Hospital and health system C-suite executives say digital care will be their biggest budget increase this year and expect to expand IT hiring as a result, a March 2 study by consulting agency Guidehouse found.

Health tech company Color has laid off 300 employees as it shifts its focus from COVID-19 testing, former staffers wrote on LinkedIn.

Google's Pixel Watch can now tell when people fall and alert emergency services, the tech company says.

Fifty-eight percent of healthcare practitioners say digital health applications lessen burdens on health systems, but only 44 percent say that digital health applications are living up to their full potential, according to a Feb. 28 study from the Consumer Technology Association. 

Seguin, Texas-based Guadalupe Regional Medical Center has implemented an image sharing platform from PocketHealth to eliminate its reliance on CD-ROMs for medical imaging and reports. 

Regence, a health plan serving 3.4 million people in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington, is launching virtual eating disorder treatment for patients aged 6 to 24 through a partnership with Equip.

Digital health and wellness platform Him & Hers reported revenue of $526.9 million for 2022, a 94 percent year-over-year increase.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has deployed "digital patient hubs" to more than 1,600 inpatient beds across its hospitals.

Ensuring patient safety and reducing medical waste rely on accurate surgical preference cards.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health is partnering with RxLightning, a company that digitizes the specialty medication enrollment process, to accelerate the process of specialty medication prescription. 

Navitus Health Solutions, a digital pharmacy benefits platform owned by St. Louis-based SSM and Costco Wholesale Co., is partnering with Amazon Web Services to build a new cloud-based foundation.

Health technology company Sonde Health and Boston-based Mass General Brigham were selected by the Massachusetts Artificial Intelligence and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease to lead a pilot study on remote detection of vocal biomarkers and the detection of cognitive impairments.

Vibrent Health, a precision medicine startup that works with health systems, has let go of 13 percent of its workforce, Washington Business Journal reported.

The digital health market is constantly changing, with startups coming onto the scene and more established companies restructuring their strategies.

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center is partnering with Memora Health to allow Moffitt clinicians to use the company's virtual care platform.

Positive Peers, an HIV app created by MetroHealth staff, is gaining recognition from the Department of Health and Human Services for its impact in helping young people navigate their HIV diagnosis. 

The former CEO of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, Denis Cortese, MD, and former CEO of New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital, John Rowe, MD, are joining digital caregiver support company eFamilyCare as advisers.

Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System has partnered with KeyCare, a virtual care company built with Epic, to power the health system's MemorialDOCNow digital care platform.

The developer of ChatGPT said artificial intelligence chatbots can provide medical advice to people who can't afford healthcare.

Healthcare artificial intelligence company Olive is getting rid of its utilization management service line, a spokesperson told Becker's.