Survey: Privacy protections boost consumers' willingness to share health data
Consumers are most willing to share their health information when privacy protections are in place, with consent being the most important, followed by data deletion, regulatory oversight and data...
View ArticleAtrium Health, Best Buy ink hospital-at-home deal
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and Best Buy Health are partnering to develop new hospital-at-home offerings, the latest move in remote patient monitoring for the tech retailer.The partners said...
View ArticleStudy: VA telehealth expansion lagged in rural areas during COVID-19
A digital divide in telemedicine use between rural and urban communities increased after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly within mental health integration services, according to a...
View ArticleWeightWatchers moves into obesity drug market with Sequence purchase
WeightWatchers announced plans to buy telehealth platform Weekend Health, also known as Sequence, in a move toward offering prescription weight loss drugs.The company said the cash and equity...
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Using aviation and technology for humanitarian aid
Dr. Manish Kohli will offer more detail during his HIMSS23 session "Digital Bridges: Bringing Hope and Healing to Those Hurting Most." It is scheduled for Thursday, April 20, at 1-2 p.m. CT at the...
View ArticleWomen's health startup Iron Health launches with $4.5M
Women's healthcare platform Iron Health, which allows obstetrician-gynecologists to connect their patients with primary and other specialty care, launched alongside a $4.5 million seed investment.The...
View ArticleTelehealth use for behavioral health increases 45X since pandemic onset and...
Telehealth use for behavioral health services has increased 45 times since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic across all care settings and provider types, according to a report by Trilliant Health....
View ArticleQ&A: Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi on expanding access for Medicaid patients
The healthcare status quo for Medicaid and other underserved patients frequently leaves them in the lurch, said Cityblock Health CEO and cofounder Dr. Toyin Ajayi.They may have infrequent access to the...
View ArticleQ&A: Cost is the most significant barrier to digital health adoption
Seventy percent of consumers are likely to use digital health solutions in the future and at least three in four believe the solutions would help improve their wellbeing, according to a report by the...
View ArticleInsurance verification platform for virtual care Opkit launches with $1M
Opkit, a health insurance verification platform for telehealth providers and virtual medical clinics, has launched with $1 million in funding. The startup participated in Y Combinator, a Silicon...
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Free evidence-based care for post-911 veterans
Thumbnail: Tags: digital health tools for veteranstelehealthPTSDCategories: ProviderConsumerAuthor: HIMSS TVSubheader: Barbara Rothbaum, executive director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program and...
View ArticleArtera launches with $90M to personalize prostate cancer therapy
Calif.-based Artera, which offers an AI-enabled test aimed at personalizing therapy for prostate cancer patients, announces its launch alongside a $90 million investment.Johnson & Johnson, TIME...
View ArticleGoogle announces more AI partnerships and other health updates
Google announced a slew of new healthcare AI partnerships Tuesday, as well as an open source tool kit for developing digital health tools and new search functionality.In the AI space, the tech giant...
View ArticleRune Labs partners with biopharma company for Parkinson's research
California-based Rune Labs, a precision neurology software and data platform company, is partnering with BlueRock Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and subsidiary of Bayer AG, to...
View ArticleHopper Health launches to offer primary care for neurodivergent adults
Hopper Health, a healthcare navigation and virtual primary care platform, launched this week to provide care for adults with conditions like Tourette's, ADHD, autism and obsessive compulsive...
View ArticlePointClickCare acquires value-based care platform Patient Pattern
Canadian health tech company PointClickCare has acquired Patient Pattern, a value-based care electronic health record and integrated care management platform. Patient Pattern works with Medicare...
View ArticleAutism care platform SpectrumAi scores $20M
SpectrumAi, a startup focused on autism care, announced it raised up to $20 million in a Series A funding round led by CVS Health Ventures with participation from Cobalt Ventures.Previous investors...
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NorthShore uses NLP to address SDOH data
Emily Kwan will offer more detail at her HIMSS23 session "Implementing an AI NLP Tool to Address SDOH Needs." It is scheduled for Tuesday, April 18, at 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. CT at the South Building,...
View ArticleQ&A: How economic uncertainty could affect femtech
Femtech has grown over the last decade, but investments in female-focused companies pale in comparison to the larger digital health sector. Ida Tin, cofounder and chairwoman at Clue, a Berlin-based...
View ArticleMedArrive partners with maternity telehealth company Ouma Health
MedArrive, a care management platform merging telehealth and in-person care, is partnering with Ouma Health, a maternity telehealth platform, to expand its mother and fetal in-home care offerings to...
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