Yesterday, the White House honored ACT | The App Association member Amy Gleason as a Precision Medicine “Champion of Change.” Amy is the Chief Operating Officer of Tampa-based CareSync, a mobile platform that organizes a patient’s health records across all health systems into a single, comprehensive Health Timeline™. The company’s [...]
The wearables we’ve been testing for We Wear It have been very diverse: they measure lots of different things about their wearer, and often do it in very different ways. The one thing they all do, though, is count steps. Step-counting has been around for a while and, like high-waisted shorts [...]
Yesterday, digital health platform Teladoc became the first major doctor-on-request company to hit the New York Stock Exchange. The Dallas-based telemedicine company connects users with health care providers via phone or online video consultation, mostly for mild medical issues and short-term prescriptions. Teladoc had a healthy first day on the NYSE [...]
If you work in a modern office, chances are you’ve heard about employers putting on health or fitness challenge for the staff. It’s not surprising that so many companies and organizations are looking for ways to improve the well-being of their team. Studies show that a healthier employee works better. [...]
I have always been interested in politics. I was student body president of my high school…as well as band president (I am that cool). In my junior year of high school, I went to the American Legion Buckeye Boys weeklong mock state government and leadership camp. In college, I became [...]