit Ben-Aharon, founder and clinical director at a virtual speech therapy company, spells out how this virtual care works and how it can achieve outcomes better than in-person care.

Transcarent will purchase 98point6's virtual care platform and care business. After the deal, 98point6 will focus on licensing its software to third-party providers.

Also, a hospital in Sikkim is upgrading to smart connected beds powered by Dozee.  

With the first cohort of patients onboarded for the RPM program, the center aims to achieve greater treatment compliance and drive oncology innovation with connected medical devices, a patient app and an integrated cloud-based clinician portal.

Dr. Salim Saiyed, UPMC Central Pennsylvania's CMIO, offers a detailed look at how the health system is deploying this advanced telehealth approach. He describes its challenges and benefits.

What are the top priorities, areas of interest, investment hits and the difference between tech and tech-enabled services? We ask Dr. Sunny Kumar, a partner at GSR Ventures, a digital health investment firm with $3 billion assets under management.

Compact algorithms can protect data and work within the confines of small IoT electronics – such as implanted medical devices.

It aims to offer a "new" patient experience.

Chronic diseases cost the U.S. $3.7 trillion per year. Focusing on preventive care is central to physical and economic survival – and home-based tech can make a big difference, one expert contends.

Telehealth done right can bring down the total cost of care by 10%, says TytoCare CEO Dedi Gilad.