Health systems have increased their presence in investing in digital health companies by creating venture funds to back promising digital health innovations, but for those startups to ink financial investments, they need to provide validation, scalability, collaboration and commercial viability. 

People can now verbally request their fitness stats via Google Assistant as Google continues its push into wearable health tech.

A digital health firm is partnering with a meditation company to help ease some of the ailments faced by the nation's veterans.

A first-of-its-kind digital health coalition is coming together to address health disparities.

Mental health app installs have dropped more than 30 percent since January 2021, according to a report from Apptopia.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health's app, which offers patients struggling with opioid addiction easy access to providers and other forms of support, kept most patients engaged in their treatment recovery programs. 

Artificial intelligence may be able to use EHR data to predict the prevalence of postoperative complications for patients to the same degree as physicians, according to a May 16 study published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers in the United States and South Korea are testing a prototype of a “smart pacifier” they hope will improve the care of babies in neonatal intensive care units.

Three digital health startups got a healthy round of funding over the last week:

Tom Andriola, vice chancellor of information technology and data and chief digital officer of University of California Irvine and UCI Health, is bullish on the future integration of technology in healthcare.

Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare and its networks have begun using an EMS communication app that allows EMTs to quickly upload patient information, symptoms, vital readings and severity of ailment and transmit it to the emergency room.

A Florida hospital is testing a new artificial intelligence-assisted technique for treating a drug-resistant heart condition.

A new study looks at what it will take to reduce bias in healthcare artificial intelligence.

Healthcare funding for artificial intelligence declined from $3.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021 to $2.5 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according to a May 12 report by tech market analytics firm CB Insights. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health System's affiliated hospitals that offer obstetrics services have deployed an AI-based maternal-fetal early warning system to advance patient safety in obstetric programs. 

Digital technologies and data analytics have become vital to health systems aiming to run efficient organizations, reduce burnout and provide excellent patient care.

A healthcare tech company that collects and analyzes patient data said May 12 it plans to double in size this year after securing a $20 million investment.

Google plans to release its first smartwatch this fall.

Digital front door technology funding reached a record high of $1.9 billion in 2021, up 67 percent year-over-year as patients, providers and investors see increased opportunity in a hybrid health model, according to a May 2 report by tech market analytics firm CB Insights.

The merger of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health will advance digital health innovation, data analytics and digital consumer infrastructure.