Biotech company Cue Health is enacting a new cost-cutting strategy that will lead to the termination of 230 employees, constituting 49% of its workforce, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Digital Health
Memorial Hermann Health System said it will increase its reach and support the shift to value-based care by investing in a $2.2 billion digital health startup.
Hippocratic AI, a healthcare generative AI startup valued at $500 million, now counts 12 nursing leaders as advisors, including four from health systems.
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has created a generative artificial intelligence app, CS Connect, that can interact with patients and ask them questions, the Los Angeles Business Journal reported April 29.
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has introduced a digital health platform that texts patients to set up at-home colon cancer screenings.
West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has expanded virtual care to three other states.
A majority of healthcare organizations have embraced Apple's iPhone and iPad as their go-to shared-use smart devices, an April 10 report from KLAS found.
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai expanded its virtual primary care app April 10.
When it comes to artificial intelligence, Cleveland Clinic is focusing on how to use the technology to better evaluate its patients and to drive greater caregiver efficiencies.
Renton, Wash.-based Providence has spun off a digital health startup after it received a $20 million investment.