American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is a leading international non-profit organization founded in 1993 and headquartered in Washington, is currently the world's largest academic field, an organization for individuals around the world interested in the promotion of telemedicine , medical institutions and companies are open.
With more than 20 years of history, ATA is the world's largest and most comprehensive conference on telemedicine, digital healthcare, and mobile healthcare . It specializes in lectures, exhibitions, and seminars in telemedicine. The annual conference is an important forum for telehealth professionals and entrepreneurs, telemedicine and mobile medical space professionals. At the same time, ATA exhibitors are also considered to be leaders in the telemedicine and mobile healthcare industries .
49 health care management apps (picture from global doctors' organizations)
The author has sorted out some smart phone health management apps in the US telemedicine annual meeting and the usual telemedicine business exchange, covering 12 types and 49 apps. The application scenarios and functions of the mobile app in the existing medical and health fields basically cover this. The following is a brief introduction.
1. Telemedicine services
Doctor on Demand
By American TV genius Dr. Phil and his son founded the company. Use the Smartphone App to link patients and their consulting doctors to provide patients with remote medical access to a computer or mobile phone for $40 each time. In addition to medical and pediatric treatments, the app also offers a 25-50 minute psychology seminar and breastfeeding consultation. According to Rock Health's ranking, Doctor On Demand has entered the top 50 of the fastest growing digital healthcare companies.
Babylon
Ali Palsa, founder and CEO of Babylon Health
Babylon Health is a London-based startup founded in 2013 with investors including DeepMind Technologies. In April of this year, with a $60 million Series B financing, this new financing will be used to further enhance the functional expansion of AI, including the diagnosis of AI (rather than a simpler classification consultation). The company's main product is an app that combines artificial intelligence (chaage: triage), video communication for users and medical professionals, and provides consulting solutions.
MDlive
It provides telemedicine services primarily to corporate employers and health plan providers, as well as providing video interview services directly to consumers through smartphone applications. The diseases that doctors on the MDLive network can treat for patients include allergies, asthma, bronchitis, colds and flu, ear infections, urinary tract infections, and sinus infections. It has formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft to provide telemedicine services using Microsoft's Skype for Business service.
Sensely
Founded in 2013 in San Francisco, USA, the company was founded by Adam Odessky (co-founder and CEO) and Ryan Connolly (CTO). Its main product is a virtual healthcare app that integrates most medical devices with technologies such as speech recognition, original medical, data analysis, body recognition, and augmented reality. Recently, the company received $8 million in Series B financing, including China's capital, the US non-profit medical organization Mayo Clinic, and Stanford's StartX Venture Accelerator.
Spruce
Provide asynchronous telemedicine services. The company's business model is to directly link patients and skin specialists with mobile phone terminals. Patients can take photos or describe related signs and feelings, including past medical history. Then get a personalized consultation and treatment guidance from the dermatologist, 24 hours a day, you can prescribe drugs online.
HealthTap
A mobile medical Internet company in the United States that provides 7*24-hour remote consultation services, where doctors can complete online diagnosis and instructional treatment of patients through video, voice or text information. Virtual medical care is based on this service platform, using existing technology hardware devices, such as smart phones, personal computers, wearable devices, etc., to achieve efficient, high-quality medical and health services.
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