Category: digital health

'Turbulent times': Health tech startup raises $50M but lays off 70

Health tech startup Healthy.io, which offers at-home urinalysis and digital wound care, raised $50 million while also reportedly laying off a third of its staff.

Digital health startup Brightline lays off 20% of staff — again

Pediatric mental health startup Brightline, which has received financial backing from health systems, is laying off 20 percent of its staff for the second time in six months.

Mount Sinai uses Apple Watch to capture patients' well-being

New York City-based Mount Sinai researchers used machine learning models and the Apple Watch to identify a patient’s degree of resilience and well-being. 

Intermountain, Lifepoint, Trinity Health: What the top-ranked systems for digital health do differently

Executives from health systems that score high in digital health told Becker’s they’re focusing on making care more convenient, streamlining administrative operations and carefully deploying artificial intelligence.

Virginia health system taps new electronic referral partner

Arlington, Va.-based VHC Health has partnered with healthcare collaboration software company Unite Us.

Former Cleveland Clinic section head joins digital radiology company

Scott Flamm, MD, the former section head of cardiovascular imaging at the Cleveland Clinic, is joining the digital radiologist connection platform DocPanel to lead the company’s cardiac imaging department.

Carbon Health airs dispute with Anthem Blue Cross

Hybrid primary care company Carbon Health is airing a dispute with Anthem Blue Cross of California, alleging the payer has denied all out-of-network claims for services provided to members.

Tufts Medicine partners with digital workforce platform

Boston-based Tufts Medicine has partnered with digital workforce platform meQuilibrium to help its workforce with emotional health and well-being. 

Health tech company Cue Health to lay off 30% of staff

Cue Health, a health tech company that offers at-home diagnostics and telehealth, plans to lay off 30 percent of its workforce, or 326 employees, according to a securities filing.

Digital health: Who's up, who's down

The digital health market is constantly changing, with startups coming onto the scene and more established companies restructuring their strategies.