The first half of 2023 averaged just 12 digital health startup acquisitions per month, down from 15 a month in 2022 and 14 monthly over the past five years, Rock Health found.

At Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center, patients can now self-register in the emergency department via their mobile devices or through the health system's patient portal.

IntelyCare has laid off at least 30 employees, BostInno reported July 11, becoming the third gig-nursing platform to reduce its workforce in recent weeks.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is installing Prolucent Health's workforce and vendor management software VMS+.

Monterey, Calif.-based Montage Health is installing Xealth, a digital health platform spun out of Renton, Wash.-based Providence.

Digital health funding continues to slip, with the industry bringing in $2.5 billion in funding in the second quarter, putting 2023 on track to be the lowest funding year since 2019, according to data released July 10 by Rock Health. 

The National Academy of Medicine formed a digital health consortium in 2011 that continues to add members toward its aim of boosting population and patient-level health.

Aaron Neinstein, MD, the former vice president of digital health at San Francisco-based UCSF Health, has left the health system to join healthcare artificial intelligence company Notable.

The digital health market can be turbulent. Here are five digital health companies laying off workers:

This week in the digital health market, companies laid off employees and top health systems installed new digital health platforms.

It can be hard to keep up with all the latest digital health technologies nowadays, but a new report breaks them down into eight categories.

Nurse staffing platform ConnectRN has laid off 20 percent of its staff, BostInno reported July 6.

A majority of healthcare consumers report a desire to manage all healthcare activities through a single digital platform, with 79 percent emphasizing a preference for access to all medical bills in one spot.

As hospital-at-home programs grow in popularity, investment in home health companies grew from $2.2 billion in 2020 to $4.7 billion in 2021, 7WireVentures reported.

This week in the digital health market, virtual mental health companies laid off employees and a former Mass General Brigham CEO landed a massive haul for his new company. 

Mental health app Headspace has laid off 181 employees, totaling about 15 percent of its workforce, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Generative artificial intelligence, virtual nursing and remote patient monitoring were among the biggest digital health trends of the first half of 2023, health system digital chiefs told Becker's.

Gary Gottlieb, MD, the former CEO of Boston-based Mass General Brigham, has co-founded Author Health, a digital mental health company serving Medicare Advantage patients, Boston Business Journals reported June 28.

Digital health disruptor Virgin Pulse is integrating their platform with mental health company Headspace.

A study found that Ochsner Digital Medicine can save members up to $2,200 a year through its remote chronic disease management.