Category: digital health

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.

When it comes to healthcare, Google wins battle of voice assistants 

Google comes out on top as the best voice assistant for answering medical questions and providing accurate information verbally to users, according to a study in the Annals of Family Medicine.

Amazon, Oracle join tech and healthcare leaders to create toolkit to optimize wearables data

The Digital Medicine Society collaborated with global healthcare, research and digital health innovation organizations to create four toolkits aimed at helping data producers, processors, and consumers use data from wearables and digital sensing products.

There’s a new medtech venture capital firm in town

Engage Venture Partners, a new medical technology venture capital firm, launched with its first investment into Melodi Health, a medical device company.