Category: digital health

A national eating disorder hotline ditched its artificial intelligence chatbot after it gave users “harmful” advice, Vice reported.

Fifty-eight percent of consumers say that having a unified digital platform will increase their ability to effectively manage their treatments and benefits, PYMNTS reported May 31. 

While funding for remote patient monitoring companies has been up and down, the market is expected to grow exponentially by 2030 as clinicians and patients turn to wearables, Pitchbook reported.

Digital health funding continued its steady pace over the past month, with Becker’s reporting on 11 companies raising more than $367 million. Here are those investment rounds.

BenevolentAI plans to lay off about 180 employees as the company also reduces its lab footprint and stops some drug discovery programs.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network signed a $30 million contract to install 21 of GE HealthCare’s CT systems powered by artificial intelligence.

Digital health megarounds declined 85 percent year over year, accounting for just $575 million in the first quarter of 2023, a new CB Insights report found.

After digital health funding plummeted for four quarters straight, it has stayed steady, reaching $3.4 billion in the first quarter of 2023, according to a May 23 report from CB Insights. 

Tech nonprofit Dollar For has gotten 40-plus hospitals to make their charity care policies more patient-friendly, Fast Company reported May 24.

Four health systems that were recently honored for digital health told Becker’s they’re focused on boosting virtual care, patient engagement online and remote monitoring.