Category: digital health

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

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

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

A California health system has launched a mobile app and premium subscription service — complete with health coaching and personalized care coordination — to accompany its new virtual care center, a move the organization said will make patient care mor…

A digital health startup that provides teletherapy to students raised $20 million in series A funding May 25.

VMware, an enterprise software maker that works with several health systems, was acquired May 26 by semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom for $61 billion.

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. 

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

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.