Digital Health

Firefly Health, a Boston-based primary care startup, recently raised $40 million in a series B funding round to establish a new health plan benefit for employers, according to an April 7 news release.

Indianapolis-based insurer Anthem inked a new partnership with Canvas, an EHR and practice management platform, according to an April 8 news release.

Healthcare secured the spot as the most-represented industry among a grouping of the 100 most promising artificial intelligence startups in the world, according to a new CB Insights report.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is expanding a program to equip COVID-19 patients' rooms with Amazon Echo Show devices, which feature two-way video calling capabilities that let clinicians check on patients via video, CNN reports.

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital will pilot AstraZeneca's new disease management platform to study how digital tools can improve patient engagement and care team coordination, according to an April 6 news release. 

Digital health startups garnered $6.7 billion in venture funding during the first quarter of 2021, making it the sector's most-funded quarter to date, according to a report released April 5 by Rock Health.

Florida Blue CEO Patrick Geraghty is excited for upcoming coverage and care changes post-pandemic, he told The Associated Press in an interview published March 28.

Here are eight recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives accelerating digital transformation efforts at healthcare organizations.

Americans are increasingly using virtual services for behavioral healthcare needs, according to a claims analysis from Cigna.

Here are eight recent partnerships between healthcare organizations and big tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Google.