Consumer

Hero's platform is comprised of three components: a countertop device, a prescription refill service and a digital app. 

Recently granted patents show a shopping cart that monitors your heart rate, Alexa listening for coughs.

Bettina Experton, MD, and CEO of Humetrix, talks about the history of CMS’s Blue Button project and how 53 million Americans covered by Medicare will now have access to their data through an API to ensure patient safety and interoperability.

The app monitors heart rhythms via the smartphone's camera and uses AI to identify irregularities. 

The three-year-old startup made waves last month at TechCrunch Disrupt and Health 2.0

The app uses machine learning to identify skin conditions and make treatment suggestions.

Gyre Renwick, vice president at Lyft, is leading the company’s healthcare team to develop partnerships and find solutions to address the major social determinant of health that impact people’s lives – getting to the doctor before an emergency.

The app offers 45-minute counseling sessions with trained (but unliscensed) mental health specialists for $35 per session. 

Solv Video Telemed allows patients booking an urgent care visit the option of immediate or scheduled video encounters, while providers can use the service to more easily manage visit volume. 

Published today in the Lancet, the investigation of 86 pediatric and adult Type 1 patients compared the partially automated system to a manual sensor-augmented pump therapy.