Category: digital health

Positive Peers, an HIV app created by MetroHealth staff, is gaining recognition from the Department of Health and Human Services for its impact in helping young people navigate their HIV diagnosis. 

The former CEO of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, Denis Cortese, MD, and former CEO of New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital, John Rowe, MD, are joining digital caregiver support company eFamilyCare as advisers.

Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System has partnered with KeyCare, a virtual care company built with Epic, to power the health system’s MemorialDOCNow digital care platform.

The developer of ChatGPT said artificial intelligence chatbots can provide medical advice to people who can’t afford healthcare.

Healthcare artificial intelligence company Olive is getting rid of its utilization management service line, a spokesperson told Becker’s.

Merative, the health data company formerly known as IBM Watson Health, has undergone “reductions” to strategize for long-term growth, a spokesperson told Becker’s.

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has expanded its digital hospital to patients transitioning out of the intensive care unit. The health system had been offering it to emergency patients at Peoria’s Saint Francis Medical Center since August.

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

Researchers at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and digital brain health company Linus are partnering to create digital cognitive assessments that clinicians and primary care providers could use to spot Alzheimer’s and dementia at an early stage.

Digital behavioral health giant Talkspace has launched Talkspace Engage, a new portal aiming to provide human resource teams with a library of digital mental health tools for employees.