Since the beginning of the pandemic, efforts have been underway to advance digital identification systems, including mobile driver’s licenses and vaccine passports. In 2020, the World Economic Forum (WEF) rolled out plans for its COVIDPass, which required users to have their blood screened at an approved COVIDPass laboratory.1 They would then be issued a QR… Read More »
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic motivated health care providers, payers, and patients to adopt digital tools and contact-less services, allowing people to deliver and receive medical care. Still, 18 months into the pandemic, now endemic and in its fourth wave of cases spiking around the world and in many parts of the… Read More »
In the Age of COVID, over 90,000 new health apps were released, as the supply of digital therapeutics and wearables grew in 2020. Evidence supporting the use of digital health tools if growing, tracked in Digital Health Trends 2021: Innovation, Evidence, Regulation, and Adoption from IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. IQVIA has been closely… Read More »
Health advocacy groups congratulated new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on his confirmation Thursday afternoon, urging him to use the position to advance digital health initiatives and continue responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate confirmed Becerra, who will become the first Latino person to hold the cabinet position, in… Read More »
Digital health funding in the third quarter has already usurped a record-setting second quarter this year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spur investor interest in the space, analysts say. Digital health companies raised about $ 5.8 billion in the second quarter, up about 22% from the first. But funding has already reached roughly $… Read More »
Dive Brief: The most promising digital health startups this year raised more than $ 20 billion in total funding across over 600 deals from more than 900 investors, according to CB Insights annual rankings released Thursday. Sixty-two startups, or 41% of the list, sell remote telehealth services, including platforms such as Doctor on Demand, Heartbeat… Read More »
Health Tech Jul 20, 2020• Matthew Holt and Jessica DaMassa gave a talk at the “Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech Conference” on June 17, 2020. They spoke about how technology is evolving the mental health space, along with their thoughts on where the future of the industry is headed. Jess & Matthew first start off… Read More »