UnitedHealthcare will offer certain members of its wearable device well-being program a six-month free subscription to Apple Fitness+ beginning Jan. 1, 2021.
Digital Health
Digital healthcare companies saw big investments in 2020, with funding rounds sometimes totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.
Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are pushing digital transformation efforts forward by creating new tools and launching innovative programs.
Amazon made its new wearable health tracking device Halo available to the general public Dec. 14, according to CNBC.
As big tech's presence in the healthcare industry continues to grow, tech giants have been releasing new products, tools and features to improve clinical workflows and patient experiences.
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The number of households across the country that use the internet to access health records or for telehealth visits increased by 4 percent from 2017 to 2019, according to a recent National Telecommunications and Information Administration analysis.
As digital transformation continues to accelerate in healthcare, patient experience measurement and engagement must also turn to digital, according to leaders at the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
The California governor's office is rolling out the University of California San Diego Health's COVID-19 exposure notification system across the state beginning Dec. 10.
UnitedHealth Group is working with Eli Lilly on a clinical trial that will study at-home infusions of the drugmaker's COVID-19 antibody treatment.
CommonHealth, a free app for Android users developed by UC San Francisco and Cornell Tech to provide patients with mobile access to their health records, said it is now connected to 230 health systems across the U.S., according to a…