Health

CVS hops aboard the clinical trials train: CVS Health launched a new clinical trials business—here’s why it’s set up for success in this space.

HHS expands virtual mental healthcare for kids: It’s funneling an extra $14.2 million into pediatric telemental healthcare—opening up an opportunity for digital health startups to dip into a greenfield market: pediatrics.

Best Buy adds another feather to its senior healthcare hat: It launched a simple smartphone designed to connect seniors with virtual health and urgent healthcare services—here’s why Best Buy’s focus on the aging population will be especially attractive to telehealth vendors.

The future looks bright for insurtechs: Bright Health just filed to go public—here’s why health insurtechs like it are primed to grow and garner more digital health tie-ups.

Amazon’s week was full of healthcare announcements: The tech giant now launched a new mental health benefits program for its employees—we think it could be eyeing an Amazon Care-like nationwide rollout next.

Ro plants more seeds in fertile reproductive health market: The D2C digital health company scooped up Modern Fertility for $225 million—here’s why it’s a strategic growth move.

When Blink Fitness had to temporarily close its doors at the height of the pandemic, the company quickly shifted its focus to where consumers were: online.

Amazon’s next healthcare frontier: The tech giant is reportedly considering the launch of an at-home healthcare diagnostics business—a move that would bolster its other healthcare businesses and shake up the digital health world.

Digital billing platform snapped up rival OODA Health for $450M—tech like this could not only help patients improve financial literacy, but also help hospitals better comply with CMS’ price transparency mandates.

Nuance hooks deeper into the EHR space—but its AI voice tech alone won’t necessarily be enough to address the broad scope of clinicians’ administrative woes.

Teladoc unveiled its latest mental health offering—and as fellow digital health giantstake big bites of the booming telemental health market, smaller entrants could get squeezed out of the game.