The digital health market is constantly changing, with new startups coming onto the scene and more established companies restructuring their strategies.
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Global health commercialization partner Klick Health has named former managing director of healthcare at Google Ryan Olohan as executive vice president.
Virtual healthcare platform Wheel has laid off 35 employees, or 17 percent of its staff, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.
GoodRx plans to let go of about 16 percent of its staff, or 140 employees, the digital pharmacy savings company said in an Aug. 31 Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
In this tech-heavy age for healthcare, more hospitals and health systems have been creating the role of chief digital officer to oversee initiatives like virtual care and remote patient monitoring.
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Medtech company Medtronic has partnered with remote patient monitoring company BioIntelliSense to have the distribution rights of the BioButton across the U.S.
Amazon Web Services has picked 10 startups for its accelerator program focused on health equity that a top executive told Becker's can not only help reduce disparities but boost hospitals and the healthcare system as a whole.
Despite a slowing funding market for digital health companies, investors continue to pour money into promising health tech ideas.
AI technology and algorithms have great potential in radiology, where image interpretation and workflows are often time-sensitive and labor-intensive, and leave little room for error.
After a busy 2021, in which digital health companies raised many billions of dollars and some even went public, the market for startups offering tech-heavy services like virtual care and data analytics has slowed, leading many of the firms to…