Category: digital health

Health tech company lays off entire workforce

Biotech company Cue Health is laying off all its employees and will shut down May 24, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported May 21. 

Sanford Health addresses physician burnout via the EHR

Leaders at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health are focusing on a common area to reduce physician burnout: the EHR.

Patient Square Capital raising $6B fund

Healthcare investment firm Patient Square Capital aims to raise more than $6 billion for its second fund focused on healthcare services, according to PitchBook.

Why HCA puts iPhones in the hands of clinicians

Sherri Hess, vice president and chief nursing informatics officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare said the organization has provided more than 100,000 iPhones to its clinicians.

$2.2B startup to release AI chatbot for healthcare

Transcarent, a $2.2 billion healthcare startup backed by health systems, is developing an artificial intelligence chatbot to help patients answer healthcare questions, Forbes reported May 15.

How Mayo Clinic Platform is supporting providers

In an era marked by an abundance of options in the health IT marketplace, Mayo Clinic Platform aims to get proven tools to healthcare providers. 

Health tech company lays off 49% of workforce

Biotech company Cue Health is enacting a new cost-cutting strategy that will lead to the termination of 230 employees, constituting 49% of its workforce, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Why Memorial Hermann invested in a $2.2B startup

Memorial Hermann Health System said it will increase its reach and support the shift to value-based care by investing in a $2.2 billion digital health startup.

12 nursing leaders to advise $500M generative AI startup

Hippocratic AI, a healthcare generative AI startup valued at $500 million, now counts 12 nursing leaders as advisors, including four from health systems.

Cedars-Sinai creates patient-facing AI app

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has created a generative artificial intelligence app, CS Connect, that can interact with patients and ask them questions, the Los Angeles Business Journal reported April 29.