Digital tools have the potential to improve patient-physician relationships and increase the effectiveness of behavioral health integration, according to a Feb. 21 report by American Medical Association and Manatt Health Strategies.
Category: digital health
FDA approves 1st smartphone app that can deliver extra doses of insulin
The FDA cleared the first app for iPhone and Android devices capable of giving diabetes patients doses of insulin.
Rush health system rolls out digital health app for employees
Chicago-based Rush University System for Health announced an agreement with Transcarent, a digital health platform for self-insured employers, to enhance medical care options for 9,000 Rush employees and their families.
The recipe hospitals are using to build digital twins
Some hospitals are using digital twins to make care more patient-centric, as the technology synchronizes all sources of patient data to create a comprehensive view of a patient’s needs.
VA CIO sets sights on digital transformation
Kurt DelBene, CIO of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, said he is focused on an agencywide digital transformation, moving toward increased investments in cloud-based applications and telemedicine, ComputerWorld reported Feb. 18.
The rise and fall of UnitedHealth’s early health-tech startup: 5 things to know
UnitedHealth acquired Audax Health, a digital health company, as one of its first health-tech startup investments, but the startup didn’t last long as a healthcare solution and was quickly rebranded, CNBC reported Feb. 18.
The reasons hospitals have an ‘algorithmic aversion’
The number of artificial intelligence-powered health tools on the market far outweighs the number of such tools actually adopted by hospitals. These tools’ lack of transparency, sustainability and adaptability are key reasons for this disparity, accord…
CVS debuts digital system to ease buying of COVID-19 tests
CVS on Feb. 15 launched a digital service to make finding, ordering and picking up at-home COVID-19 test kits easier for its customers.
Hartford HealthCare exec joins virtual physical therapy startup as CMO
Virtual musculoskeletal care platform Sword Health on Feb. 10 welcomed Vijay Yanamadala, MD, as its CMO.
Strategy, not just opportunity, dominating digital health buying
Digital health providers must change their strategies to provide a broader set of services that produce better health outcomes, in order to stay in the healthcare market, CNBC reported Feb. 10.
