Here are eight recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives accelerating digital transformation efforts at healthcare organizations.

Current Health, a remote care management platform, on April 22 closed a $43 million series B financing round.

Here are six recent partnerships between healthcare organizations and big tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Google. 

SiteBridge Research, which aims to make clinical trials more accessible to patients, is the newest spinout company of Health2047, the American Medical Association's innovation enterprise.

After hospitals and government officials witnessed resounding complaints of the COVID-19 vaccine sign-up sites glitching, Amazon, Microsoft and Google have swiftly stepped in to help bring people the resources they need to schedule vaccine appointments. 

Northwell Health and Pear Therapeutics have linked up to allow patients seeking treatment for opioid and substance misuse to have access to prescription digital therapy.

Digital health companies had another record-breaking first quarter in 2021, complete with billions in new funding and changing executive teams.

Google Cloud is launching a call center with virtual agents to assist callers in 28 languages to address COVID-19 questions and share the data with public health agencies.

Researchers from New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine are testing a prescription video game to see if it can help with memory loss and attention problems after recovery from COVID-19, according to an April 19 report by The Verge.

Health insurers including Anthem and UnitedHealthcare are embracing digital health adoption and increasingly growing their respective strategies to engage with members and make care more convenient.

Intermountain Healthcare, a 25-hospital system based in Salt Lake City, launched three digital health initiatives in telehealth, artificial intelligence and data analytics in the last week. 

A slew of tech companies are building and piloting COVID-19 vaccine passport apps. 

Researchers at University Park, Pa.-based Penn State created a prototype of a wireless, wearable transmitter that could be used for both health monitoring and clinical treatments, according to an April 14 news release.

Amazon has partnered with numerous universities and medical facilities to expand its footprint in the health tech industry.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic launched two new companies to support its newly developed Remote Diagnostics and Management Platform, which connects data with artificial intelligence technologies for clinical decision support. 

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are pushing forward digital transformation efforts by creating new tools and launching innovative programs. 

Here are seven recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives accelerating digital transformation efforts at healthcare organizations.

Amazon is testing a hands-free voice interface for patient outcome reporting in medical research settings.

Health2047, the American Medical Association's innovation enterprise, on April 12 unveiled its latest spinout company: Emergence Healthcare Group, a turnkey practice management and health IT group for independent practices. 

With a nearly $20 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance Communications, Microsoft aims to get a leg up in its healthcare competition with other tech giants, according to an April 13 Wall Street Journal report.