Digital transformation is a top-level priority for a majority of health system leaders surveyed for the "2022 State of Healthcare" report released March 15 by HIMSS. 

Google's venture arm, Google Ventures, was the most active investor in digital health in 2021, closing 22 deals according to CBInsights.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has signed a multi-year commercial agreement with Pramana, an artificial intelligence health tech company that focuses on pathology.

As hospitals continue to operate on thin margins, it can be difficult for them to determine which new technologies will be worth their implementation and maintenance costs. Here are four questions health systems should ask before investing in new technology, as laid out by Seth Joseph, a managing director at digital health consultancy Summit Health, in a March 16 Forbes report:

Salt Lake City based-Intermountain Healthcare has been trialing a real-time, clinical decision-making digital tool, which has shown impressive results, according to a study released March 8.

GE Healthcare is developing a digital health platform it said will boost the speed of digital transformation for hospitals and healthcare systems. 

Adobe on March 15 made its healthcare cloud offering generally available. The suite, Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare, aims to improve digital experiences for healthcare providers, payers, drugmakers and pharmacies.

Adopting digital technology at an accelerated speed can improve the value and impact of healthcare and help tackle challenges post-pandemic, according to Philips CEO Frans van Houten.

Walmart teamed up with BetterUp to create a mental health platform designed to improve the overall well being of caregivers.

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health is combating the digital divide for senior patients and patients who don’t have access to broadband or smartphones by giving them affordable and easier access to digital health tools, VentureBeat reported March 8.

LG Electronics announced it will create a digital healthcare platform that will host services from Amwell's telehealth platform.

Patients using an app were more than twice as likely to disclose sensitive information such as domestic violence, depression and fall risk than they were with verbal screenings, according to a study published March 8 in JAMA Network Open.

Five Indiana health systems joined together to create an online dashboard that will track how patients of different racial backgrounds are treated in hospitals, IndyStar reported March 7.

DHA to consolidate legacy of health records in Military Health Systems

Global funding for mental health tech startups reached a record $5.5 billion in 2021, up 139 percent from the year before, according to a report released Feb. 24 by CB Insights.

A group of 13 international leaders in public health and digital health reached a consensus on the best-use practices for digital health in the face of a pandemic. Their recommendations fell under five main categories: team, transparency, technology, "techquity" and transformation —  the Five Ts — and were published in JAMA Network Open Feb. 23.

Whether it's through EHRs, smartphones or computers, most medical professionals communicate virtually throughout the day. Emoji are a common part of that communication, and their use in the medical field has now been analyzed by health tech company PerfectServe in its Feb. 22 report. 

Digital health investments almost doubled from 2020-21, with $29.1 billion raised across 729 deals last year. Multimillion-dollar investments are continuing to roll in in 2022. Here are 13 digital health companies that raised $100 million or more this year:

Athenahealth customers can now use PayGround, a digital wallet platform, to automate payment processing to improve patient collections.

The Pentagon experimented with an algorithm that uses data gathered by fitness trackers to predict whether a user has COVID-19 two days before they show symptoms, Politico reported Feb. 23.