The Federation of State Medical Boards has issued issued a model policy for suggested regulation of telemedicine. It isn't clear that even if adopted, the proposed model would remove impediments…
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Working with the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, LifeMap Sciences, a subsidiary of BioTime, a regenerative medicine company, has committed $5 million to a new venture called LifeMap Solutions, which will help patients collect and integrate genetic and other data into their health records.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/develop-mobile-health-solutions-mount-sinai/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c1d24b0964-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c1d24b0964-67648197EOS Health, which is at the dawn of its trajectory, has raised $8.2 million to expand its (now say it all together) mobile software platform to help people manage their health and health care better, initially in the diabetes space.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/mobile-diabetes-management-business-eoshealth-raises-8-2m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c1d24b0964-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c1d24b0964-67648197A draft report from a panel established by the National Quality Forum finds that current performance measures penalize providers which serve large numbers of low-income patients for factors beyond the providers control.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/us/politics/health-laws-pay-policy-is-skewed-panel-finds.html?&_r=1&utm_source=H2RMinutes+PCMH-ACO+May+6%2C+2014&utm_campaign=PCMH-ACO+mins+5%2F6%2F14&utm_medium=emailA Statistical Brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality examines hospital readmissions for the year 2011.
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Voluntis has raised $29 million for its "therapeutic companion software" (a digital sex doll?). I know I am being flip today, but if I can't read a press release and understand what the company really does, or if it is nothing but the latest buzz words, the communication wasn't too good.
http://www.voluntis.com/pdf/news/Voluntis%20raises%20_%2020.75%20million.pdfThe sovereign Kuwati Investment Authority has invested $100 million in NantHealth, a "cloud-based, transformational healthcare IT company". Wait, where's the mobile app? I am sure they can transform those dollars into some dreamy clouds.
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2014/5/4/sovereign_wealth_fund_kia_makes_100.htmAccolade, a provider of software to help consumers navigate the health system (aaaahhhhhh!) has acquired konciergeMD, which does something similar. (What the company didn't have enough "capital"? Apparently not, at least on the front end.)
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/health-care/2014/04/accolade-buys-newtown-square-software-company.htmlAn InstaMed report gives interesting information on health care service payment trends, from both the provider and payer perspective.
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