Digital Health

Data and analytics technology provider Health Catalyst will acquire patient engagement company Twistle, the companies said June 24.

Jean-Olivier Racine has left Amazon to join a health IT startup after serving in artificial intelligence and tech leadership roles for nearly 10 years. 

Providence's health tech investment portfolio Tegria on June 24 acquired KenSci, a company that provides artificial intelligence platforms and tools to healthcare providers, payers and medical device companies.

Cigna's 14 million behavioral health customers will have access to telepsychiatry platform Brightside.

Transitioning to cloud-based technologies is one of the main priorities for healthcare organizations as they look to accommodate consumers' needs and expectations after the pandemic, according to a recent Accenture report. 

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

Amazon Web Services has launched a health accelerator to offer digital health startups resources, expertise and opportunities to collaborate with AWS healthcare customers and partners.

Amazon Halo's body fat percentage scanner gives just as accurate a reading of a person's body fat calculation as methods that physicians use, according to a recent study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital and Pennington Biomedical Research Center. 

Mobile health apps are growing in popularity as a way consumers can be more attuned with their health — yet 88 percent of these apps collect and track users' data, according to a June 17 report published in the British…

As they continue their push into healthcare, retail and tech companies have introduced a slew of consumer-centric health products into the market. Below, six hospital executives talks about some of their favorite products and why they might recommend them to…