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HXRefactored Conference

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[vc_row bg_position=”top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_cover=”true” bg_attachment=”false” padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″][vc_column width=”1/2″] APRIL 8, 2016 | BOSTON, MA Featuring a closing keynote this year by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, the HXRefactored conference focuses on improving health experiences through technology and design. Gathering more than 600 cross-disciplinary thinkers and practitioners and through an inspired mix of thought-provoking talks, […]

Medical Avatar “Leading a New Era of Discovery” at Mount Sinai’s SINAInnovations Conference

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[dt_stripe type=”1″ bg_color=”#ffffff” padding_top=”40″ padding_bottom=”40″ margin_top=”-40″ margin_bottom=”-40″] [vc_row bg_position=”top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_cover=”true” bg_attachment=”false” padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″] [vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column] [vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column] [vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row] [dt_call_to_action style=”3″ background=”plain” content_size=”medium” text_align=”left” line=”true”] The SINAInnovations 2014 Live Webcast [dt_button size=”big” color=”yellow” link=”http://icahn.mssm.edu/sinainnovations/webcast” target_blank=”false”]WATCH NOW[/dt_button] [/dt_call_to_action] [vc_row bg_position=”top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_cover=”true” bg_attachment=”false” padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″] [vc_column width=”1/2″] (New York, NY – […]

Seeing a Better You: Introducing the Oakwood Health Cube

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[dt_fancy_image style=”2″ lightbox=”true” align=”center” media=”https://vimeo.com/113531524″] An incredible new way to measure your health Is your bathroom scale really the best way to see if you’re healthy? Do fitness or nutrition trackers give you a complete picture of your health and appearance?   [vc_row bg_position=”top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_cover=”true” bg_attachment=”false” padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″] [vc_column width=”1/2″] [/vc_column] [vc_column […]

Crain’s New York Features Medical Avatar

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Virgil Wong, CEO of Medical Avatar, was interviewed for today’s issue of Crain’s Health Pulse, a daily newsletter published by Crain’s New York. A brief quotation from the publication reads: [dt_quote type=”blockquote” font_size=”normal” background=”plain”]Columbia researcher Virgil Wong started Medical Avatar to encourage patient engagement with their electronic health records. Just 1% to 2% of patients engage […]

Blausen Medical and Medical Avatar LLC Announce Rich Media Content Licensing Agreement

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November 21, 2013 Blausen 3D medical animations to be used in innovative Medical Avatar App for personal healthcare education, communication and motivation. Houston, November 21, 2013 – Blausen Medical, developer and owner of the world’s largest library of 3D medical animations, has licensed more than 300 of its award-winning Human Atlas animations to Medical Avatar […]

Telehealth & Telecare Aware Highlights Medical Avatar

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New York (November 16, 2013) Donna Cusano, Editor In Chief of Telehealth & Telecare Aware, wrote about Medical Avatar in her analysis and overview of the 2013 New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) Digital Health Conference. Her description of CEO Virgil Wong’s main stage presentation, Time Travel Simulations for Transformative Health, reads as follows: Medical Avatar […]

Medical Avatar Talks Time Travel and Design at Leading NY Digital Health Conference

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New York (November 15, 2013) Medical Avatar presented Time Travel Simulations for Transformative Health on Friday, November 15th at the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) Conference, New York’s leading event showcasing practical, innovative, and inspiring advancements in health information technology. Virgil Wong, CEO of Medical Avatar, demonstrated how 3-D time travel simulations of a patient’s own body […]

Seeing a better you can change your real-life health

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(Washington, D.C., March 27, 2013) Medical Avatar CEO Virgil Wong appeared on NPR’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU 88.5 FM. Can seeing an image of a healthier you change your real-life health? Experiments in which people see 3-D images of themselves before and after long-term exposure to sun or cigarette smoke can have a powerful […]