Artificial Intelligence February 27, 2025
AI Enthusiasm Heats Up With Doctors February 27, 2025
The unstoppable march of AI only seems to be gaining momentum, with an American Medical Association survey noting greater enthusiasm – and less apprehension – among physicians. The AMA’s Augmented Intelligence Research survey of 1,183 physicians found that those whose enthusiasm outweighs their concerns with health AI rose to 35% in 2024, up from 30% […]
Startups February 24, 2025
Abridge Lands $250M and Debuts Contextual Reasoning Engine February 24, 2025
One of the top stories to come out of last week’s ViVE conference was Abridge closing $250M in Series D funding, yet that somehow wasn’t even the biggest news in the announcement. On top of raising a nine-figure round at a $2.5B valuation, Abridge hit the 100 health system milestone after adding to a string […]
Digital Health February 20, 2025
ViVE 2025 Recap and Major Announcements February 20, 2025
Hot chicken, cold weather, and artificial intelligence – ViVE Nashville had it all. Over 10,000 attendees made the trip to Music City, making the event roughly a third larger than the last time it was in town in 2023. About a hundred of those attendees even stuck around for the last day, risking the snow […]
Digital Health February 13, 2025
Health Tech’s Defining Decade February 13, 2025
We’re using today’s top story to circle back on Define Venture’s report on “Health Tech’s Defining Decade,” which included too many highlights to squeeze into last week’s update. The analysis dives into the performance of venture-backed health tech startups that went on to go public, with a sprinkle of survivorship bias given that it doesn’t […]
Telehealth February 10, 2025
Hybrid Care: Interest Outstrips Infrastructure February 10, 2025
Provider organizations are hungry for more hybrid care, but new research in NEJM Catalyst highlights a notable gap between their interest and infrastructure. A survey of the NEJM Catalyst Insights Council – made up of clinical leaders and executives from care delivery orgs across the globe – showed that a majority of the 730 respondents […]
Telehealth February 6, 2025
Teladoc Aims to Catapult Over Obstacles With Acquisition February 6, 2025
Teladoc is looking to catapult over some of its recent obstacles with its first acquisition under CEO Chuck Divita, picking up Catapult Health for a lofty $65M. The closing price is over three times what Teladoc shelled out for BetterHelp in 2015, which could be justified if Catapult’s at-home testing synergies pan out as intended. […]
Value-Based Care February 3, 2025
NeuroFlow Acquires Quartet as Behavioral Health Consolidation Heats Up February 3, 2025
It turns out that Quartet offloading its psychiatry business last week was only half of the story, and NeuroFlow will be writing the next chapter after acquiring the rest of the value-based behavioral care enabler. Quartet works with health plans, health systems, and community centers to connect patients with behavioral care needs directly to high-quality […]
Startups January 30, 2025
Eleos Series C Brings AI to Behavioral Healthcare January 30, 2025
There’s riches in niches, and “the most widely deployed behavioral health AI solution on the market” just landed another $60M with Eleos Health’s Series C fundraise. Eleos’ clinical documentation solution looks a lot like other ambient AI tech on the surface: The ambient AI arena is packed with companies catering to the broad needs of […]
Digital Health January 27, 2025
HIPAA Gets First Major Update in Over a Decade January 27, 2025
It might have taken the biggest data breach in healthcare history to make it happen, but HHS finally announced the first major changes to HIPAA in over a decade. Big changes need big titles, and the HIPAA Security Rule Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Electronic Protected Health Information packs 393 pages of […]
Digital Health January 23, 2025
Rock Health 2024 Overview: David vs Goliath January 23, 2025
If last year’s digital health market felt like David vs. Goliath, Rock Health’s full-year funding recap has you covered with the reason why. Here’s 2024 by the numbers: There’s a tale of two trends unfolding between the early-stage startups and late-stage incumbents battling for market share, and neither side is helping out the funding total. […]
Startups January 16, 2025
Innovaccer Dives Into AI With Series F Raise January 16, 2025
We’re barely halfway through the first month of 2025, and Innovaccer already raked in what could end up being the biggest raise of the year with its $275M Series F funding round. Innovaccer got its start in 2014 with the goal of breaking down healthcare’s data siloes and using that connected fabric of information to […]
Artificial Intelligence January 13, 2025
First Snapshot of AI Oversight at U.S. Hospitals January 13, 2025
A beautiful paper in Health Affairs brought us the first snapshot of AI oversight at U.S. hospitals, as well as a glimpse of the blindspots that are already adding up. Data from 2,425 hospitals that participated in the 2023 AHA Annual Survey shed light on the differences in AI adoption and evaluation capacity at hospitals […]
Startups January 9, 2025
Transcarent Builds Benefits Behemoth With Accolade Acquisition January 9, 2025
It’s already shaping up to be a huge year for digital health M&A, and the headlining announcement from our action-packed first week was Transcarent’s acquisition of publicly traded benefits rival Accolade. The $621M price tag is undeniably a big move for Transcarent, which launched in 2020 to make it easier for employees to access all […]
Digital Health January 6, 2025
Crystal Ball Compilation: Digital Health in 2025 January 6, 2025
Welcome back to the first Digital Health Wire of 2025! The healthcare news cycle might never sleep, but we hope our readers are heading into the new year well rested and ready for big things to come. The past few weeks have had plenty of fortune tellers predicting what those big things will be, so […]
Artificial Intelligence December 19, 2024
House Task Force AI Policy Recommendations December 19, 2024
The House Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence closed out the year with a bang, launching 273-pages of AI policy fireworks. The report includes recommendations to “advance America’s leadership in AI innovation” across multiple industries, and the healthcare section definitely packed a punch. The task force started by highlighting AI’s potential across a long list […]
Startups December 16, 2024
Redesign Raises $175M Venture Building Fund December 16, 2024
Launching a healthcare company is hard. Launching dozens of them is even harder, but that’s exactly what Redesign Health plans to do after raising $175M for its largest fund to-date. Redesign isn’t a venture capital firm, although it’s funded more digital health startups than most VCs. It’s not an accelerator, yet it’s launched more companies […]
Digital Health December 12, 2024
Rock Health’s Innovation Maturity Curve Heading Into 2025 December 12, 2024
Rock Health is wrapping up the year in style by updating its Innovation Maturity Curve with the hottest trends of 2024, and sharing its predictions for what lies ahead. The curve uses three major data categories to plot digital health innovations: Here’s how 2023’s biggest trends progressed over the course of the year: AI in […]
Startups December 9, 2024
Soda Health Cracks Open $50M of Funding December 9, 2024
Soda Health is cracking open $50M of Series B funding to shake up supplemental benefits. Medicare Advantage plans deliver $131B/year in benefit funds for transportation, fitness, and grocery programs – yet the impact often falls flat due to an outdated tech infrastructure that makes it difficult for members to take advantage of their benefits. Soda’s […]
Digital Health December 5, 2024
CB Insights 2024 Digital Health 50 December 5, 2024
CB Insights unveiled its annual Digital Health 50 rankings of the most promising private digital health startups, and this year’s list certainly included many of the industry’s brightest stars. Here’s the methodology / our disclaimer: The final cut was selected from a pool of 10k+ applicants based on “proprietary metrics” – Commercial Maturity and Mosaic […]
