Category: digital health

In 2023, venture funding plummeted in the digital health world, but it provided lessons for what should follow in 2024, according to a Rock Health post published Jan. 8.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is enhancing its digital pharmacy as health systems and payers compete with new entrants such as Amazon Pharmacy, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Tulsa, Okla.-based Ascension St. John Hospital is launching a mobile digital positron emission tomography and computerized tomography system, local news outlet KJRH reported Dec. 28.

Health IT company CareView Communications is expanding its partnership with an unnamed health system in North Texas.

Since Nov. 10, Becker’s has reported on health systems in Minnesota, Missouri, Idaho, Florida and Pittsburgh, launching new virtual care platforms.

Samsung Electronics added a medication tracking feature to its Samsung Health app.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic’s new 94-bed hospital in La Crosse, Wis., will include 24/7 remote patient monitoring services, the La Crosse Tribune reported Dec. 20.

Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health is using Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite to replace its different IT business systems with a single unified system.

In the third quarter, the digital health sector secured $800 million in funding and 60 new deals, marking a multiyear low since 2020, according to a Dec. 13 report from PitchBook. 

A survey of hospital executives from digital health company Panda Health found that virtual nursing was the digital hospital tool with the lowest adoption rate and most overstated value.