Transcarent, a digital health company backed by major health systems, has agreed to acquire the artificial intelligence-powered virtual care platform of 98point6 in a transaction worth up to $100 million.

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital is partnering with virtual reality therapeutics company Rocket VR Health on an 80-patient trial that will study the effect VR has on the quality of life for blood cancer patients.

Best Buy entered into a partnership with Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, a part of Advocate Health, to enhance its hospital-at-home program. 

For many in the digital health space, the pandemic years were ones of increased funding, new startups and loose money. Recently, a dramatic drop in funding and layoffs are forcing health systems to deal with a very different digital health…

WeightWatchers has agreed to purchase telehealth company Sequence, which digitally prescribes weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, in a $132 million deal.

The American Telemedicine Association is naming CVS Health Chief Medical Officer Sree Chaguturu, MD, as chair-elect of the board of directors.

The FTC is taking a heightened interest in protecting the privacy of health data online and is cracking down on companies such as GoodRx and Amazon as it looks to take a new approach to regulating data collection. 

Here are three new healthcare innovation hubs being built:

Venture capital investment in health IT fell to $451.3 million in quarter four, down almost 75 percent from 2021's quarterly pace, according to a March 2 health IT report from market researcher PitchBook.

Richmond, Va.-based Henrico Doctors' Hospital is notifying 990 patients that some of their protected health information was compromised in a data breach.