Digital Health: Who's up, who's down

The digital health market is constantly changing, with new startups coming onto the scene and more established companies restructuring their strategies.

Companies that had a good week:

  1. Digital health company Sharecare received a three-year health and wellness accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
  2. Healthcare payment platform Scratch Financial raised $35 million in series C funding.
  3. Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is transitioning its EHR system to Epic.

Companies that had a bad week:

  1. Twelve former employees of digital pharma company Medly filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company failed to give adequate notice or reason for their layoffs. The company laid off about 16 percent of its employees Aug. 4 and then half of its remaining employees Aug. 31.
  2. Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is moving away from Oracle Cerner in favor of Epic.

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