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Medical Devices

Telli Health | December 21, 2021

Telli Health today announced the delivery of the first FDA certified and approved 4G cellular-connected SpO2 pulse oximeter, addressing the unprecedented demand seen during the pandemic for remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices, particularly SpO2 pulse oximeter, to track COVID-19 patients. The pulse oximeter rounds out Telli Health's complete 4G package to measure and detect common physiological parameters. These devices also include a touchless thermometer, blood pressure mon...

HITInfrastructure | February 27, 2020

Innovative research and scientific breakthroughs may remain stagnant due to difficulties with health IT infrastructure and the lack of quality data, but ONC articulates ways to address these challenges in its new policy and development agenda. A new blog post written by the National Coordinator Don Rucker, MD, and ONC staffers Teresa Zayas Caban, Kevin Chaney, MGS, highlighted the efforts ONC is making to advance the nation’s health IT infrastructure to specifically achieve two goals...

Health Technology

Validic | May 10, 2021

Validic®, the industry's leading platform and solutions for orchestrating personal health data revealed today that it is Validic Inform solution that has won the "Best Overall Connected Healthcare Solution" award from MedTech Breakthrough. Validic Inform, the company's award-winning health data platform, provides access to the market's largest ecosystem of home-use medical equipment, wearables, and consumer health applications. Validic's technology has ...

Healthcare IT News | April 02, 2020

When healthcare experts in Europe started debating whether or not to reimburse digital health applications two years ago, Josef Hecken, a very senior German health politician, said in an interview that health insurance companies should not be obliged to pay for “fun applications”. Hecken is head of the German healthcare system’s governing board for reimbursement decisions (G-BA). He is among those who really has a say on where the money flows in German healthcare. Quotes ...