Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health is combating the digital divide for senior patients and patients who don’t have access to broadband or smartphones by giving them affordable and easier access to digital health tools, VentureBeat reported March 8.
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LG Electronics announced it will create a digital healthcare platform that will host services from Amwell's telehealth platform.
Patients using an app were more than twice as likely to disclose sensitive information such as domestic violence, depression and fall risk than they were with verbal screenings, according to a study published March 8 in JAMA Network Open.
Renown Health is deploying Amazon Connect, Amazon Web Services' omnichannel cloud contact center service, to increase access to care by offering patients more customer support.
Five Indiana health systems joined together to create an online dashboard that will track how patients of different racial backgrounds are treated in hospitals, IndyStar reported March 7.
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Global funding for mental health tech startups reached a record $5.5 billion in 2021, up 139 percent from the year before, according to a report released Feb. 24 by CB Insights.
A group of 13 international leaders in public health and digital health reached a consensus on the best-use practices for digital health in the face of a pandemic. Their recommendations fell under five main categories: team, transparency, technology, "techquity" and…
Whether it's through EHRs, smartphones or computers, most medical professionals communicate virtually throughout the day. Emoji are a common part of that communication, and their use in the medical field has now been analyzed by health tech company PerfectServe in…
Digital health investments almost doubled from 2020-21, with $29.1 billion raised across 729 deals last year. Multimillion-dollar investments are continuing to roll in in 2022. Here are 13 digital health companies that raised $100 million or more this year: