Digital Health

Consumers throughout the U.S. turned to Google with questions about lowering their blood pressure and cholesterol level as well as questions about hiccups, according to CNN.

Columbus-based OhioHealth has tapped Docent Health to provide a technology-enabled set of patient navigation support services, according to a Dec. 10 news release.

Genetic testing company Celmatix filed a $100 million lawsuit against its former business partner 23andMe on Dec. 10, according to CNBC.

Laudio, a software startup developing an automated, personalized platform to improve engagement between nurse managers and their teams, announced on Dec. 10 the close of its Series A financing round.

Mindstrong Health, a virtual mental healthcare platform, announced on Dec. 9 the addition of 10 senior executives to its leadership team, representing alumni of the consumer technology divisions of Google, Facebook, Uber, Oscar Health and more.

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers medical school and Microsoft on Dec. 10 launched a jointly developed mobile application that aims to prevent sudden infant death syndrome.

A startup led by George Church, PhD, a pioneer in the field of genetics and genomic sequencing, is developing a dating app that would screen a user's potential matches to prevent them from passing on inheritable diseases.

Over the past year, digital enrollment has increased to make up about 30 percent of Louisiana's Medicaid health plan choices, according to a Nov. 28 Governing report.

Wellesley, Mass.-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Ride Health announced on Dec. 5 a collaboration to offer Medicare Advantage members in the region free non-emergency medical transportation.

UNC Health Care implemented a new mobile application that helps patients navigate around the Chapel Hill, N.C.-based health system's campuses, according to a Dec. 4 news release.