The market for wearable medical devices is set to explode in the coming years amid the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence and 5G, the embrace of self-monitoring of health conditions and the predilection for home healthcare, a study by Growth Plus Reports found.

Habersham Medical Center partnered with software company PocketHealth to give its 80,000 patients access to their medical reports and images via any device.

Online prescription digital therapeutics company Pear Therapeutics has added three new board members, each with varied experiences in government, big tech and with industry giants, according to a June 15 press release.

Digital health company K Health is collaborating with the Mayo Clinic to use deidentified patient data to improve the treatment of high blood pressure.

A host of digital health companies are realizing the benefits of offering their services in a multilingual format, bringing in new customers and serving often left-out consumer groups. 

A digital health collaborative that includes Google, the FDA and the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science plans to release an interactive, open-access regulatory support tool for healthcare tech companies.

Union County, Ga.-based Union General Health System partnered with digital health company, Qure4u, to create a new digital front door that simplifies the patient check-in and registration process.

Tech-powered pharmacy benefit startup Capital Rx has closed on $106 million in series C funding as it aims to expand its efforts to better coordinate prescribing.

Truepill, a mail-order pharmacy startup, has laid off 15 percent of its workforce, its chief executive said in a letter to employees.

Eight teams of digital health entrepreneurs made their pitches June 9 at the inaugural Digital Health Pitch Competition hosted by Providence, R.I.-based Brown-Lifespan Health's Center for Digital Health. 

More tech startup workers got laid off in May than any month in the past two years, according to data from Layoffs.fyi.

Optum's former chief engineer and vice president of software engineering, Matthew Grose, has been appointed chief technology officer of Omcare, a digital health startup based in Burnsville, Minn.

Amazon Web Services will fund three digital health startups as part of its new $30 million accelerator program focused on companies led by underrepresented founders.

Ami Bhatt, MD, chief innovation officer of the American College of Cardiology, has been an advocate for digital health long before the COVID-19 pandemic expanded its adoption and use.

Walgreens digital health platform Walgreens Find Care has added virtual oncology care company Jasper Health to its online marketplace. 

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health's digital holding company, Accrete Partners, has acquired health tech consulting company Nordic Consulting Partners. 

From apps that support opioid patients recovery treatments to apps that allow patients to directly message their physicians, here is a list of health systems piloting, creating and deploying applications to enhance patient care, as reported by Becker's since May 1: 

Despite the digital revolution that took over many traditional industries, healthcare hasn't experienced such a change, with many services still remaining slow and complicated. However, digital health still holds promise if it is approached through a lens of inclusivity and personalization, according to a May 31 Fast Company article. 

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has launched an app that makes it easier for patients to find their physician and schedule appointments. 

More thorough data collection on Medicaid patients could help relieve health disparities, three health policy professors argued in a May 24 Health Affairs article.