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September 24, 2020
“TeleHealth Access for Seniors” Nonprofit Spotlight
In March 2020, siblings Hannah and Arjun Verma began the 501(c)(3) nonprofit TeleHealth Access for Seniors whose mission is to improve telehealth accessibility by collecting compatible mobile devices to donate to senior and low-income patients. TeleHealth Access for Seniors had its genesis when the Verma siblings overheard their parents, both medical professionals, discuss the difficulty…
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OhMD Team
April 30, 2020
Life during lockdown might be much better if technophobia hadn’t held back innovation
Washington Post: Now that much of the world is in lockdown, relying on technology that many viewed with worry and suspicion mere months ago, the consequences of that fearfulness are coming into focus. Consider the past decade and the rise of smartphones and tablets, when an informal coalition of sociologists, media outlets, politicians and others…
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OhMD Team
March 28, 2020
This Company Is Making Texting With Your Doctor the New Normal
Sometimes, the stats just speak for themselves. “We know that 98 percent of patients will read a text message, and 90 percent of those patients will see that text message within three minutes,” says Ethan Bechtel, founder of telehealth startup OhMD. “When you compare that to email, which is read 20 percent of the time, or…
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OhMD Team
March 11, 2020
Healthcare IT News: To protect against coronavirus, OhMD offers free version of its patient texting platform
OhMD, a healthcare communications platform vendor, is offering a free version of its patient-texting platform to healthcare-provider organizations to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through more effective and instantaneous communications between patients and medical practices. The company says thousands of practices and hospitals in all 50 states already use the OhMD…
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OhMD Team
August 18, 2018
5 Burlington Startups to Watch
Given Vermont’s reputation for snow sports and miles of mountains, one might expect the Green Mountain State to be full of startups that live up to it. That expectation is true; but it’s not the end of the story. Take Burlington, for instance. The state’s largest city is home to several interesting startups, in fields…
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OhMD Team
January 21, 2018
Healthcare IT News: HIPAA-compliant text messaging helps doctors, patients with care and recovery
Mel Viney, MD, is a hospitalist with emergency room responsibilities at Artesian Valley Health System and is on the front lines of the opioid crisis. He treats patients addicted to opioids every day. One such treatment includes the prescription of Suboxone, a narcotic medication used to aid recovering addicts with the symptoms of withdrawal from…
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OhMD Team
December 1, 2017
TechCrunch: A Prescription for Healing the Healthcare Industry
Some of the biggest opportunities to improve the world exist in healthcare. The more smart people we entice to work on these problems, the better our world will be. Winning in healthcare can be building a billion-dollar company, while also tangibly improving and saving lives. OhMD — a HIPAA-compliant texting app — is intelligently targeting…
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OhMD Team
September 11, 2017
AllYouCanTech: He Took His Last Business From $1.5M to $10M/Year Helping Doctors. Now He Wants to Change Healthcare Communication
Meet Vermonter Ethan Bechtel, internet entrepreneur since 2000 and founder of healthcare text messaging platform OhMD. Hello Ethan! Thanks for chatting with AllYouCanTech. Can you please introduce your company to our audience?OhMD makes healthcare communication simple. We believe that improved communication improves patient outcomes while making physicians and healthcare providers more efficient and better at…
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OhMD Team
June 22, 2017
Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review: Solving the Interoperability Crisis in Healthcare with Consumer Tech
On June 15, 2017, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced that the FDA is preparing to launch a Digital Health Innovation Plan. The DHIP will resolve some of the ambiguity that exists regarding how the FDA approaches new technologies, allowing innovators to invest their time and resources more wisely. This is…
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OhMD Team
June 13, 2017
HealthIT Security: Utilizing Secure Texting for Efficient, Simple Communications
Maintaining HIPAA compliance in provider-to-patient communication and even in physician-to-physician communication is critical, which is why secure texting has increased in popularity. With technology evolving, organizations cannot afford to compromise PHI through SMS texting or an unsecured email. However, covered entities also desire a simple and efficient way to transfer information that does not hinder…
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OhMD Team
June 1, 2017
Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review: Health IT Key Notes
OhMD, a HIPAA-compliant texting platform, joined athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ program. Read the full article here.
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OhMD Team
May 26, 2017
mHealth Times: OhMD Partners with athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ Program to Bring Secure Texting to Patients and Physicians
OhMD, a HIPAA-compliant texting platform for patients and healthcare professionals, announced a partnership with athenahealth, Inc. through athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ (MDP) program. As part of the athenahealth® Marketplace, this newly integrated application is now available to athenahealth’s growing network of more than 99,000 healthcare providers for more efficient communication between patients, colleagues, and other…
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OhMD Team
May 11, 2017
Modern Healthcare: Engaging with patients to keep them happy and healthy
OhMD integrates with EHRs and is a secure texting platform for both patient-provider and provider-provider communication. “We view texting as far and away the preferred platform for communication these days,” said Amelia Coleman, vice president of business development for OhMD. “This is going to become second nature for providers across the board.” Read the full…
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