Gobiquity

With only one in five children who have risk factors for amblyopia getting tested, Gobiquity Mobile Health is continuing to develop its smartphone-based early screening technology to break down those barriers, CEO Andrew Burns said at OIS@AAO 2015. Gobiquity’s GoCheck Kids app is the first to perform photo-screening and provide real-time analysis to show if…

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DigiSight Technologies

DigiSight Technologies announced at OIS@AAO 2015 that it was launching its Paxos product suite that combines its mobile vision assessment tool, ophthalmic imaging system and analytics software into a vertically integrated data management system. “When you put these devices into patients’ homes, for the first time you can access the vast majority of patient data…

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Digital Ophthalmology Sector Overview

Participant: Michelle Snyder Michelle is currently the CMO at Welltok leading all corporate and product marketing efforts and is an investment and operational advisor to InterWest Partners. View Full Profile

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DigiSight Puts Eye Care in Patients’ Hands

OIS Podcast

[creativ_pullleft colour=”light-gray” colour_custom=”” text=”Episode 025″] DigiSight President and CEO Doug Foster explains how mobile technologies like his company’s SightBook app can help save patient vision and help the pharmaceutical industry develop new ophthalmology drugs. Podcast Guest Doug Foster Doug Foster is CEO of DigiSight Technologies. He has over 15 years experience identifying and developing technologies…

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Q&A with Michael Brownell

Michael Brownell, CEO of Gobiquity, explains how his company is turning smartphones into a critical diagonstic tool to treat pediatric vision. Speaking With: Michael Brownell Michael Brownell joined Gobiquity as CEO in 2012, with prior experience in a variety of leadership roles in ophthalmology and other industries. Gobiquity closed Series A financing with Interwest in…

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CheckedUp

iDoc Inc. wants to revolutionize how doctors and patients interact. Its mobile platform allows doctors to educate patients, help them make decisions, and provide interactive tools for follow-up or chronic care. Founder and CEO Richard M. Awdeh, MD reported that in a recent clinical trial in four high-volume practices, CheckedUp reduced the share of patients…

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Gobiquity

Gobiquity Inc. is an app-based company that has already commercialized its first product and is bringing in revenue. The GoCheck Kids app allows pediatricians to screen children for amblyopia simply by taking a smartphone photo. The app is easy to use and provides immediate results. As part of its mission to bring specialty testing into…

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AppVisit

AppMedicine Inc. Founder Harvey Fishman, MD, PhD believes that technology will change medicine, much as it has changed other brick-and-mortar businesses. He explained that his company’s AppVisit is a flexible, cross-platform (iOS, Android, web) solution that can be integrated with EHR systems for appointment reminders and secure messaging. It also enables secure, virtual “e-visits” that…

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DigiSight

DigiSight Technologies Inc. is integrating mobile diagnostics into clinical care, with a focus on using technology to administer well-established tests like visual acuity, Amsler grid, and more than 10 others—the results of which all become available through their physician portal. CEO Doug Foster reported that the company has plans in all areas of mobile health,…

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Digital Health Companies Poised to Grow

When the OIS started its digital showcase in 2012, there was only one company presenting in the category. “Today there are six—evidence that this area has huge momentum,” said Gilbert H. Kliman, MD, OIS Co-Chair and Managing Director of InterWest Partners. Mobile health platforms and applications lead the pack, with new approaches to diagnosis, patient…

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Gobiquity Goes Big In Mobile Imaging Diagnostics

OIS Podcast

[creativ_pullleft colour=”light-gray” colour_custom=”” text=”Episode 010″] Gobiquity CEO Michael Brownell breaks down the mobile ophthalmology market from the viewpoint of a start-up that’s set to change how kids are diagnosed with amblyopia, the number one cause of vision loss in kids. Podcast Guest Michael Brownell Michael Brownell joined Gobiquity as CEO in 2012, with prior experience…

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CheckedUp Digitizes Communication in Eye Care

Richard Awdeh MD, Founder & CEO for CheckUp, begins by sharing the high number of patients that ophthalmologists see each day and the incredibly low average of time an ophthalmologist has to spend with each patient. Utilizing technology to enhance communication between patient and doctor, Richard explains how his digital communication platform can enhance the…

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