Posted: August 4th, 2015 | Author: Lindsay | Filed under: Basics, In the News, Telehealth, Venture funding | Tags: Connected Health, Devices, diagnostic device, DoseSpot, e-Prescribing, e-Prescribing Integration, health & wellness, Healthcare Software, Patient Engagement, telehealth, treatment plan | No Comments »
With a fresh Series B financing round of $11 million, Israeli-based telemedicine startup Tyto Care is putting its own unique spin on the diagnostic device market. Backed by strategic investors like Cambia Health Solutions and Walgreens, Tyto Care is discussing its innovative product–deemed the “Swiss Army knife of handheld diagnostic devices”–with a number of digital health news resources.
Tyto Care’s solution combines a handheld device and online communication platform that is designed to facilitate secure and seamless interactions between patient and provider. The diagnostic handheld device can aid non-medical individuals (namely parents) in examining a child’s mouth, throat, eyes, heart sounds, lung sounds, temperature, skin and ears when traveling to the doctor’s office for an in-person visit is not possible. Doctors can conveniently guide users in performing these tests in real time or a “store and forward” method can be applied, whereby a doctor receives the results collected by Tyto Care’s device for remote viewing.
Tyto Care was co-founded by Dedi Gilad and Ofer Tzadik in 2012, with the goal of providing “connected examination technology” beyond the scope of just phone or video conferencing to patients and providers alike. After this third round of funding, Tyto Care is believed to have raised $18.5 million to date and final device approval from the US Food and Drug Administration is expected to be granted within the calendar year.
To read more about Tyto Care’s company background and current product version, check out the official website here.
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SOURCES: GeekTime, MedCity News and MobiHealthNewsÂ
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Posted: June 30th, 2014 | Author: Lindsay | Filed under: In the News | Tags: Android, Apple, apps, consumer health, digital health, DoseSpot, fitness, Google, health & wellness, health tracker, healthIT, HealthKit, Samsung, technology | No Comments »
Ready to get fit from the comfort of your own smartphone or tablet? Recent developments in the tech sphere likely have you covered. Over the past few weeks, three major players in the digital health industry–Google, Apple and Samsung–have unveiled newly polished, fitness-ready consumer health apps for public viewing. The initial verdicts on Google Fit, Samsung’s Gear Fit, and Apple’s iOS 8 Health app are officially out. Take a look below to see what consumers are saying:
Google FitÂ
Google Product Manager Ellie Powers describes the new Google Fit platform at the 2014 Google I/O, Google’s annual developers’ conference held in San Francisco.
Basics: fitness and health tracking platform for Android smart devices. Google Fit will aggregate users’ fitness data in one place, and sync data from popular wearable devices created by Nike, Adidas, and more.
Pros: comprehensive data analysis in one location, complete picture of users’ fitness and better tracking of fitness goals, single set of APIs for all health products.
Cons:Â too similar to already-existing data aggregation platforms, failure to address how medical professionals might access this data, potential compatibility issues.
Gear Fit by Samsung
Basics:Â a wearable activity-tracking wristband with a heart rate monitor, pedometer, and flexible display screen. Well-suited for basic activities such as running, walking, cycling, and hiking.
Pros:Â excellent display resolution, customizable screen features (backgrounds and clock face), changeable watch bands, compatible with at least 17 Samsung smartphones and tablets, notable ‘smartwatch’ features (phone call, text message, and email alerts).
Cons: error-prone and “bare bone†activity trackers, faulty mileage calculations, very low battery life (vs. JawBone and FitBit models), poor accessibility (requires bulky “charging cradleâ€).
Apple iOS 8 Health
   
Basics:Â iPhone app that allows users to collect biometric information (i.e. heart rate, blood pressure, etc.) and automatically send it to doctors or hospitals via the Medical ID feature.
Pros:Â comprehensive set of activity trackers (fitness, nutrition, sleep patterns, blood glucose levels, cholesterol levels, etc.), customizable and seamless user interface.
Cons:Â performance concerns with exchange of medical data (physicians bombarded with low-priority data and patient compliance issues).
Sources: TechCrunch, Apple, and The Verge.Â
Need more convincing? Engage your critical consumer eye with these helpful articles:
Gear Fit by Samsung: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2014/06/22/samsung-gear-fit-review-a-combined-fitness-band-and-stylish-smartwatch-for-your-galaxy-smartphones/
Google Fit: http://news360.com/article/243439279
Apple iOS 8 Health: http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/02/a-closer-look-at-ios-8s-health-app-video/
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