It may be time to give VSee group video chat a whirl now that OpenTok (WebRTC version) 1-on-1 calls are no longer free. Not only are VSee 1-on-1 calls always free, even group video calls are always free. OpenTok is now requiring everyone to pay at least 50 bucks a month…
Join VSee at this year’s at the Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA) Conference 2013, December 14-17 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, where attendees can refresh medical skills and learn about the latest techniques and technology for emergency and trauma situations – check out some of the key speakers here. VSee…
Don’t miss VSee this week, December 9-11, at the 5th Annual mHealth Summit, in booth #319, exhibit hall C. With exciting past keynote speakers such as Bill Gates, first Chief Technology Officer of the U.S., Aneesh Chopra, and 18th Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, the mHealth Summit is a unique event the brings together…
Just for the record, while SBR Health (secure video-based solutions for the creation of virtual healthcare delivery networks) did come out of VSee (secure video conference + screen share for telehealth), they are two separate companies without any business ties. I get asked about the relationship between SBR Health and VSee all the time…
Former designer of the Polycom RPX room system and video conferencing consultant, Bryan Hellard fell in love with Zoom.us during a period of testing and writing reviews of various software-based video conferencing apps. For him, Zoom.us was the best thing (in terms of video quality) that he had tested in a long…
VSee was chosen as one of the Top 5 Most Promising Health Companies out of all the exhibitors at this year’s HealthTech Conference 2013. As a Top 5 company, we got to do an American Idol-style pitch to the audience with feedback from investors such as Psilos Group, West Health,…
Ringadoc, a hot startup funded by the prestigious Founders Fund, began as a virtual doctor consultation platform and was actually selling video calling when it launched around September of 2011. In mid-May of 2013, Ringadoc injected another $700K to its coffers for a total of $1.9M in seed funding. It…
An unexpected large UPS package showed up on our doorstep the other day. It was a stack of four Lou Malnati’s Chicago-style pizza pies. It turns out that one of our eVisit platform customers, Health As We Age (HAWA), has been so happy with our services and our flexibility in…
“I feel like Thomas Edison…we don’t know how something works, but we know 200 ways not to do something, and so far, VSee has proven to be the best tool on the field.” – Randy Roberson, Disaster Relief Specialist (Video link: VSee in Action- HELP Telemedicine in Haiti) Fifteen years ago, a…
VSee is excited to be a partner of the KidStar Radio program, an all kid-run radio station which has been empowering and changing children’s lives for the past 27 years. VSee’s simple design and low-bandwidth video conference capabilities has fast become a favorite tool of founder and president Perry Damone…
Guest Post – Anthony Watkins is Founder, Chairman and CEO of The Toney Watkins Company, a hospitality and entertainment company, currently developing international theme park resorts. In early September of 1966, I sat with my brothers in front of our family’s television set watching this new show that was premiering on…
Learn how VSee is changing health management and doctor diagnoses with online video doctor visits at the Health 2.0 Fall Conference 2013. Dr. Milton Chen will be speaking at the “The New Landscape for Digital Diagnosis & Health Management” session, Tuesday, October 1, 10:30 a.m in Grand Ballroom G at the…
Guest post: Mike Stinebiser, medical technology sales and business development at AirInSpace. Just as the September 23 enforcement deadline of the new HIPAA rules arrives, The Oklahoman reports a case of a doctor who did not take heed of state health regulations for practicing telemedicine. Dr. Thomas Trow is being disciplined…
More released documents from Edward Snowden show that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has done the unimaginable – cracked encryption codes that secure most of our data. It’s an impressive feat even for the NSA which was created just for code-breaking and now sets the standard for encryption technology. Encryption is important…
If you live in a metropolitan area, it’s easy to take for granted your ability to have health care choices when it comes which doctor you want to see. But for those who live in remote and rural areas or underdeveloped countries like Africa, there may not even be an…
Join the conversation with other global practitioners of extreme remote and offshore medicine. The Institute of Remote Health Care (IRHC) is putting on its annual conference September 11-12, 2013 at the the Suttie Centre for Teaching & Learning in Healthcare, Robert Gordon University of Aberdeen. Telemedicine and telehealth are essential components for those living…
Guest post by Lee Springer – Lee is Chief Innovation Officer of Health As We Age and has worked with top Fortune 500 companies to provide the easiest-to-use technological solutions for consumers. We’re beginning to see them everywhere as they grow in popularity. Some of them look as if NASA…
Whether it’s your typical Skype video chat or a secured United Nations videoconference, video communications are getting hacked. German news magazine Der Spiegel reports that the latest documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden shows that the NSA broke the code for the United Nations internal videoconferencing system at its New…
VA telemedicine clinic in Alaska; Photo courtesy: David Gilkey/NPR For the past 12 years, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has been helping veterans with chronic illnesses live more satisfying lives through its successful Care Coordination/Home Telehealth (CCHT) program. Telemedicine gives veterans the ability to maintain their independence, by giving them access to…
The August 15 deadline for CMS Innovation Awards Round 2 is looming. Many organizations are looking to implement telemedicine video conferencing as part of their CMS innovation award proposal. If you’re planning to include a telemedicine piece in your project, here are some reasons why VSee telemedicine may be for you! Why VSee…
