Category: digital health

Stanford Medicine develops app that can identify mpox

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine scientists have developed an AI-based app that can detect skin lesions caused by mpox, previously known as monkeypox. 

Viewpoint: In the Post Pandemic World, Global Health Security Hinges on Digital Public Health Advancements

The COVID-19 pandemic magnified the critical need for a robust digital health infrastructure to address global health threats. The global community must think and act before the next pandemic or other major global health threats. Healthcare systems wor…

Pfizer rolls out new digital health COVID-19 testing initiative

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is partnering with health technology company Cue Health to provide online educational resources to patients who test positive for COVID-19.

Kaiser, Mayo, Mass General Brigham: 11 digital health investments in February

Here are 11 digital health funding rounds Becker’s reported on in February.

Digital care is biggest budget increase in '23, hospital C-suite leaders say

Hospital and health system C-suite executives say digital care will be their biggest budget increase this year and expect to expand IT hiring as a result, a March 2 study by consulting agency Guidehouse found.

Color Health lays off 300 employees amid shift away from COVID-19 testing

Health tech company Color has laid off 300 employees as it shifts its focus from COVID-19 testing, former staffers wrote on LinkedIn.

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.