Category: digital health

Digital biotech company cuts jobs, shuts down San Francisco offices

Biotech company Emerald Cloud Labs plans to cut 30 jobs and close its San Francisco offices, The Mercury News reported April 18.

Where health system VC leaders are focusing their digital health investments

With a tough investing climate for digital health, health system venture capital leaders told Becker’s they’re focused more than ever on return on investment and companies that address unmet needs.

Where 20 health systems focus their digital health efforts

While health systems have adopted digital tools en masse, they use them in different ways.

Arkansas Children's launches new workforce app

Little Rock-based Arkansas Children’s is launching a workforce app for nurses through a partnership with Elemeno Health.

20 hospitals, systems ranked on digital health performance

Hospitals and health systems around the country have widely adopted digital health tools in recent years. But the performance of these applications can vary.

New Jersey hospital using digital platform to increase surgery efficiency

Tom River, N.J.-based Community Medical Center is using a new digital technology platform to improve patient outcomes for complex spine surgeries. 

Digital health company files for bankruptcy, lays off 170

Digital health company Pear Therapeutics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and terminated 170 employees, or 92 percent of its workforce, according to an April 5 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Intermountain looks to improve data management with expanded partnership

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has tapped data management and provider matching company Kyruus for an expanded partnership that builds upon a previous collaboration between the company and Broomfield, Colo.-based SCL Health, which merged wit…

Top 6 digital health megadeals of '23

In the first quarter, digital health funding exceeded the final two quarters of 2022, but 2023 is still on pace for its slowest year since 2019, according to Rock Health.

Lurie Children's creates app that screens for possible child abuse

Chicago-based Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital has created an app that can screen for bruises, one of the most overlooked signs of child abuse.