Category: digital health

Digital health investments are seeing a significant slow down, but mergers and acquisitions are on the rise as investors see this strategy as a new way to invest, according to a Nov. 7 report from Rock Health. 

KidsX, a digital health children’s hospital consortium including Boston Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital LA, is partnering with digital health company Redesign Health to launch a program bolstering pediatric digital health companies.

Pfizer has named Edward Cox as head and general manager of digital health and medicines, according to Mr. Cox’s Nov. 2 LinkedIn post. 

Health data startup Truveta has released a real-time searchable dashboard featuring deidentified medical records from more than 70 million patients from its 25 health system partners.

Brightline, a pediatric telemental health startup that has raised over $200 million, including from health systems and other healthcare organizations, has laid off a fifth of its staff.

Microsoft is partnering with healthcare software company Sophia Genetics to accelerate research and data analysis.

Boston-based Mass General Brigham is implementing health data company DexCare’s platform-as-a-service to improve the health system’s virtual care.

Despite a wavering market for digital health and the tech industry as a whole, venture capitalists, including those affiliated with health systems, continue to invest in promising health tech ideas.

Tech company HealthJoy has received $60 million in series D funding to grow its healthcare benefits platform.

UCSF Health Hub has named the companies that were selected as the finalist class for its 2022 Digital Health Awards.