Category: digital health

Google, Highmark and League to collaborate on digital health platform

Google Cloud, health insurance company Highmark Health and healthcare software company League are forming a new digital health platform for Highmark Health’s members. 

General Catalyst adds UC Davis Health to list of health system partners

UC Davis Health has joined the growing list of healthcare systems to partner with venture capital firm General Catalyst to focus on digital medicine transformation strategy.

Mayo Clinic Platform partners with Atropos Health on clinical decision support tool

Mayo Clinic Platform, the data analytics arm of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, is giving tech company Atropos Health access to deidentified patient data to boost its clinical decision support tool.

Wearables company, Johns Hopkins to study physiological reasons for addiction relapse

Wearables company Whoop and Havre de Grace, Md.-based Ashley Addiction Treatment are partnering with Johns Hopkins University to study why some people relapse during addiction recovery.

Mayo Clinic-backed VC firm invests $5M in AI automation firm used by Henry Ford Health

EHealth Ventures, an Israeli venture capital firm that partners with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, has invested $5 million in Agamon Health, a tech startup already used by health systems such as Detroit-based Henry Ford Health.

Mass General Brigham’s remote monitoring program lowers blood pressure, cholesterol

Mass General Brigham’s remote cholesterol and blood pressure management program was able to successfully lower blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients.

Northwell Holdings, Aegis Ventures partner to focus on menopause care

Northwell Holdings, the venture arm of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, partnered with Aegis Ventures to launch Upliv, a women’s virtual care company that will focus on providing menopause care.

Digital health mergers and acquisitions on the rise after slow Q2: 5 things to know

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. 

Redesign Health partners with children’s hospital consortium to boost pediatric digital care

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 names new head of digital health

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