Many factors affect whether initiatives focused on closing care gaps will be clinically effective and make sense financially. Advanced data and analytics can help payers and providers identify the best opportunities for interventions as well as appropriate investment levels.
Digital Health
Artificial intelligence in healthcare "doesn’t really exist right now," even though it should, according to Aike Ho, a partner at venture capital firm Acme Capital.
Pomona (Calif.) Valley Hospital Medical Center is using wayfinding technology to help patients, staff and visitors find their way around the hospital.
Global digital health funding slumped in the first quarter, falling by 36 percent, its lowest level since 2020, according to an April 15 report by CB Insights.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is collaborating on a mobile platform to find nurses on demand.
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Fitbit on April 11 received FDA clearance for its new photoplethysmography algorithm to identify atrial fibrillation. Here are three things to know:
Franklin, Tenn.-based Tivity Health has agreed to be acquired and taken private by Stone Point Capital, a private equity firm.
Algorithms used to estimate risk of heart problems are performing poorly when applied to new populations, resulting in substantial risk of harm, according to a study published in Circulation April 5.
U.S. digital health funding reached $6 billion across 183 deals in the first quarter of 2022, falling behind the $7.3 billion raised in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Rock Health's quarterly report.
Anthem, Biogen, Eli Lilly, Evidation, Janssen, Merck, Pfizer and Savvy Co-op partnered with a nonprofit organization to develop a toolkit to support reimbursement for new drugs developed using digital endpoints.