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Smartphone app curbs dangerous drinking, study finds
A study from researchers at the Swedish Linkoping University shows that a digital support tool on a smartphone can help reduce dangerous drinking, according to an Aug. 5 report from The Institution of Engineering and Technology. -
Med tech company raises $33M to scale remote patient monitoring tech
Digital health and medical technology company Sibel Health has raised $33 million in new series B fundraising. -
Digital health startup Calibrate cuts 24% of staff
A year after raising $100 million, weight loss-focused digital health startup Calibrate has laid off 24 percent of its employees. -
UK home healthcare company Cera lands $320M in funding
Digital-first home healthcare firm Cera has secured $320 million in funding to expand the number of patients it can care for. -
Samsung outlines plans for digital health initiatives
Collaborations with healthcare organizations and better health experiences through its Galaxy Watch series, TaeJong Jay Yang, executive vice president of Samsung, outlined the company's health and wellness vision Aug. 2. -
Digital startup Bravado Health names new CEO
Healthcare tech and services company Bravado Health has named Mallory Tai Taylor CEO. -
Homeward lands $50M in funding
Homeward, a San Francisco-based startup that launched in March with the goal of increasing healthcare access to rural communities, received $50 million in series B funding. -
Value-based payments company Clarify Health lays off 5% of staff
Clarify Health, a tech company that provides data analytics and value-based payment services, has reduced its workforce by 5 percent. -
Prat Vemana, chief digital officer of Kaiser Permanente, is using digital innovation to 'spearhead' patient care
Prat Vemana, chief digital officer of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, said digital adoption was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, giving the health system an advantage to use its innovation to serve patients beyond their greatest times of need, VentureBeat reported Aug. 1. -
Adventist HealthCare partners with Innovaccer
Gaithersburg, Md.-based health system Adventist HealthCare has selected digital health company Innovaccer as its population health management solution. -
Wyoming health system using new mobile app for physician payments
Jackson, Wyo.-based St. John's Health System is using a mobile application from healthcare tech firm Ludi to manage physician payments. -
CMS awards $33M digital modernization contract
CMS has awarded a $33 million contract to consulting and technology services company ICF to digitally modernize CMS' office of information technology. -
Digital health company Pear Therapeutics lays off 9% of staff
Pear Therapeutics, a company that offers digital therapy programs by prescription, has let go of 9 percent of its workforce, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. -
Annexus Health raises $33M
Healthcare technology company Annexus Health has raised $33 million in a series B funding round. -
Telehealth study among 26 to be funded through $258M from nonprofit
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is spending $258 million on 26 new studies investigating mental health, heart health and chronic conditions; several of the studies will be designed to evaluate the effectiveness of telehealth services. -
New platform lets users compare digital health companies
Startup Digital.Health has launched a platform allowing users to search a database of digital health companies. -
AmerisourceBergen launches digital therapeutics platform
AmerisourceBergen is rolling out a new digital therapeutics platform that allows clinicians to dispense apps and devices to patients in the same way that they order prescription medications. -
Wearables found to be effective at improving user health
Wearing fitness and health tracking devices may help users become more active and lose weight, according to an August 2022 study published in the Lancet. -
95% of health system leaders say digital tech enhances the patient experience
A new study from pCare, a patient engagement technology company, showed that 95 percent of health system leaders said adopting digital engagement tools improved the patient experience. -
BrightInsight launches digital health platform
Digital pharmaceutical and medical technology company BrightInsight launched its connected diagnostics platform at the 2022 American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting and Lab Clinic Expo.
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