Digital Health

Five payers have recently announced initiatives that use digital solutions to serve their customers and enhance relationships with partners.

WebMD launched a new offering that allows patients to search for providers and schedule appointments in a new collaboration with symplr.

More electrons and pixels have been posted on the arena of analytics among CIOs in healthcare than almost any other topic.

While hundreds of hospitals and health systems are mandating COVID-19 vaccines for their staff, companies are looking for the best way to obtain and store employees' vaccine statuses, according to an Aug. 19 Washington Post report.

Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health partnered with Higi, a company that offers "smart" health stations at retail locations, to provide patients healthcare support in grocery and drug stores, the companies announced Aug. 19. 

Ashwini Zenooz, MD, president of Commure, a health IT software company, said polarized discourse over vaccine passports feels like "déjà vu," according to an Aug. 19 op-ed published in Fast Company. 

Stanford (Calif.) Medicine has invested millions of dollars into wearables such as the Apple Watch and Fitbit to research their effectiveness in detecting patients' vitals, Insider reported Aug. 18. 

In a piece for GCN, GetInsured co-founder Shankar Srinivasan said software-as-a-service  platforms have the potential to make significant changes in insurance rates and premiums among state marketplaces. 

General Catalyst's Commure has acquired PatientKeeper from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare in a strategic partnership that will develop and invest in healthcare technology.

Investments in new digital health technologies are a gamble many hospitals might not be ready to take, according to an Aug. 17 report in The Washington Post.