As medicine continues its digital shift, new billing codes are being added next year for specialties like remote therapeutic monitoring and digital ophthalmology.
Digital Health
The digital health world is constantly changing, and investors never know which startup is next to hit unicorn status.
Hims & Hers Health, a digital pharmacy platform, has named former Cleveland Clinic chief pharmacy officer Scott Knoer, PharmD, as the company's first chief pharmacy and innovation officer.
WellCare, a managed care company and subsidiary of Centene Corp., partnered with digital health company Good Measure to provide its Medicaid members with obesity and diabetes care.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care has rolled out a software system that digitizes pathology orders, allowing the health system to generate faster results.
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2021 was a mega year for digital health funding. With the COVID-19 pandemic driving huge demand for virtual and convenient services, digital health companies raised $29 billion.
Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health has partnered with data and analytics technology company Health Catalyst to further advance its innovative analytics capabilities.
The digital health market is constantly changing, with new startups coming onto the scene and more established companies restructuring their strategies.
TigerConnect, a clinician collaboration platform, has named hospital executive Adrienne Kirby, PhD, to its board of directors.
In a Dec. 1 opinion piece for Fast Company, Jordan Teicher, former director of communications at digital health company Cedar, argued there are three main reasons medtech is not a recession-proof business.