Digital Health

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

Researchers are creating "digital twins" of COVID-19 long-haulers, those who develop long-term symptoms after being infected, to study the condition's effects on the body, Dell Technologies announced May 5.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health System is offering a new means of transportation for patients, visitors, employees and community members: self-driving shuttles.

The Concord, Calif.-based Sutter Health and Aetna joint health plan is offering three new clinical programs for members, according to a news release shared with Becker's.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island CIO and entrepreneur Sudheen Kumar sat down with "Becker's Payer Issues Podcast" to discuss digital transformation in the payer space and his startup, Health-Chain.io. Listen to the full interview here.

More than 2 million mobile mental health apps have been developed, yet the effectiveness of these apps reaching their potential is understudied, according to an April 29 study published in JMIR Publications. 

Toby Cosgrove, MD, former president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, has joined Providence's digital health spinout DexCare as a member of its board of directors. 

Flywire, a payment enablement software company, has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. 

In March, California handed control of the state's vaccine rollout to insurer Blue Shield. The deal, worth up to $15 million in reimbursements, was met with criticism. Blue Shield CEO Paul Markovich discussed the status of the company's vaccine involvement…

The COVID-19 pandemic has opened the door for an explosion of digital health activity, leaving customers with thousands of new service offerings to choose from for digital healthcare, according to a May 3 Wall Street Journal report.