Digital Health

Oscar Health is partnering with technology platform Stride Health to revamp its enrollment platform, the insurer announced Nov. 23. 

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are pushing forward digital transformation efforts by creating new tools and launching innovative programs. 

Complications following a discharge after surgery are common, but mobile devices and wearables present an opportunity to mitigate these risks and reduce strain on emergency departments, according to a Nov. 12 report published in Nature Digital Medicine.

Patients who use their smartphone to snap and share photos of postsurgical wounds with their clinicians may get a quicker diagnosis of an infection after surgery, according to a study published Nov. 18 in NPJ Digital Medicine. 

Direct-to-patient healthcare marketplace Sesame is aiming to cut care costs down by using direct arrangements with providers to avoid administrative fees traditionally imposed by insurers.

EasyHealth secured $135 million in series A funding to back its approach to battling the "information gap" on Medicare insurance recipients.  

Here are four incubators that have been launched in the past five months to accelerate the growth of digital health startups.

Hospitals have been investing millions in digitization efforts to improve workflows and care outcomes over the past decade, but recent research shows nearly half of employees say too much digitalization hurts productivity.

Healthcare's reliance on technology makes it more vulnerable to the potentially fatal effects of a power outage, and 2020 broke records for the most hours people in the U.S. spent without electricity, The Verge reported Nov. 15.

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital transformation for health systems, and many of them are beefing up their IT and cybersecurity teams.