Health

Is healthcare the next industry primed for fintech disruption? Health tech company TailorMed is acquiring competitor Vivor, which have both been using tech to reduce financial barriers to healthcare—a growing trend in digital health. 

Health systems jump into the cloud to make digital healthcare more accessible: UC Davis Health partnered with AWS to roll out a digital health innovation center focused on health equity—we unpack why it matters and why more health systems may flock to AWS.

Digital health’s triple threat: AI, remote monitoring, and telehealth:Companies like Adjuvare that offer these three digital health technologies can use them to secure health system partners looking to overcome their interoperability woes.

Digital health solutions are advancing at pace with med tech innovations: Tech giants like Samsung and GE Healthcare revealed their latest innovations at the ongoing annual Radiological Society of North America conference—here’s why digital health stakeholders should keep an eye out for potential partners there.

Digital mental health benefits will be a staple in employer benefits by next year: New Evernorth data shows prompt access to mental healthcare can reduce the total cost of care for a patient—yet another reason employers are more likely to make telemental health offerings a need-to-have.

Surprise medical bills come at a hefty cost, but new legislation could change that: New federal data reveals the burden of surprise medical bills —but a soon-to-be enforced No Surprises Act and digital medical billing startups could shrink that burden.

We unpack how companies like it are growing fast, along with the musculoskeletal care market, making them good targets for telehealth firms.

Noticing gaps in accessibility, SmileDirectClub went to market to offer affordable, wide scale orthodontic care in the US before going global. Watch Industry Voices: Spotlight on D2C with SmileDirectClub CMO John Sheldon to hear how the brand’s goals were achieved by focusing on customer relationship management and a retention strategy rooted in telehealth.

CVS plans to close 900 stores in three years in response to changing shopping habits: As more shoppers go digital, CVS is transforming its approach to brick-and-mortar retail to focus on personal health.

Private equity firms sink their teeth deeper into digital health: EHR vendor athenahealth is being acquired for $17B by two large PE firms—we unpack what private equity firms’ growing role in digital health means for the state of US healthcare.

CVS revealed a $1B plan to close 900 retail stores and add primary care services to the remaining—we unpack why consumers are flocking to retail health and what CVS and Walgreens are doing to gain their trust.