Health

Heightened regulatory scrutiny led to fewer SPAC deals after an IPO frenzy this year, per Rock Health—we unpack why digital health startups won’t abandon the SPAC route anytime soon.

Carbon Health paves a path toward better chronic care management with hybrid virtual care model: The primary care disruptor remote patient monitoring firm Alertive Healthcare to combine in-person and virtual care—we unpack why its peers are headed in the same direction.

Despite a surge in telehealth use over the past year, consumers still cite barriers like lack of information about their providers as pain points with telehealth vendors.

Digital health goes under the knife and could upend the future of surgeries: Digital surgery startup Activ Surgical nabbed $77 million as startups like it fuel the smart hospital wave.

Gov’t pricing transparency rules create moreopportunity for digital health startups: The CMS rolled out another rule protecting consumers against surprise billing—and despite consistent pushback for providers, the rule foreshadows a rosy fate for digital pricing transparency startups.

Microsoft’s tie-up with Truveta could help it plant deeper roots in healthcare: Big Tech companies have had a hard time penetrating healthcare due to a lack of trust, but exclusive access to Truveta’s database backed by 17 prominent health systems could change that for Microsoft.

National chain pharmacies are the most common place to fill prescriptions in the US, with 43% of the country’s adults purchasing prescription drugs there as of July 2021.

Google’s command as a go-to search engine should especially worry the likes of ZocDoc and Sesame.