Amazon accelerates healthcare innovation: Amazon Web Services and KidsX launched an accelerator for digital health startups—here’s how it hints at Amazon’s eye for the pediatrics digital health market.
Employers and their workers don’t see eye to eye on mental health: A new study reveals employees don’t always agree with how accepting their workplace is of mental health issues—here’s how digital mental health benefits could come in handy.
Provider organization M&As foster more room for digital health transformation
Google's consolidating its health records and Search talent teams into its Fitbit business—this could signal its intent to pair Fitbit with personal health records, giving it enough ammo to catch up to Apple.
FCC paves more of the US with telehealth connectivity: Its Connected Care Pilot Program welcomed 36 new projects aimed at bridging the connectivity divide across the US—which could lure more telehealth vendors into new geographic markets.
On today's episode, we discuss how productivity is being reimagined in the WFH era, the implications of physical stores closing again this Thanksgiving, which companies have had recent turnaround performances, whether Netflix opening an online store makes sense, what the Olympics going ahead could mean for everyone, how to trick yourself into eating less, and more. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analysts Nicole Perrin and Paul Verna and analyst at Insider Intelligence Blake Droesch.
Vida Health and Virgin Pulse are collaborating to provide digital mental health/chronic condition solutions to Virgin Pulse’s enterprise customers as more digital health players vie for employers as a distribution funnel.
The payer is acquiring home care solutions company Onehome—with another acquisition under its belt, it’s one step closer to making its value-based home healthcare model available across the nation.
Recent reports say Apple has paused its virtual and in-person primary care ambitions—we unpack why its Watch and iPhone footprint could help it flourish when it decides to press play.
On today's episode, we discuss how many Americans have adopted telehealth, how people are using it, and what's both driving it forward and holding it back. We then talk about the popularity of buy now, pay later services, why some retailers are now starting to expand their brick and mortar presence, and what adding prescription discounts might do for Amazon and Walmart's membership programs. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst Lisa Phillips and director of forecasting at Insider Intelligence Cindy Liu.
A new Apple Watch model is rumored to offer improved connectivity and faster display, but some of the more advanced health features likely won’t arrive until 2022 or 2023, a potential disappointment for health-focused users.
The Pill Club bagged $42 million in funding—here’s how homing in on women’s health helped secure its spot in the digital health boom.