June 29, 2020 | Advisory Board On the Radio Advisory podcast, host Rachel Woods spoke with Tom Cassels and Megan Zweig from Rock Health, the first venture fund dedicated to digital health, about how the digital health sphere has changed in response to Covid-19 and what that change means for patients, especially those in underserved populations. Rae Woods: [...]
By Juliet Silver | Jun 29, 2020 | bizjournals.com Health care providers and payors remain immersed in the pandemic. Deaths and hospital admissions hover well above normal levels, requiring emergency response measures to manage and care for thousands of patients. Health care organizations, understandably, are in a reactive stance. In addition to grappling with the [...]
Sera Whitelaw, BSc Prof Mamas A Mamas, DPhil Prof Eric Topol, MD Harriette G C Van Spall, MD Open Access Published:June 29, 2020 | TheLancet.com Summary With high transmissibility and no effective vaccine or therapy, COVID-19 is now a global pandemic. Government-coordinated efforts across the globe have focused on containment and mitigation, with varying degrees [...]
The company's platform helped doctors jumping in to help crowded ICUs get guidance from specialists in Maryland and North Carolina. It's a look at how telemedicine can increase access. By Stephen Babcock | technical.ly | June 29, 2020 As COVID-19 spread rapidly in New York during the pandemic, hospitals’ intensive care units in New York were met [...]
PUBLISHED SAT, JUN 27 202010:30 AM EDT | Christina Farr | cnbc.com KEY POINTS Digital health has been widely heralded by investors as a sector that will take off during the pandemic. Venture capitalists poured $3.1 billion into the sector during first quarter 2020, according to Rock Health. Increasingly, people are seeking care virtually rather [...]
By Richard Durant | Jun. 12, 2020 4:44 AM ET | SeekingAlpha.com Summary Livongo's growing member base can be used as a platform for a broad range of health services in the future. The high return on investment for clients is likely to drive widespread adoption, particularly as these types of services gain increased acceptance. [...]
