Category: digital health

Amazon, Tufts Medicine launch digital health ecosystem

Boston-based Tufts Medicine worked with Amazon to move its entire digital healthcare ecosystem, including its Epic EHR infrastructure, to Amazon Web Services, according to a May 24 press release. 

‘Buy now pay later’ healthcare startup gets $110M in funding

Walnut, a “buy now pay later” healthcare startup, recently received a $110 million investment.

Google, U of Oregon to study health effects of smartphones

Is smartphone use good for your health? It’s a not quite age-old debate that researchers from Google and the University of Oregon intend to help settle.

Digital health coalition advocates for health equity

Partners across healthcare, academia and patient advocacy groups launched a coalition to address equity through digital health.

What tech leaders consider before investing in digital health companies

Health systems have increased their presence in investing in digital health companies by creating venture funds to back promising digital health innovations, but for those startups to ink financial investments, they need to provide validation, scalabil…

‘Equity isn’t just a buzzword,’ digital health alliance leader says

A first-of-its-kind digital health coalition is coming together to address health disparities.

UVA Health’s app helps patients continue opioid recovery program

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health’s app, which offers patients struggling with opioid addiction easy access to providers and other forms of support, kept most patients engaged in their treatment recovery programs. 

Researchers testing ‘smart pacifier’ to track, relay NICU baby stats

Researchers in the United States and South Korea are testing a prototype of a “smart pacifier” they hope will improve the care of babies in neonatal intensive care units.

3 health tech startups land $87.5M in the last week

Three digital health startups got a healthy round of funding over the last week:

Why the best ideas in digital health are still to come

Tom Andriola, vice chancellor of information technology and data and chief digital officer of University of California Irvine and UCI Health, is bullish on the future integration of technology in healthcare.