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9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension Led by The Cigna Group Ventures to Expand to Employers Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

These life-long treatments deliver impressive clinical outcomes but come with a high price tag, putting employers and healthcare insurers under pressure. body weight reduction, systolic blood pressure reduction of 17.7mmHg, and 95.61% medication adherence among 9amHealth members over 6-12 months.

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Similarly, sensors for measuring blood pressure, temperature, glucometers, pulse oximeters, and respiratory rate sensors, all integrated with mobile applications, can be used to monitor patients remotely. Platforms: Platforms are required to aggregate data and facilitate communication between patients, physicians, and caregivers.

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Pandemic-era burnout: Telehealth managers get pushed to the max

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This put a lot of pressure on the physicians who oversee telehealth programs at these providers: the telehealth managers. “We already had an established telehealth platform in place that our patients could use, but the challenge was to increase our capacity in a very quick time frame,” said Dr. Lisa R.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Biofourmis armband wearable, Everion, is worn 24/7 and captures the patient’s temperature, blood oxygenation and numerous other physiologic signals to detect signs of decompensation, while the patient also reports any symptoms to their healthcare provider through a mobile app. Current Health.

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