Category: digital health

Tech companies such as Oracle, Google and Microsoft are looking toward a potential new disruption in healthcare: organ donation, Bloomberg reported Nov. 27.

The shift to virtual care isn’t being enabled by technology or patient preference as much as the lack of primary care physicians, Politico reported Nov. 26.

Big health systems continue to look to Big Tech to help enable their digital transformations in areas such as healthcare artificial intelligence. Here are six of those collaborations Becker’s reported on in the past month.

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health integrated Gozio Health’s engagement platform, the Artera patient communications platform, into a single app designed to reduce no-show appointments.

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System has plans to roll out an IT platform that automates repetitive administrative tasks across its 17 hospitals.

Health system CIOs have a lot to be thankful for, from advancements in artificial intelligence to the colleagues who help them put technology into the hands of clinicians.

In October, Renton, Wash.-based Providence’s Digital Innovation Group incubated its fourth technology, Praia Health, a platform-as-a-service technology for health systems to engage and re-engage consumers for a more personalized care journey.

Wearable devices have the opportunity to empower patients in their own healthcare, but health systems will have to improve security and connectivity for broader adoption, according to a report from the College of Healthcare Information Management Execu…

Biopharma giant AstraZeneca launched Evinova, a digital health unit that will operate as a separate business within AstraZeneca.

Five hospitals and health systems took home gold Nov. 17 at the Digital Health Association’s fall awards, which featured judges from across healthcare and advertising.