Digital Health

CB Insights released its list of 150 startups transforming the future of healthcare, including 10 companies focused on administrative automation and digitization.

CB Insights on Aug. 13 released a report ranking the 150 most promising digital health startups across the world.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is becoming more like Netflix and Google Maps in its COVID-19 response by using predictive analytics to meet the needs of patients and staff as the disease progresses, according to a Newswise report.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift priorities for the deployment of its first 5G-enabled clinical care system at the VA Palo Alto (Calif.) Health Care System.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health joined Health Catalyst, a data and analytics technology provider, on Aug. 12.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati researchers have teamed up to create an app that offers digital mental health support and anxiety coping practices and skills for children.

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are pushing digital transformation efforts forward by creating new tools and launching innovative programs. 

Teladoc and Livongo merged Aug. 5 in an $18.5 billion deal that was accelerated by the pandemic. The combined company has a market cap larger than Johnson & Johnson, and aims to start making changes as early as next week.

Ginger, an on-demand mental healthcare app, announced Aug. 6 the close of its $50 million Series D financing round.

Cerner and investment firm LRVHealth invested $6 million in digital health startup Xealth as part of a new collaboration, according to an Aug. 6 announcement.