Digital Health

Many healthcare organizations have hesitated to adopt cloud-based applications due to a variety of issues including security, performance and productivity. However, thanks to technology advances, today's cloud solutions offer numerous advantages over on-premises technology applications.

SciTech Scity, a science and technology innovation campus in N.J., is teaming up with Sheba Medical Center, the largest hospital in Israel, to launch a simulation facility focused on the future of digital health and hospitals in Jersey City, the…

In October 2020, Renton, Wash.-based Providence combined nine of its health technology investments into one comprehensive digital health portfolio called Tegria. The portfolio has grown since its launch, garnering three key acquisitions in 2021.

Amazon is launching a new skill for its Alexa voice assistant that will let hospital clinicians call and "drop in" on patients without physically entering their rooms, the company said Oct. 25. 

Here are nine recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives accelerating digital transformation efforts at healthcare organizations. 

Aetna and CVS Health are launching the Aetna Connected Plan with CVS Health in North Carolina.

Aetna has set a September 2022 goal to move to digital payments, remittances and explanation of benefits statements.

Lyft has promoted Buck Poropatich to serve as the company's new head of healthcare, the ride-hailing service confirmed to Becker's Oct. 22. 

Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield are seeking to add more healthcare startups to their joint health tech incubator 1501 Health. 

Austin, Texas-based Point Health, a digital company, has made several appointments to its board of directors.