Facing the Fax: The U.S. Healthcare System Is in a State of Emergency
Recently, Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) banned the purchase of new fax machines for its facilities. It also announced that it wants fax completely phased out by the spring of 2020. Roughly 8,000 fax machines are still being used in the country’s healthcare system, a figure that its Royal College of Surgeons has called “absurd.” […]
The Internet of Things Is Changing Consumer Healthcare for the Better
The Internet of Things (IoT) is causing ripples through various industries. Previously, we took a look at how IoT is transforming health tech for providers. In this post, we’ll examine the inverse side of this equation: IoT is also changing how consumers can utilize healthcare services for the better. A More Holistic Picture of Your […]
The Biggest Challenges to Healthcare IoT in 2019
Perhaps no other sector could benefit more from the Internet of Things (IoT) than healthcare. In fact, IoT development has already radically changed the landscape of the field. Doctors can now monitor patients’ chronic diseases continuously. With up-to-date and accurate data in tow, specialists can confer with one another across the world about difficult cases. But like […]
How IoT Is Transforming Health Tech for Providers
The healthcare industry is infamous for being difficult to innovate in. With many practices steeped in tradition, innumerable information silos, and plenty of red tape to go around, it’s no wonder why. But one technology has managed to break through the barrier: the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT development presents virtually infinite opportunities for healthcare organizations […]
Dogtown Media Supports Connected Health by Advocating for CMS Home Health Prospective Payment System
mHealth development is rapidly transforming what’s possible in the medical landscape. As this continues, it’s important for all innovators, influencers, and other involved parties to be aligned to ensure healthcare’s future is as bright as it can be. Recently, Dogtown Media co-signed a letter with 13 other organizations (and counting!) to the Centers for Medicare […]
We Made an App With Allina Health That’s Improving Cardiovascular Care!
A couple of years back, Dogtown Media had the awesome opportunity to work with Allina Health and the Minneapolis Heart Institute on developing a MedTech app to improve cardiovascular care. Fast forward to now, and our collaboration is doing much more than just catching momentum in the app market — it’s helping save lives! One of the […]
MedTech Startups Like EverlyWell Bring Lab Testing Home
https://staging.dogtownmedia.com/app-developers-austin/ As mobile app developers know, even if you have health insurance, getting blood work done can be expensive. The initial visit to the doctor’s office is inevitably followed by a bill from a clinical lab that sometimes adds up to hundreds of dollars. Fortunately, several mHealth startups are coming up with practical, money-saving solutions […]
Dogtown Proudly Supports Telehealth-Friendly Senate Bill
One thing that unites people on both sides of the political aisle in America is the understanding that our healthcare system is deeply flawed. Many app developers point toward MedTech as part of the solution, but unfortunately the government has been slower to embrace the latest innovations than the tech community and general public. Dogtown […]
Mobile Healthcare Apps Are Creating Chaos and Opportunity
With an explosion of mobile healthcare apps hitting the software market, doctors and industry insiders are wondering how to vet and regulate them. As Dr. Douglas Mogul, a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins says, “People should have full disclosure over what the app can do. If it’s going to make a claim about health, that claim […]