Innovation HealthJam – Brainstorming Healthcare Solutions

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AMA’s New Telemedicine Policy, Another Disappointment for Telehealth

The American Medical Association (AMA) released their new telemedicine policy last week, following the footsteps of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), which arrived at its updated model policy a few weeks earlier. The AMA telemedicine policy takes a similar approach to the use of telemedicine, much to the disappointment of the…

A Review of Telemedicine Video Conferencing Solutions at ATA 2014

Thanks to everyone who came out to see VSee telemedicine video conferencing solutions at this year’s ATA 2014 expo.  We had a great exhibition with an overwhelming show of interest in our eVisit products for online video doctor visits.  Our only disappointment was that our favorite video conferencing competitor, Vidyo (which also provides great…

Get VSee Plus Free from Mac App Store

VSee for Mac is now available in the Mac App Store!  Download your VSee from the Mac App Store and try our VSee Plus unlimited screen sharing feature for free.  VSee secure video calling for groups is always free and unlimited 🙂

VSee Update 528 – Patch for API

We just released last night a patch release for Mac and Windows fixing a crash affecting some API users. Update your VSee to the following: Windows version: 14.0.0.527 (18491) Mac version: 2.4.1 (18491) Special thanks to James for the quick fix!

VSee CEO speaking at Bay Area Multimedia Forum series today

VSee CEO Milton is speaking on “Telemedicine for Iraq Kurdistan, Shell Nigeria, & 3M Americans” today, 2:30 p.m. at the Bay Area Multimedia Forum (BAMMF) series. Location: George E. Pake Auditorium, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 Time: May 27, Tuesday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm Agenda: http://www.bammf.org/news/bammfagendaonmay27 Check out our telemedicine posts…

VSee Android Now Available in Google Play Store

A big thanks to the VSee Android Team, especially Tom, Juncheng, and Harry —  the VSee client for Android is now live and available in the Google Play Store. The new VSee Android app continues VSee’s signature secure, low-bandwidth group video chat on Android devices 4.0.3 and above.  VSee Android allows…

VSee New Release 523 – PTZ camera control for Mac & iOS and VSee for Android

We’ve added PTZ camera control for VSee Mac, iPad, and iPhone.  We’ve also just released the VSee Android app!  Please make sure your VSee is updated to the latest version of VSee: Windows version 14.0.0.523 (18457) Mac version 2.4 (18457) iPad 2.6 and iPhone 1.2 releases early next week Android…

Controversial New Medical Board Telehealth Policy Dismays Teladoc

The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently caused a stir with its new telemedicine policy guidelines.  Modern Healthcare reports that the update of its over-a-decade-old model telehealth policy on the use of telemedicine technologies gives preference to the use of video over voice-only (phone) technologies. This has caused a small…

VSee 5/8 Account Creation Problem

If you created an account between 11:30 p.m., May 8 and 12 p.m., May 9, you may experience problems logging into your account. Resetting your password should solve the issue. You can reset your password at https://vsee.com/passwordrequest Please be sure to check your junk mail box in case the password…

AddLive WebRTC Video Chat Stealth Acquisition by SnapChat Leaves Citrix and Big Guys in the Dust

AddLive, a small WebRTC voice and video chat company early this week announced its secret acquisition by popular private photo messaging app, SnapChat.  Its blog post notes that while there are “no immediate plans to add new customers to the platform, we intend to continue providing our ongoing video chat services.” This includes telehealth…

VSee Joins Partners MDLIVE, Dell at ATA 2014 Telemedicine & mHealth Conference

VSee (booth #2511) is exhibiting at the largest telemedicine, telehealth and mHealth conference of the year along with many of our partners including MDLIVE, Dell Healthcare Solutions, Intermountain Healthcare, Eceptionist, Honeywell, Firefly, Disaster Logistics, and Brighter Day Health.  Join us at this year’s ATA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland along with health IT leaders spanning the entire…

VSee New Release 411: Multi Device Login on All Platforms

new dialing window shows up bottom right starting this release Multi-login support is here! Now you can log into VSee on all your computers and mobile devices.  This feature is supported on all VSee platforms including Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Android (in public beta). Please make sure you are…

VSee Tip #7 – VSee Recording Playback and Convert from MKV File

VSee saves recorded video as Matroska (.mkv) files. To play a file, you can use VLC media player for playing MKV files on both Windows and Mac.  You can also check out other some alternatives to VLC here. Set up VLC to Play Videos Side-by-Side VLC for Windows view Go…

Doctors on Demand – Telehealth Services to Video Call Your Doctor Now

excerpted from Time magazine Online virtual doctor visits are a growing breed of telehealth services beginning to dot the healthcare landscape.  Companies such as MDLIVE, American Well, TeleDoc, Google Helpouts, and Doctor on Demand offer virtual care services that are designed to give you immediate access to a doctor so getting medical attention is more convenient and accessible for everybody.…

Retrace Health Provides Nurse Video Visits Via VSee

RetraceHealth has been a big fan of VSee secure video chat for telehealth for quite awhile now. This is because a key component of our business model depends on being able to connect our nurse practitioners to patients over secure video visits. We’ve explored a couple of different options, such as…

VSee at mHealth: An Interview with VSee CEO Milton Chen

VSee CEO Milton Chen talks with Tim Reha about VSee HIPAA-compliant video chat for telehealth and the future of telemedicine at mHealth Summit 2013 . Courtesy of Digital Health Live.

VSee Saves the Day for New York State Department of Health

It’s been a long, rough winter here on the East Coast, but luckily snow is no obstacle to business continuity for VSee users. Total Webcasting with the use of VSee was able to keep the New York State Health Department productive and on schedule with their plans despite a January 21…

VSee Twitter Mention from Dr. Eric Topol!

Excited to get a twitter mention from renowned cardiologist and geneticist, Dr. Eric Topol himself for the VSee telemedicine kit in Africa. Dr. Topol is a big proponent of using iPhones and wireless technology to make health care more accessible and affordable to consumers.  Here’s a great interview that NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman had with him.…

New Study Showcases Intermountain Family-Centered Tele-neonatology Powered by VSee

The February issue of the Pediatric Annals journal features a new study on an Intermountain teleneonatology pilot, along with several other articles focusing telemedicine.  The recent pilot, conducted by expert neonatologist, Dr. Stephen Minton, Intermountain business director, Mark Allan, and Intermountain telehealth director, Dr. Wesley Valdes, shows how an Intermountain-designed teleneonatology unit is increasing…