Eric Wicklund
TruClinic is pioneering a telehealth platform for residents of a remote Native American community in Utah. It's one of several projects the Salt Lake City-based company is launching to bridge the gap between providers and their more remote, underserved patients.
Tennessee-based UL Workplace Health and Safety has developed a mobile app that enables healthcare providers and large corporations to automate the on-site vaccination process.
The $4 million project, launched earlier this month, will enable those visiting an emergency department with mental health or substance abuse crises to connect by interactive audio and video with a mental health professional.
An Arizona-based non-profit has developed a video game platform that screens school-aged children for a variety of vision disorders, targeting a public health issue that can cost the nation roughly $50 billion a year.
Erin Denholm and Naomi Fried, well-known in mHealth circles for their work in Denver and Boston, respectively, were featured speakers at recent Institute for Health Technology Transformation conferences. In interviews with IHT2, they explain how their programs work.
Hallmark Business Connections' HealthWorks program combines mHealth tools and resources with onsite clinics, screenings, health fairs and activities to promote employee health and wellness. Company officials see this as a model for any self-insured employer looking to improve the workforce.
The collaboration between DPS Health and Achieving Better Control creates a platform that combines face-to-face coaching and support with mHealth tools and resources.
The Converged Health Management platform, to be marketed later this year exclusively for home health use, will collect and store data gathered on biometric devices developed by IDEAL LIFE.
Led by Mark Stavros, MD, FSUCares has added telemedicine technology to its annual visits to Filipina, giving residents an instant link to physicians 3,000 miles away.
A dozen mHealth entrepreneurs from around the world have been named finalists in the Nokia Sensing XChallenge, which seeks to uncover the latest in medical diagnostic and sensing technologies for consumers.