Category: digital health

Google's watch can now tell a fall from a burpee

Google’s Pixel Watch can now tell when people fall and alert emergency services, the tech company says.

Cost is driving patients away from adopting digital health technologies

Fifty-eight percent of healthcare practitioners say digital health applications lessen burdens on health systems, but only 44 percent say that digital health applications are living up to their full potential, according to a Feb. 28 study from the Cons…

How one Texas health system is using a digital platform to access diagnostics images

Seguin, Texas-based Guadalupe Regional Medical Center has implemented an image sharing platform from PocketHealth to eliminate its reliance on CD-ROMs for medical imaging and reports. 

Hims & Hers reports 94% jump in revenue

Digital health and wellness platform Him & Hers reported revenue of $526.9 million for 2022, a 94 percent year-over-year increase.

NYU Langone Health brings 'digital patient hubs' to 1,600 inpatient beds

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has deployed “digital patient hubs” to more than 1,600 inpatient beds across its hospitals.

Yale New Haven selects new digital medication management platform

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health is partnering with RxLightning, a company that digitizes the specialty medication enrollment process, to accelerate the process of specialty medication prescription. 

Digital pharmacy company owned by SSM Health partners with AWS

Navitus Health Solutions, a digital pharmacy benefits platform owned by St. Louis-based SSM and Costco Wholesale Co., is partnering with Amazon Web Services to build a new cloud-based foundation.

Mass General, Sonde partner on remote monitoring study

Health technology company Sonde Health and Boston-based Mass General Brigham were selected by the Massachusetts Artificial Intelligence and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease to lead a pilot study on remote detection …

Precision medicine startup Vibrent Health lays off 13% of staff

Vibrent Health, a precision medicine startup that works with health systems, has let go of 13 percent of its workforce, Washington Business Journal reported.

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.