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NELA Cough from the book “How AI Can Democratize Healthcare” by Michael Ferro and Robin Farmanfarmaian

NELA Cough

About NELA Cough Website NELA is a telemedicine platform and device that monitors patients in their home and other residential environments. The monitoring is to help healthcare professionals like physicians with diagnoses and treatments. Specifically, the NELA Cough system uses ambient monitoring to capture and categorize coughs. How It Works Two microphones and…

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Healiom from the book “How AI Can Democratize Healthcare” by Michael Ferro and Robin Farmanfarmaian

Healiom

About Healiom Website Healiom is a startup to watch in the telemedicine specialist space that connects individuals to specialists in minutes 24/7, no matter where they live in the US. This is a big deal because the average national wait time for a physician like a cardiologist or nephrologist is 24 days, which is…

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Carbon Health

Carbon Health

About Carbon Health is a telemedicine and brick-and-mortar chain that covers primary care, urgent care, lab, imaging, wound care, and mental health. Carbon Health is covered by most major insurance plans and Medicare. One of the great things about Carbon Health is the patient experience. They post all their list prices on the website in an…

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Talkspace from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

Talkspace

About Talkspace Website Talkspace was one of the earliest behavioral health startups tapping into both the chat therapy function in addition to a revolutionary business model — unlimited texting with your assigned therapist for a flat monthly subscription fee. Founded back in 2012, Talkspace went public in 2021. They also acquired another startup called…

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Curai from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

Curai Health

About Curai Health Website   Telemedicine and virtual care primary care and urgent care on demand, including by text. Curai Health’s goal is to make primary care offerings affordable for enterprises like payers, health systems, and the public sector to provide healthcare to their hourly employees or gig workers, populations that may struggle with…

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Alacrity Care from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

Alacrity Care

About Alacrity Care Website Alacrity Care is a remote patient monitoring and data analytics company for oncology treatments in addition to oncology clinical trials. The Alacrity Care platform and oncology team analyze the patient’s remote monitoring data streams including clinical grade vital signs, and alerts the patient and medical team in real-time where there might…

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