Digital Health

Telehealth visits skyrocketed during the pandemic. Telehealth has enormous advantages, but to improve care at scale, several challenges must be addressed. 

Adventist Health inked a digital patient experience partnership with GetWellNetwork, the Roseville, Calif.-based health system said July 26.

Highmark, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, has launched its new "Because Life" campaign.

Magellan Rx Management, a division of Magellan Health, will provide live behavioral health and wellness coaching through its collaboration with the Heuro Health app. 

Humana and Anthem are on board with DomaniRx, a joint venture creating a transparency-driven claims adjudication platform.

As healthcare's digital transformation continues, new trends arise each year. Below are five innovation trends to which health systems' innovation leaders have been paying especially close attention in 2021:

Jason Szczuka became Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health's first chief digital officer on June 28, and he brings a wealth of payer experience to the role. 

Telemedicine was the top-funded digital health category during the first half of 2021, according to a report released July 16 by Mercom Capital Group.

Venture-capital investments in digital health are soaring to new heights and helping startups lock down on growth, but some experts are concerned that the market may be overheating, according to a July 15 Wall Street Journal report. 

Former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush launched his new digital health data-sharing platform Zus Health in June, with a focus on selling software directly to other developers, rather than physicians or providers, according to a July 14 Boston Globe report.