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Concierge healthcare provider One Medical Group, which has practices in seven cities around the US, has added a new feature to the iOS version of its app, called One Medical Mobile, that allows patients to get treatment for basic skin issues directly from the app.
A 2013 survey released this week from the Commonwealth Fund shows that use of mobile health interventions at the time was low among urban and rural community health centers and clinics for a variety of reasons.
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Brentwood, Tennessee-based MDsave has raised $12 million for its medical procedure payment service from MTS Health Investors, a New York-based private equity firm.
Warsaw, Poland-based DocPlanner, which offers a service that helps consumers find and book appointments with providers, has raised $10 million in a round led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and angel investor Lukasz Gadowski.
The VA Boston Healthcare System will launch a pilot using the Basis Peak wearable.
Since IBM launched its Watson Health business unit last month, the company has been busy, announcing a flurry of partnerships and deployments of its cognitive computing software in different sectors of the healthcare industry.
Brigham and Women's Hospital has partnered with seed fund Rock Health to test and possibly integrate technologies from companies in Rock Health's portfolio, according to a Boston Business Journal post.
Japanese medical device company Omron Healthcare has unveiled two new smartphone-connected devices, a blood pressure monitor and a weight scale.