The ConV2X Pitch Competition was held in Boston on October 15, 2019 during the ConVerge2Xcelerate (ConV2X) Third Annual Meeting. Six finalists presented their products to judges who were associated with Flare Capital, Pillar VC, Curisium, Harvard University, and UC San Diego School of Medicine.  Their challenge was to “Prove M...

By TORY CENAJ, RACHEL PHILLIPS

Tele-health, tele-medicine or digital medicine is a relatively new concept in health care provision and its perceived as a useful mode of managing patients specially on remote locations. As the technology is evolving the need arises to explore telehealth as part of the holistic care modality. There are significant number of literature available on ...

By SADAT MUZAMMIL

Introduction by Amar Gupta In order to place predictions for telehealth in proper perspective, consider that like all new industries, telehealth is characterized by disparate ideas developed by different people, often for the same medical specialty and/or medicine-related activity. Over time, these ideas must coalesce to provide growth and economi...

By AMAR GUPTA, MIKE BAIRD, SHAYAN VYAS, JOEL REICH, STEPHANIE ZAWADA, SUMIT NAGPAL, OREN J. MECHANIC

eConsults provide a mechanism for specialists to provide guidance to their colleagues to allow them to manage patients in primary care settings. The patient receives access to specialist expertise, avoids the long wait time and high costs associated with an office visit, and maintains relationship continuity with the primary care physician (PCP). T...

By AIESHA AHMED, WILLIAM JENS, ANNE HAULMAN, K. SATHIAN, STEPHEN ROSS

In the age of digitization, a growing percentage of services are becoming available online, and this trend is affecting healthcare too. As evolving technology creates more avenues for physicians to deliver affordable and instant care to their patients, there has been a sharp increase in the number of telemedicine implementations across the world.1 ...

By AMAR GUPTA, MARIAM E. DOGAR, EMILY SIJIN ZHAI, POOJA SINGLA, TOOBA SHAHID, HILAL NURIYE YILDIRIM, SABRINA ROMERO, SHAURYA SINGH

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By PIERRE-ALEXANDRE FOURNIER, JIN WEI-KOCSIS, RAY DOGUM

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By WENDY CHARLES, KENNETH COLON, FRANK RICOTTA

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By FRANCISCO CURBERA, NITIN GAUR

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By VINCE ALBANESE

Summary: Obesity and overweight are significant public health problems, worldwide. Hence, there is the importance of developing and applying strategies that reduce weight in this population. We set out to evaluate the effectiveness of obesity intervention with three different approaches—one of them with a platform that promotes physical ...

By FATIMA MADRONA MARCOS, JOSEFA M. PANISELLO, JULIO A. CARBAYO HERENCIA, NURIA ROSICH, LORETO TARRAGA MARCOS, JOSEP ALINS, PEDRO J. TARRAGA MARCOS