Digital Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed telehealth and remote work capabilities to the forefront of health systems' agendas, according to KLAS Research. 

Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., is partnering with Ramat Gan, Israel-based Sheba Medical Center to create new telemedicine and digital health products and technologies, according to an Oct. 18 Times of Israel report.

Amazon Web Services, Accenture and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. entered into a strategic agreement to modernize Takeda's digital platforms and grow the company's data services.

Alistair Erskine, MD, is the chief digital health officer at Mass General Brigham in Boston, responsible for the health system's data management.

Transitioning from a reactive to proactive care strategy requires hospitals and health systems to embrace digital transformation and roll out new capabilities that tailor care and communications to individual patient preferences.

IBM Watson launched a digital health pass app to help individuals verify their health status as they return to work, school or air travel amid the pandemic, the company announced Oct. 12 during the HLTH VRTL 2020 conference.

As Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's first chief digital officer and health of technology, Claus Torp Jensen, PhD, oversees the New York City-based organization's digital transformation and data strategies.

Contact tracing is an important tool public health leaders and government officials use to understand how COVID-19 is spreading across the country, even though many of these efforts have experienced significant challenges when it comes to issues such as data…

Cleveland Clinic is working with a group of tech companies including Navenio, IBM and Deloitte to implement an indoor GPS system for caregivers across its new London hospital campus, according to an Oct. 13 news release. 

Global venture capital funding for digital health companies hit a record high in the first three months of 2020, according to a report from Mercom Capital Group.