Cue Health, a tech firm that specializes in at-home diagnostics, has let 170 staffers go as it adjusts to the changing economy and cutbacks in COVID-19 funding.
Category: digital health
Cancer patients flooded with misleading ads on Facebook, report finds
Cancer patients who use Facebook have been inundated with advertisements promoting dubious or even dangerous treatments for the disease, MIT Technology Review reported June 27.
Digital platform for temporary healthcare workers lands $105M
Nomad Health, a digital healthcare staffing company, raised $105 million June 27 as it expands to other specialties to address the medical workforce shortage.
10 top players in expected $132.5B wearable medical device industry
The market for wearable medical devices is set to explode in the coming years amid the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence and 5G, the embrace of self-monitoring of health conditions and the predilection for home healthcare, a study by Growt…
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.
