Digital Health

San Francisco-based mental health app Ginger reached unicorn status after closing a $100 million series E funding round March 24.

Uber is teaming up with ScriptDrop to expand its prescription delivery services for pharmacies and patients across 37 states, the company said March 24. 

Health Care Service Corp. struck a partnership with Collective Health, an employer health benefits startup, to bring technology services to HCSC members.

DoorDash is now offering same-day delivery of COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction test collection kits via partnerships with Vault Health and Everlywell, the food delivery platform announced March 22.

The pandemic has accelerated the digitization of health. Yet as the novelty of virtual care wears off, there are four roadblocks that keep digital health from reaching its full potential, according to a March 18 MIT Sloan article.

Vaccine megasites are popping up in the parking lots of stadiums and the vacant halls of convention centers, to name a few, in efforts to get vaccines to as many people as possible. These makeshift workstations rely on cloud computing…

Providence's digital health spinout DexCare recently closed a $20 million investment round backed by the Renton, Wash.-based health system's innovation arm and Kaiser Permanente Ventures, according to a March 22 news release.

The Vaccination Credential Initiative, a coalition of tech giants and healthcare providers, is developing global standards for mobile apps that verify individuals' COVID-19 vaccine status, The Wall Street Journal reported March 19.

What happens to kids' brains and bodies as a result of their digital interactions? Boston Children's Hospital researchers are going to find out in a new lab, which will be funded by supporters including Optum, Instagram and TikTok.

Big Tech has put in its best efforts to be involved in the vaccine rollout, with Google, Facebook and Apple creating tools to help get people vaccines.