Consumers don’t fully trust healthcare chatbots, study finds
A new report from UserTesting reveals how 500 consumers evaluated the following five healthcare chatbot apps: Ada, HealthTap, Mediktor, Your.MD and Symptomate.
HealthTap has a new CEO following Ron Gutman’s ouster
The dramatic change at the top after nine years follows a ramp-up of HealthTap's health service offerings over the years as its transformed from a medical query website to a multipronged healthcare services platform supporting interaction between physicians and patients.
Unlocking Transparency in PBM Pricing
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
HealthTap brings artificial intelligence to self-triage
HealthTap is launching Doctor A.I. It's an AI-powered system that has been trained by clinical knowledge collected from the 104,000 physicians and millions of patients on the HealthTap network.
HealthTap goes global by seeking translation of medical content
HealthTap also is, for the first time, inviting physicians outside the U.S. to join its network of medical experts.
HealthTap now supports multi-user specialist consults, language interpreters
The latest version of HealthTap's HOPES "health operating system" supports multi-participant video, voice and text interactions in a secure, encrypted environment.
HealthTap integrates research summary provider Docphin after quiet acquisition
“It took time to make sure the service was ready,” Ron Gutman, HealthTap founder and CEO, said. “We made the announcement when they were ready and can serve our physicians well and patients well.”
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
HealthTap to certify docs in ‘virtual care’
The online certification program is aimed at bringing best practices to virtual care. It's free and eligible for continuing medical education credits.
HealthTap joins new Facebook Messenger ‘chat bot’ platform
Any Messenger user can ask health questions to HealthTap's 100,000 U.S. physicians in 141 specialties and get quick answers from whichever doctors happen to see a post.
HealthTap adds operating system to bridge gaps in health records
A deal with a New Zealand health board also underscores its ambitions beyond the U.S. market.
HealthTap just moved into employer wellness. Is Uber model unsustainable for healthcare?
Digital health business HealthTap, which has evolved from an email doctor query service for patients to multiple services from drug interactions to helping patients access lab data, has added a health management portal for employers. That’s an interesting development for a company that’s charged customers $99 per month to use its service with the argument […]
The Impact Brands: Empowering Wellness Through Natural and Holistic Solutions
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
Virtual care provider HealthTap marks milestone with Quest Diagnostics deal
Doctors will have the ability to order common lab tests such as diabetes screening, cardiovascular risk assessment, hepatitis C screening.
World Economic Forum videos explore healthcare transformation
The World Economic Forum has identified six opportunities for transforming healthcare, and explains them in a series of video interviews with experts on each subject.
HealthTap wins over Khosla and big Series B round
HealthTap has raised $24 million in Series B financing, with Khosla Ventures leading the round. Previous investors Mayfield Fund and Mohr Davidow Ventures also participated. Keith Rabois will join HealthTap’s board of directors, and Vinod Khosla is now an advisor. On HealthTap’s site and mobile app, patients ask questions of doctors who answer at no […]
Digital health startup HealthTap wants to help physicians do virtual house calls
Mobile and digital health startup HealthTap wants to make the old new again. Back in our less-harried, low healthcare-cost past, doctors could make house calls that gave them the time to really listen to the concerns of patients and engage them. That is about as anachronistic today as finding an about-to-hatch dinosaur egg. But HealthTap, […]