Headspace raises another $48 million in funding
Meditation app Headspace raised $47.7 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. The new funds come four months after Headspace closed a $93 million series C round.
Report: Covid-19 apps fall short in privacy, security
An analysis of more than 100 Covid-19 apps by the International Digital Accountability Council found that many fell short of best practices for privacy and security. Some concerns including using third-party SDKs that were not core to the app’s functionality, and sending unencrypted transmissions.
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Enhanced Direct Enrollment: Georgia Access and the Power of Partnership
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
Hinge Health raises $90M for musculoskeletal pain treatment
Digital health startup raised a $90 million funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The company builds software tools to help patients with joint and back pain.
Israeli digital therapeutics company raises $21.3M for U.S. expansion
Publicly-traded DarioHealth plans to use the cash to put its smartphone-based glucometer into the hands of insurers.
Ochsner Health System is addressing innovation inside and outside the hospital
A visit to the Louisiana health system sheds some light on how it is innovatively addressing chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes, the inpatient experience and more.
Cerner challenges developers to create apps for improved health record access
The submission deadline for the 2019 code App Challenge, which encourages participants to build apps on Cerner's platforms, is August 16, 2019.
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RCM Outsourcing: Balancing Human Expertise & Smart Technology
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
Survey: These are the top three healthcare tasks patients complete on mobile apps
Scheduling appointments, viewing lab results and requesting prescriptions emerged as the top three functions patients use mobile apps for, according to a SOTI survey of 552 U.S. consumers.
Startup 98point6 reveals nationwide availability of on-demand primary care app
In October, the Seattle-based company completed a $50 million Series C round led by the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs.
One Medical CTO discusses company’s tech initiatives
In a phone interview, One Medical CTO Kimber Lockhart talked about how the company has developed its own EHR and mobile app.
Cedars-Sinai launches digital tool for wayfinding
As part of the latest update to the organization's app, patients and visitors can make use of an interactive map and a variety of navigational features.
The Power of One: Redefining Healthcare with an AI-Driven Unified Platform
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
VisualDx’s new app lets users check skin conditions using AI
The Aysa app does not diagnose or replace a clinician but lets users take a picture of their skin concern, answer a few questions and receive information to help them better understand their condition.
Following $110M fundraise, Tempus reveals mobile app to give doctors access to clinical data
Called Tempus Labs, the Chicago startup's new tool is currently available and allows physicians to securely access patient information at the point of care.
Rx.Health pulls in $1.8M to support new Bulk Prescription tool
Formerly known as Responsive Health, the Mount Sinai spinoff will use the financing to help launch the new capability, which allows care teams to prescribe digital therapeutics and patient-centric care plans to entire groups of people.
Meet the 7 startups in Dreamit HealthTech’s new cohort
Addressing issues like chronic pain, risk reporting and physician performance, here's a closer look at the companies in the fall 2018 class of Dreamit's HealthTech program.
CDC and Kognito utilize virtual human simulation to help breast cancer patients
To better educate triple negative breast cancer patients and ultimately improve health outcomes, the CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control worked with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and health IT company Kognito to create an app that features a virtual human.