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Results from smartphone-based Snellen charts, which are eye charts used to measure visual acuity, are not consistent with results from standard Snellen visual acuity chart tests, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Melbourne.
As expected Australia-based medical device company dorsaVi has received a new FDA 510(k) that expands the use case for the suite of wearable sensors, called ViMove, to allow providers to use them for tracking additional static postures like a natural standing posture and various sitting postures.
New York City-based mobile medical record system CareDox, formerly known as MotherKnows, raised $900,000, according to an SEC filing.
There's been a cluster of important telemedicine news in the past few days: the AMA is developing ethical guidelines for remote visits, a majority of states now have telemedicine parity laws in place, and details about Teladoc's business came to light through an SEC filing related to its hoped-for IPO.
In late April news broke that remote visits company Teladoc had taken the first steps toward filing for an IPO, but the initial filing was private.
Pear Sports, the Irvine, California-based activity tracking and audio coaching company, has raised an additional $821,000 according to an SEC filing, the beginning of a hoped-for $3 million round.
Physicians who meet with patients via direct to consumer telemedicine services are just as likely to prescribe antibiotics as those who conduct in-person visits, according to a study conducted by Rand Corporation.
Health IT vendor athenahealth has announced the second class in its relatively new accelerator program, called More Disruption Please (MDP).
The University of Rochester has teamed up with Cambridge, Massachusetts-based medical sensor company MC10 to test the company's BioStamp platform in clinical settings and help it develop its disease-specific algorithms for predictive health analytics.
Gamified medication adherence app maker Mango Health is moving beyond medications, using a new Google Fit integration to add tracking of blood pressure and weight, as well as activity tracking, into its app, the company announced today.