Digital Health

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati researchers have teamed up to create an app that offers digital mental health support and anxiety coping practices and skills for children.

Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are pushing digital transformation efforts forward by creating new tools and launching innovative programs. 

Teladoc and Livongo merged Aug. 5 in an $18.5 billion deal that was accelerated by the pandemic. The combined company has a market cap larger than Johnson & Johnson, and aims to start making changes as early as next week.

Ginger, an on-demand mental healthcare app, announced Aug. 6 the close of its $50 million Series D financing round.

Cerner and investment firm LRVHealth invested $6 million in digital health startup Xealth as part of a new collaboration, according to an Aug. 6 announcement.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the boundaries of care by accelerating adoption of virtual services and digital communication, there is still a long way to go on the healthcare digitization journey, according to Spectrum Health System CIO Jason Joseph.

UCLA is deploying Apple's technology to launch a three-year study analyzing the relationship between patients' mental health symptoms and their sleep, heart rate, activity and daily routines.

The U.S. recorded 241 digital health deals during the second quarter of 2020, with the majority of business occurring in four main metro areas, according to a recent CB Insights' report. 

As CIO of UC San Diego Health, Chris Longhurst, MD, is familiar with the occasional complaint that comes after sending IT announcements to the organization's 20,000 employees. During this pandemic, however, disgruntled emails have been replaced by praise from staff…

Medical researchers and tech companies have been working since the start of the pandemic to test whether wearable devices can function as a type of personal early-detection warning system to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, according to The Wall…