Category: digital health

Top 12 patient engagement vendors

Health systems are increasingly turning to technology to improve the patient experience through platforms like digital front doors and virtual care.

Remote patient monitoring improves costs, outcomes for hypertension patients: Study

Remote patient monitoring improved outcomes and decreased costs in more than 4,000 hypertension patients, new data shows.

Froedtert Health joins General Catalyst, Google Ventures to launch AI startup

Layer Health, an artificial intelligence startup that aims to organize healthcare data, launched Nov. 14 thanks to $4 million in funding from GV (Google Ventures), General Catalyst, and Inception Health, the innovation arm of Milwaukee-based Froedtert …

Kansas City looks to solidify digital health presence

The University of Missouri-Kansas City has been awarded a total of $4 million to boost the area’s digital health presence.

The 'secret sauce' of healthcare AI at Duke Health

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health is putting healthcare artificial intelligence to use in surgery scheduling and predictive analytics, DukeMed Alumni News reported Nov. 13.

Avera Health plans to expand virtual nursing to 37 hospitals

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has launched virtual nursing at two hospitals with plans to expand it across the system.

Virgin Pulse, HealthComp complete $3B merger

Digital health company Virgin Pulse completed its $3 billion merger with benefits and analytics platform HealthComp.

Former Meta COO backs healthcare AI startup

Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg was among the investors that helped launch Cercle, a healthcare artificial intelligence startup focusing on women’s fertility health, CNBC reported Nov. 8.

Guthrie Clinic awarded for AI-powered virtual nursing platform

Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic was named College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Innovator of the Year for its installation of Artisight’s artificial intelligence-powered remote nursing platform.

How Hackensack creates 'digital twins' of patients

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health is working to create “digital twins” of patients to predict how they might respond to medical treatments, NJBIZ reported Nov. 13.