Digital Health

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health announced on Oct. 8 the launch of LabFly, a mobile app through which patients can schedule blood tests in their homes or at work.

Cerner and Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care's joint innovation center celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month.

Entrepreneur magazine unveiled its annual list of the 360 most entrepreneurial companies in the U.S. on Oct. 4, with several healthcare organizations named, including two in the top 10.

CB Insights released its inaugural list of the 150 most innovative startups in digital health, spanning consumer health and wellness, genomics, drug discovery, digital therapeutics and more.

Smartphones are becoming a crucial component for patient engagement, helping hospitals receive feedback from patients about their visits, satisfaction with care teams and more, according to a recent Reaction Data report.

Parker, Colo.-based Rocky Vista University will pilot a new digital health track to teach future physicians how to best treat patients using digital platforms, St. George News reports.

A new initiative will distribute Amazon Echo devices to seniors living in Baltimore's affordable housing communities to provide access to voice-assisted search for local free and reduced-cost social services.

Researchers at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas Austin are testing a patient engagement platform to make health information easily accessible and portable. 

The Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Accelerator supports early-stage companies that are developing healthcare solutions. Forty-seven companies from around the world have participated in the three-month program that offers mentorship and the ability to collaborate with clinicians, researchers and other Cedars-Sinai experts.…

Kent Lehr is the vice president of strategy and business development at UnityPoint Health, where he also heads up UnityPoint Ventures, the $100 million investment fund the Des Moines, Iowa-based health system launched in May.