Category: digital health

Georgia hospital adds digital diagnostic imaging sharing for patients

Habersham Medical Center partnered with software company PocketHealth to give its 80,000 patients access to their medical reports and images via any device.

K Health using Mayo Clinic data to improve hypertension treatment

Digital health company K Health is collaborating with the Mayo Clinic to use deidentified patient data to improve the treatment of high blood pressure.

Google, Harvard, FDA collaborate on digital health oversight 

A digital health collaborative that includes Google, the FDA and the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science plans to release an interactive, open-access regulatory support tool for healthcare tech companies.

Pharmacy benefit manager startup Capital Rx gets $106M in funding

Tech-powered pharmacy benefit startup Capital Rx has closed on $106 million in series C funding as it aims to expand its efforts to better coordinate prescribing.

Digital pharmacy Truepill lays off 15% of staff

Truepill, a mail-order pharmacy startup, has laid off 15 percent of its workforce, its chief executive said in a letter to employees.

May saw most tech startup layoffs in 2 years

More tech startup workers got laid off in May than any month in the past two years, according to data from Layoffs.fyi.

Optum’s chief engineer leaves for digital health startup

Optum’s former chief engineer and vice president of software engineering, Matthew Grose, has been appointed chief technology officer of Omcare, a digital health startup based in Burnsville, Minn.

Amazon Web Services to back 3 healthcare startups as part of $30M investment

Amazon Web Services will fund three digital health startups as part of its new $30 million accelerator program focused on companies led by underrepresented founders.

Bon Secours Mercy Health’s digital holding company acquires Nordic

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health’s digital holding company, Accrete Partners, has acquired health tech consulting company Nordic Consulting Partners. 

Baptist Health’s new app lets patient pay bills, schedule appointments + more

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has launched an app that makes it easier for patients to find their physician and schedule appointments.