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102016
New Gadgets That Could Give Telemedicine a BoostWSJ
Telemedicine offers patients the chance to meet with a doctor, 24/7, without leaving home. But many physicians are wary of participating because they can’t peer into patients’ ears, look down their throats or listen to their lungs remotely. Read More
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102016
Telemedicine Device Startup MedWand Receives Investment from Maxim VenturesPRWeb
MedWand Digital Health has announced a major investment from Maxim Ventures, the venture arm for Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM), a leader in analog integration which designs, manufactures, and sells high-performance semiconductor products. Read More
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08 2016
The 100 most influential leaders in Health TechHotwire
2016 has been marked as the year digital health begins to reach its potential. Hot Topics introduces the 100 most influential drivers of the Health Tech revolution, globally. Read More
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06 2016
Foxlink Makes Investment in MedWand Digital HealthPRWeb
Telemedicine device startup MedWand announced today that it has received a major investment from Foxlink Group, a renowned multi-billion dollar Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer. The amount of investment was not disclosed. Read More
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01 2016
5 Healthcare Tech Startups To Watch In 2016Forbes
Enterprising startups are disrupting incumbent players in industries as diverse as publishing, entertainment and personal finance. Healthcare is far from immune to this tech-driven business trend— across the industry, young and innovative firms are giving legacy systems a run for their money. Read More
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02 2016
30 disruptive healthcare companies to watchBecker's
MedWand, a handheld telemedicine physical examination device created by Las Vegas-based MedWand Solutions, allows physicians to examine patients and remotely gather important medical vitals via secure Internet channels on tablets and personal computers. Read More
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01 2016
CES 2016, TECHNOLOGY and HEALTH: (MedWand) Device to Replace Onsite ClinicsConcierge Medicine Today
The MedWand medical measurement multi-tool is displayed at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7, 2016. The MedWand is a consumer-friendly medical device that connects to a computer enabling a doctor in any location to conduct examinations of patients who are in another city, state or country. Read More
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01 2016
MedWand to Demo “Virtual Medical Examination” Technology at CES 2016PRWeb
MedWand, recent winner of the prestigious Health 2.0 Launch! award, will be showcasing its groundbreaking technology at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, Nevada. MedWand is the world’s first handheld device that combines several diagnostic tools for use with remotely-located medical providers, essentially creating a virtual medical examination experience. Read More
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01 2016
Top 6 Consumer Health Gadgets Featured at CES 2016MDT
MedWand is one of the latest in multi-functional medical scanners (i.e., Tricorders), combining a thermometer, heart rate sensor, pulse oximeter, otoscope for hearing examinations, and digital stethoscope in one handy device. Read More
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01 2016
Top Tech At CES 2016CBS Miami
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01 2016
Tech Titans and Industry Pundits Look into their Cloud-Based Crystal Balls to Predict Tech's Future PR Newswire
Advances in medical technology are erasing physical barriers to medical care. Beginning in 2016, patients will have the ability to be medically examined from anywhere – not just video chats, but actual real-time physical examinations. Read More
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01 2016
10 benefit industry trendsetters to watch in 2016
Samir Qamar, M.D., founder and CEO of MedLion Read More
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12 2015
The George Washinton School of BusinessPeople on the Move: Dec. 6-12
MedWand Digital Health won a Health 2.0 Launch award. Dr. Samir Qamar examined a patient in a Las Vegas hotel, live from the Silicon Valley, over the Internet with his medical device. Read More
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12 2015
The George Washinton School of Business4 Top Healthcare Startups
The multifunctional MedWand device has the potential to take telehealth conferences to the next level... Read More
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11 2015
Las Vegas BUSINESS PRESSTelemedicine finds its disruptive technology
When Dr. Samir Qamar, CEO and founder of MedLion, a direct primary care company, received a phone call from the internet giant Google, he took the call and listened to the proposal.
The frustration of their ensuing collaboration ultimately led him to invent MedWand, a telemedicine device — think "Star Trek's" medical tricorder. Read More
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11 2015
Event: Health 2.0 9th Annual Fall Conference
MedWand presentation video from Health 2.0 9th Annual Fall Conference Watch Video
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10 2015
The Future of Health and Medicine: In Your Pocket, Continuous, and Connected to the CloudSingularityHUB
Digital diagnostics is coming to the home. Examples range from an eye, ear and throat exam—using connected devices designed for the patient like CellScope, MedWand and Tyto—to cardiac exams enabled by low-cost EKGs (AliveCor and Kito). Read More
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10 2015
MedWand Digital Health and Doctor On Demand Team Up to Improve Patient Care, AnywhereCEN
MedWand today announced its partnership with Doctor On Demand as MedWands preferred telemedicine provider. The collaboration allows MedWand to add the leading, next generation video telemedicine company to its national distribution, and allows Doctor On Demand patients to receive MedWand-enabled real-time remote physical exams. Read More
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10 2015
MedWand Digital Health Wins 2015 Health 2.0 Launch!PRWeb
Medicine and technology merged onstage as 2015 Health 2.0 Launch! finalist MedWand Digital Health debuted its unique telemedicine technology for the first time, wowed an audience of thousands, and took home the coveted Health 2.0 Launch! award. Read More
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10 2015
Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire to Offer MedWand to Employers and Members.PRWeb
Nevada-based MedWand Digital Health, a technology startup that creates the MedWand, announced today that it had secured a substantial order from insurance company Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Read More
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09 2015
MedWand Digital Health Named Launch! Finalist at Upcoming Health 2.0PRWeb
Nevada-based MedWand Solutions, Inc., which creates a novel medical device allowing patients to receive physical examinations over Internet and satellite links, was recently selected as one of the finalists for 2015 Health 2.0’s Launch! event taking place this October in Silicon Valley. Read More
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09 2015
25 disruptive healthcare companies to watch
MedWand, a handheld telemedicine physical examination device created by Las Vegas-based MedWand Solutions, allows physicians to examine patients and remotely gather important medical vitals via secure Internet channels on tablets and personal computers. Read More
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09 2015
22 Innovative Healthcare Startups To Watch
MedWand allows doctors to receive clinical-quality readings of a remote patient's health. The device records basic vitals and transmits those via bluetooth to other devices, like a patient's smartphone. Read More
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07 2015
Frost & Sullivan report lists top 10 companies disrupting healthcareBecker's
Market research analysts amp; Sullivan have identified the 10 companies poised to disrupt and impact healthcare as it stands today. Read More
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02 2015
The Next Big Startups In Healthcare Eyal Yechezkell
One big reason you need to go to the doctor’s office and cannot diagnose your problems online or over the phone, is the diagnostic tools doctor’s offices have. Read More
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01 2015
MedLion CEO to Address Idaho Senate on Promising New Healthcare Model. PRWeb
Healthcare Pioneer Dr. Samir Qamar Asked to Present Direct Primary Care to State. Read More
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12 2014
Smart Devices, Mobile Technology Power The 21st Century House Call InternetMedicine.com
Here’s how some companies are reimagining the doctor’s house call in the 21st Century. Read More
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12 2014
9 Healthcare Tech Startups To Watch InformationWeek.com
As venture capital flows into healthcare startups, look at some new companies that should be on your radar. Read More
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12 2014
Smart Devices, Mobile Technology Power The 21st Century House Call MDDIonline.com
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11 2014
Why money flows into mobile, wearable health technologyiMedicalApps.com
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11 2014
Eric Topol calls out 6 startups that are giving healthcare power to the people MedCityNews.com
MedWand is a handheld, portable device designed to aid telemedicine exams. The idea is that patients would use the device to help doctors to listen to heart and lungs, obtain basic vitals, and check over a patient’s ears, nose, and throat.Read More
"MedWand is a truly disruptive technology. Instead of democratizing vital signs, we are transforming telemedicine from a consultation to a real-time remote examination while keeping the doctor as the diagnostician, not a nascent "tricorder". We are working diligently on FDA 510k certification and expect it to be completed to coincide with our production launch in Q2-15." - Robert Rose, CEO, MedWand Solutions, Inc.
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09 2014
Health IT Startup: MedWandElectronic Health Reporter
MedWand Solutions develops and distributes the MedWand solution, a patent-pending telemedicine device that easily connects to a PC or mobile device, like a cell phone or tablet.Read More
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08 2014
Evolution of the Pre-Internet MindMedeo
rivate innovation in healthcare is doing the same thing that similar innovation in finance, retail, travel, and media has accomplished over the past two decades. Read More
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04 2014
New Medical Tech Company Set to Revolutionize TelemedicinePRWeb
MedLion and Cypher Scientific Unite to Form MedWand Solutions The founders of MedLion, a national Direct Primary Care pioneer, and the founders of Cypher Scientific, a leading engineering firm, have launched a tech company to create a new consumer device that is poised to reboot the telemedicine industry.Read More