Category: digital health

Babylon to exit US, seeks lifeline to avoid bankruptcy

London-based digital-first healthcare platform Babylon is undergoing a business overhaul that includes closing U.S. operations.

Sanford expands remote patient monitoring

Sanford Health Fargo (N.D.) is launching Sanford Caresignal, a remote monitoring program that allows patients to self-report symptoms via call or text.

5 digital health companies laying off workers

Large tech disruptors such as Amazon and smaller digital health companies have laid off workers as the industry experiences post-COVID-19 churn.

4 most promising healthcare generative AI startups, per CB Insights

As hospital and health system leaders try to separate artificial intelligence hype from potential, CB Insights ranked the most promising generative AI startups.

90% of healthcare organizations look to adopt digital health platforms

More than 90 percent of healthcare executives have adopted digital health tools, even while 47 percent report financial pressures, according to a survey of healthcare executives from digital health company Xealth. 

Ochsner's digital medicine program expands

Ochsner Digital Medicine has partnered with AlohaCare, a nonprofit health plan based in Hawaii, to offer digital medicine services to AlohaCare members beginning Sept. 1.

MemorialCare backs $49M funding round for virtual care company

TytoCare, a virtual healthcare company that provides remote physical exams with a physician, received a $49 million growth funding round from four investors.

How Geisinger is using real time data to monitor heart failure

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger partnered with Bodyport, a virtual care company monitoring heart health, to develop a new care program for heart failure.

Ochsner Health uses iPhone technology to remotely monitor patients

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health’s chief clinical transformation officer, Richard Milani, MD, said the health system is using iPhone technology to monitor gait, AMA Update reported July 31. 

9 digital health companies land $380M

Nine digital health companies raised more than $380 million in the past 30 days, as reported by Becker’s.