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An Alaska use case shows how IDD-informed telehealth can support an individual, give a caregiver a trusted place to turn and reach more than one eligible family member.

In Alaska, we saw how the hours between formal services can matter as much as the services themselves—and why timely, IDD-informed connection belongs in the continuum of care.

Alaska’s IDD telehealth program is built around a narrow but consequential window: the period when a person needs informed support, yet the situation may not require an emergency department, law-enforcement response or mobile crisis deployment.

Alaska’s first confirmed participant engagement marked the moment a newly available statewide IDD telehealth service became a real place a family could turn—and the start of the work required to earn lasting trust.

At the September 11, 2024 European Conference on Mental Health in Krakow, RingMD Chief Operating Officer Varun Arora joined a panel on mental health and rebuilding in post-conflict Ukraine, bringing our experience in secure telehealth, resilient connectiv...

RingMD’s selection as a contract holder on HHS/ASPR’s Telemedicine Disaster Services multiple-award IDIQ reveals a larger truth: disaster telemedicine must be assembled, secured and rehearsed before the emergency begins.

The broader IHS telehealth team behind the clinical video initiative RingMD supported received a 2022 IHS Director’s Award for Customer Service—a recognition of mission understanding, technical judgment, creative problem-solving, follow-through and perfor...

During the United States’ 2023 APEC host year, Varun Arora represented RingMD in San Francisco, bringing our experience in secure digital health and public-sector delivery to conversations about resilience, inclusion and innovation across the Asia-Pacific...

RingMD’s work with the Indian Health Service shows why federal security and practical access are not competing requirements: a telehealth platform has to satisfy both before it can serve its mission.

RingMD joined a U.S. Department of Commerce healthcare mission to Southeast Asia, with Chief Operating Officer Varun Arora representing our company during the Hanoi program and Vietnam Ministry of Health engagement.

At a U.S.–Thailand field experiment, Varun Arora placed RingMD’s technology inside an operational scenario alongside other systems and demonstrated it before military and government leaders.

COVID-19 Response

RingMD continues to work tirelessly to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. First and foremost, we applaud all of the frontline essential workers that continue to serve their communities during this crisis – healthcare workers, emergency service workers, foo...

Five ways to protect yourself from coronavirus (COVID-19)

There is no vaccine for the coronavirus and it could take as long as 12 to 18 months to develop one. You must protect yourself and your family from this potentially dangerous infection

Four symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) and how and where to get tested

COVID-19, the cause of the current coronavirus outbreak, is rapidly spreading in the US. The lack of any significant testing to date means that the extent of disease in the US is currently being under-reported. Based on the presence of community spread an...

UPDATE: The risk of widespread transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the US in the coming weeks is moderate to high

COVID-19, the cause of the current coronavirus outbreak, continues to spread around the world, with a rapidly increasing number of cases here in the US. The CDC is recommending that Americans should be prepared particularly given evidence of community tra...

MARCH 5: Cases and deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) worldwide.

Cases reported to date = 95,315 Deaths reported to date = 3,282

8 Ways to Exercise Without Causing Stress to Your Joints

8 Ways to Exercise Without Causing Stress to Your Joints Exercise is one of the primary ways you can improve your body's overall health. Studies show that exercise increases blood flow, enhancing the function of your cardiovascular system. It strengthens ...

7 Common Causes of Foot Pain

Are you suffering from soreness in your feet? Whether it's a burning sensation, a sharp shooting pain, or a deep ache, foot pain can be distracting or even debilitating. Since your feet are such an important part of everyday mobility, it's important to ad...

Helpful Solutions for Indigestion and Bloating

Nothing can ruin a fabulous meal quite like a bout of indigestion and bloating. Indigestion is the feeling of a generalized discomfort in the abdomen and is medically known as Dyspepsia. In some cases, the same symptoms that occur with digestive issues ca...

Five Things You Can Do to Maintain a Healthy Blood Pressure

High blood pressure (hypertension) is considered to be a common occurrence, especially in older adults. It is estimated that 18% of men and 13% of adult women have high blood pressure which is going untreated. High blood pressure is nothing to take lightl...