Business owners can now list vaccination requirements on Yelp
Yelp will allow businesses to display information on their profiles about COVID-19 vaccination requirements and whether staff are vaccinated. The review website and app announced Thursday that...
View ArticleProviders, payers and pharma came together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic....
Nothing brings healthcare stakeholders together like a pandemic – from a speedy vaccine rollout to setting up telehealth platforms within weeks, providers, payers and the pharmaceutical industry had to...
View ArticleDoctors may be able to send patients Zoom link in the future
Zoom has released a beta version of an iOS mobile browser client for telehealth, allowing patients to access appointments without downloading an app.The simplified, HIPAA-compliant setting lets...
View ArticleSamsung inks deal with nutrition app Lifesum on new Galaxy Watch4
Samsung has partnered with nutrition app Lifesum for its upcoming Galaxy Watch4 series.The new smartwatch series, launching Aug. 27, will feature Lifesum as a nutrition partner, allowing users to track...
View ArticleFormer ONC head Rucker: APIs will ‘empower totally new business models’
Dr. Don Rucker, former ONC National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, said using APIs for sharing healthcare information will “empower totally new business models” in digital health.The...
View ArticleFacebook bans accounts for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
Facebook removed 65 of its own and 243 Instagram accounts for spreading misinformation about AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines, according to the social media giant’s July Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior...
View ArticleCOVID-19 shined light on new opportunities for public health on social media
When social media companies like Facebook and YouTube were founded, it’s a good bet that their founders didn’t imagine themselves to be creating public health tools. But in the face of a global...
View ArticleWhy femtech needs to move past reproductive healthcare
When it comes to femtech, digital health has options for women concerned about fertility, pregnancy and period tracking. But there just aren’t a lot of choices for older women who need help with...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways expands trial of Affinidi’s Healthcare Network...
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways is extending its trial of a COVID-19 travel verification solution provided by the Singapore-based technology company, Affinidi, it has emerged.Since March of this year,...
View ArticleRAIsonance Launches SoundPass Biometric Security Tool
RAIsonance, a group of AI-powered companies focused on natural language processing and AI/ML, announced the release of SoundPass, a trio of AI apps that transform sound data signatures into biometric...
View ArticleIsrael developing injectable and oral vaccines as COVID cases soar
Several Israeli companies and academies are working to develop domestic COVID-19 vaccines to protect against variants of the virus.Phase II clinical trials of the novel BriLife coronavirus vaccine,...
View ArticlePregnancy After Loss Support creates app to guide couples through pregnancy...
Non-profit organization Pregnancy After Loss Support launched an app to help couples who are pregnant again after a miscarriage or stillbirth.The Pregnancy After Loss app, developed by Allobee, allows...
View ArticleSharecare builds out patient education platform with new tools
Digital health platform Sharecare is expanding its suite of patient education tools, including a chatbot where users can ask condition-specific questions and a virtual assistant that can guide patients...
View ArticleAlways' period tracking app includes menstrual product donations
Procter & Gamble’s menstrual care company Always is looking to help people who have periods track their cycle, make holistic health improvements and give back to the community with its new Always...
View ArticleTRX launches digital fitness program for employers
Functional fitness company TRX is going corporate with the launch of its digital program for businesses called TRX for Employee Wellbeing.TRX is best known for its suspension training bands that are...
View ArticleFacebook purges accounts, groups related to the 'disinformation dozen'
Facebook said it removed more than three dozen pages, groups and Facebook or Instagram accounts for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.The social media giant said the accounts were linked...
View ArticleReports indicate Apple is cutting back internal health app
Apple is scaling back HealthHabit, an internal app the tech giant’s employees could use to track fitness, talk to clinicians and manage hypertension, according to reporting by Insider.More than 50...
View ArticleIndependent pharmacists sound the alarm on Surescripts, GoodRx partnership
Some pharmacists are pushing back on Surescripts’ partnership with GoodRx, arguing the deal will hurt independent pharmacies and further obscure the high cost of drugs.“The deal was touted as a move...
View ArticleGoogle dismantles health division in strategy overhaul
Google is changing its healthcare strategy and dismantling its health division, according to an Insider report. In an internal memo obtained by Insider, the initiatives once housed in the division will...
View ArticleOpenTable taps CLEAR to help restaurants screen for vaccinated customers
It may be getting easier for restaurants to vet patrons for COVID-19 vaccinations, thanks to a new partnership between OpenTable and biometric ID company CLEAR. When a potential customer books a...
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