Category: digital health

Data analytics company Definitive Healthcare is laying off about 55 employees after hiring aggressively in recent years and expecting continued growth, according to a Jan. 12 securities filing.

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

Baptist Health Foundation received a $2 million donation from international insurance company BMI to roll out Baptist Health’s digital patient smart TV and engagement system.

David Houghton, MD, system chair for telemedicine and chief of movement and memory disorders at New Orleans-based Ochsner Health will join The American Medical Association’s Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group.

Self-insured employers who use the Transcarent health platform will now have access to virtual second opinions from Cleveland Clinic specialists.

Self-insured employers who use the Transcarent health platform will now have access to virtual second opinions from Cleveland Clinic specialists.

Funding for digital health startups was down by about half in 2022, with $15.3 billion in deals compared to $29.3 billion in 2021, a Jan. 9 report by Rock Health found.

At-home diagnostics company Cue Health is laying off 388 employees, or about 26 percent of its workforce, to adjust to changing economic conditions, the firm said in an SEC filing.

A “headline-grabbing” health system/digital health company merger? Less digital health investment from hospitals? More virtual healthcare workers to meet staffing shortages?

Healthcare continued its digital transformation in 2022, with sizable shifts toward artificial intelligence, digital front doors and remote patient monitoring, as well as big moves from outside disruptors and EHR vendors.