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
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:
Athenahealth customers can now use PayGround, a digital wallet platform, to automate payment processing to improve patient collections.
The Pentagon experimented with an algorithm that uses data gathered by fitness trackers to predict whether a user has COVID-19 two days before they show symptoms, Politico reported Feb. 23.
BehaVR, a virtual reality digital health company focused on behavioral health, has snagged a former Humana executive to work as its chief platform architect.
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From EHR systems to patient mobile applications, hospitals and health systems are deploying digital tools that have transformed the way they deliver patient-centric care.
Hospitals' use of remote patient monitoring has exploded during the pandemic, and many providers are exploring ways to further leverage the technology. Here, innovation executives from six health systems describe why they're excited about the future of remote monitoring.
Increased efforts from hospitals and health systems to improve the digital patient experience are at an all time high as more organizations incorporate digital health technologies for patient care, according to a Feb. 21 report from the American Hospital Association.
To manage scant resources, University of Michigan researchers developed a machine learning model to predict which COVID-19 patients are likely to become severely ill. The model outperformed Epic's deterioration index tool, according to a study published Feb. 17 in The…
When a new machine learning-based artificial intelligence tool was used to classify hip fractures, it was right 92 percent of the time, The Washington Post reported Feb. 22.