Category: digital health

Digital health startup Calibrate cuts 24% of staff

A year after raising $100 million, weight loss-focused digital health startup Calibrate has laid off 24 percent of its employees.

UK home healthcare company Cera lands $320M in funding

Digital-first home healthcare firm Cera has secured $320 million in funding to expand the number of patients it can care for.

Value-based payments company Clarify Health lays off 5% of staff

Clarify Health, a tech company that provides data analytics and value-based payment services, has reduced its workforce by 5 percent.

Prat Vemana, chief digital officer of Kaiser Permanente, is using digital innovation to ‘spearhead’ patient care

Prat Vemana, chief digital officer of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, said digital adoption was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, giving the health system an advantage to use its innovation to serve patients beyond their greatest times of …

CMS awards $33M digital modernization contract

CMS has awarded a $33 million contract to consulting and technology services company ICF to digitally modernize CMS’ office of information technology.

Digital health company Pear Therapeutics lays off 9% of staff

Pear Therapeutics, a company that offers digital therapy programs by prescription, has let go of 9 percent of its workforce, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Christus Health revamps digital presence to help patients access care

Alexandria, La.-based Christus Health St. Frances Cabrini Health System has launched a new app and website to revamp its digital presence and to give patients more access to care.

AmerisourceBergen launches digital therapeutics platform

AmerisourceBergen is rolling out a new digital therapeutics platform that allows clinicians to dispense apps and devices to patients in the same way that they order prescription medications. 

Viewpoint: Some patients don’t trust Amazon with their health data

Amazon’s recent acquisition of One Medical, in addition to its dominance in the retail, entertainment, technology and food industries, is causing concern to some, Ari Levy, CNBC’s deputy technology editor reported July 23. 

Mayo Clinic, Lisa Health partner on AI menopause app

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic partnered with digital health company Lisa Health to create an app that uses AI, sensor technology and digital therapeutics to support menopause management and healthy aging.