You’re still waiting. The pharmacist is on hold with your doctor, squinting at the computer monitor, trying to confirm some detail about your prescription. It really shouldn’t be this difficult. If you feel like your healthcare provider has technology systems built for a previous era, you’re not alone. It’s been 10 years since the first smartphone was released and consumers — patients and providers alike — have grown accustomed to the new ‘mobile’ paradigm. Smartphones are convenient and intuitive and they have redefined our expectations for technology. They are reliable, portable, and suppor ..read more

Ram Fish, founder and CEO of 19Labs, talks about developing his clinic-in-a-box Original Article Ram Fish has seen the future of health care, and it’s in a box. About a year and a half ago, Fish founded 19Labs, a Silicon Valley startup he sees as a platform for the next generation of digital health care. You might describe its core product, named Gale, as the first aid kit of the 21st century. But that doesn’t really do it justice. It’s more like a mini-clinic. Gale has one drawer containing sensor-based, diagnostic tools, including electrocardiogram patches, an EKG and stroke detector, a fin ..read more

Built for places where doctors are far away, 19Labs’s Gale “clinic-in-a-box” contains sensors, interactive guides, and on-demand video access to health care pros. Original Article in FAST COMPANY The Gale high-tech first-aid kit was born on a terrifying night in Mexico. Its creator, Ram Fish, who once led the iPod group at Apple, was on vacation with his wife and three young daughters in a small town in Baja called Los Barriles. At 10 p.m. one night, one of his daughters, Tali, started having trouble breathing while she slept. Ram Fish As she struggled to get her breath, her parents become mo ..read more

The set from 19Labs provides key medical information when necessary and actively guides users through life-saving procedures Original Article When Ram Fish, former iPod Chief at Apple, was on vacation in a small town in Mexico with his family, and one of his daughters started having trouble breathing, he felt hopeless and scared because there were no medical clinics around to attend to his daughter’s needs. The experience got Fish thinking about a device that could improve patient outcomes for those that live far away from clinics. Fifteen months later, Fish had a startup called 19Labs and a ..read more

MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- 19Labs, the leader in telehealth point-of-care solutions, announced today the availability of GALE Digital Health Center. "On-site - for every site. GALE Digital Health centers enable employers to offer the benefits of on-site care to all of their sites as well as expand the services and utilizations of large on-site care locations," says Ram Fish, 19Labs Founder and CEO.GALE units expand traditional telehealth to new places and use cases. Each unit supports different telehealth providers and technologies, including direct connection to nation ..read more