Digital health funding is seeing a rebound with startups raising $5.7 billion across 266 deals in the first half of 2024, according to a July 8 report from Rock Health.
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Two health systems were a "match made in heaven" when they collaborated to form a virtual care company that has already been a hit with patients.
Abridge, a company founded in 2018 that uses AI to automate medical records based on conversations between clinicians and patients, was named the No.1 most exciting digital health startup in a June 25 report by TechCrunch.
Done Global, which supplies stimulant medications to thousands of patients, said it disagrees with the fraud charges filed against its CEO and clinical president.
A former health system CIO recently joined a healthcare artificial intelligence startup.
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Nearly half of patients have had a virtual health appointment in the past two years, and 9 in 10 of those individuals were satisfied with the visit, according to a report from healthcare communications firm Jarrard Inc.
Three large health systems became strategic investors in DexCare, a digital health spinoff from Renton, Wash.-based Providence's Digital Innovation Group.
The CDC issued an alert that the recent arrests of two digital health company executives on fraud charges could disrupt treatment for individuals with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
GE HealthCare named new CEOs for the imaging and ultrasound business lines.
Sword Health launched Phoenix, an evolution of the first AI Care platform originally introduced in 2015.