Innovations in artificial intelligence and sensors are helping patients detect and manage chronic health conditions, but not all physicians are fully on board with the popular technology, according to a recent Deloitte report. 

Digital health startups continue to expand across the industry, with many shifting focus to providing care on their own rather than selling services to healthcare organizations, according to Jonathan Slotkin, MD, and Chrissy Farr. 

Ryan Smith will leave his role as CIO of Intermountain Healthcare early next year to serve as COO of Graphite Health, a digital health platform launched by the Salt Lake City-based health system and other providers, according to a Dec. 1 news release. 

Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina on Dec. 1 began a partnership with healthcare automation company Notable to improve the digital patient experience.

Direct-to-consumer DNA testing company 23andMe is spending the funds it raised during its recent public listing on the development of two cancer drugs, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 30.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health inked a multiyear deal with patient engagement platform Playback Health to provide patients with resources and care plan information via audio, video, picture and text. 

One year ago, Intermountain Healthcare made digital health company Omada Health's diabetes prevention program available as a covered benefit to the Salt Lake City-based system's medical group patients. Here, two executives familiar with the initiative answer questions about its progress and results.

Complications following a discharge after surgery are common, but mobile devices and wearables present an opportunity to mitigate these risks and reduce strain on emergency departments, according to a Nov. 12 report published in Nature Digital Medicine.

Patients who use their smartphone to snap and share photos of postsurgical wounds with their clinicians may get a quicker diagnosis of an infection after surgery, according to a study published Nov. 18 in NPJ Digital Medicine. 

Here are four incubators that have been launched in the past five months to accelerate the growth of digital health startups.

Healthcare's reliance on technology makes it more vulnerable to the potentially fatal effects of a power outage, and 2020 broke records for the most hours people in the U.S. spent without electricity, The Verge reported Nov. 15.

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital transformation for health systems, and many of them are beefing up their IT and cybersecurity teams.

Chet Robson, DO, has been named CMO of MDisrupt, a platform that connects digital health companies with scientists to scale products.

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital health for about 20 months, but the FDA's health IT agenda has remained largely untouched, Politico reported Nov. 10.

Generation Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) and baby boomers (those born between 1946 and '64) are at different stages of their lives, so it is no surprise when they behave differently in healthcare and workplace settings. 

Several hospital and payer executives have left their roles to join digital health companies focused on virtual care and digital transformation since October.

Andy Slavitt, a former CMS administrator, will temporarily chair the office of the CEO of Alphabet's healthcare spinout Cityblock Health, company CEO Iyah Romm announced this week. 

Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor released early results from a three-year study that examined using Apple Watches and iPhones in clinical research and reported discrepancies with some of the data that was recorded, according to a report published in The Lancet Digital Health.

Quil, a digital health engagement platform, named Dwight Raum, former interim CIO and chief technology officer at Johns Hopkins, to serve as its new chief digital officer, the company announced Oct. 27. 

Patina Health, a primary care startup for older adults, launched out of stealth Oct. 27 with $57 million in funding, the company announced.