Digital Health

The digital health market is constantly changing, with startups coming onto the scene and more established companies restructuring their strategies.

Axena Health, a digital health company focusing on women's pelvic health, snagged a $25 million investment.

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is utilzing digital brain health company Linus Health's products to provide digital cognitive assessments that clinicians and primary care providers could use to spot Alzheimer's and dementia at an early stage.

Digital behavioral health giant Talkspace has launched Talkspace Engage, a new portal aiming to provide human resource teams with a library of digital mental health tools for employees.

HemaChrome, a digital health company that uses smartphone technology to measure hemoglobin developed by a professor at West Lafayette, Ind.-based Purdue University, won the first phase of the National Institutes of Health's RADx Tech for Maternal Health Challenge.

Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare's digital literacy program, Digital Equity Xpert, has enrolled 800 participants.

To realize the full potential of digital health, hospitals and health systems must implement "simple, patient- and provider-centric technology platforms and care models," according to a new report from the American Medical Association.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health is launching virtual care options for patients experiencing menopause and perimenopause through a partnership with digital women's health company Midi Health.

Digital health can be a complicated industry; from data-sharing practices to false claims, digital health startups and established companies can face a slew of legal challenges.

Walgreens has agreed to buy the assets of defunct digital pharmacy Medly for $19.35 million, according to a bankruptcy court filing.