Digital Health

Startup Digital.Health has launched a platform allowing users to search a database of digital health companies.

AmerisourceBergen is rolling out a new digital therapeutics platform that allows clinicians to dispense apps and devices to patients in the same way that they order prescription medications. 

Wearing fitness and health tracking devices may help users become more active and lose weight, according to an August 2022 study published in the Lancet.

A new study from pCare, a patient engagement technology company, showed that 95 percent of health system leaders said adopting digital engagement tools improved the patient experience.

Digital pharmaceutical and medical technology company BrightInsight launched its connected diagnostics platform at the 2022 American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting and Lab Clinic Expo.

Revenue from the digital biomarkers market is expected to reach nearly $22 billion by 2030, according to a July 26 report from Prescient and Strategic Intelligence.

Amazon's recent acquisition of One Medical, in addition to its dominance in the retail, entertainment, technology and food industries, is causing concern to some, Ari Levy, CNBC's deputy technology editor reported July 23. 

Cardiac-focused digital health company iRhythm has received FDA 510(k) clearance for an algorithm that monitors atrial fibrillation and will be paired with wearable technology.

Medable, a health tech company that provides an online platform for clinical trials, announced a partnership with Withings Health Solutions to integrate remote patient monitoring into trials. 

Seth Serxner, PhD, was named chief health officer of digital communications and engagement company EdLogics on July 21.