By Kristi O'Connor | May 27, 2020 at 5:22 PM EDT - Updated May 27 at 8:47 PM | WBTV.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Novant Health will soon deliver personal protective equipment to its hospitals by drone. The venture marks the first emergency drone logistics operation by a hospital for its pandemic response in the [...]
By Frank Vinluan | May 26th, 2020 | xconomy.com Clinicians and regulators are rethinking how healthcare is provided amid precautions prompted by COVID-19. In-person physician visits don’t fit within the physical distancing guidelines that are now the new normal. New technology presents alternatives. As a digital therapeutics startup, Akili Interactive finds itself thrust in the [...]
Laura Dyrda | Friday, May 22nd, 2020 | Becker's Hospital Review Digital health companies and startups have been on a hiring spree during the pandemic as other sectors, including hospitals, have cut jobs or furloughed employees. More than 260 hospitals have furloughed thousands of staff members in the last three months, largely due to revenue lost from [...]
by Abbey Slattery — May 18, 2020 | WRAL Techwire Imagine: instead of the traditional healthcare model — scheduling appointments, spending hours in waiting rooms and receiving typically standardized support — picture a user experience like that of Netflix or Uber — personalized to your needs, on-demand calling and resources, and an all-encompassing focus on [...]
Dave Pearson | May 18, 2020 | Ai in Healthcare The global COVID-19 crisis presents the field of digital health with an opening to help attune healthcare as a whole to the needs of individuals, communities and populations. AI, blockchain and the internet of things are among the digital tributaries poised to feed the flow of [...]
Mary Ann Azevedo | May 18, 2020 | Crunchbase News When Julia Cheek founded Austin-based Everlywell in 2015, it was with the goal of putting an end to the traditional lab experience and making it something that is “useful, convenient and affordable.” Fast-forward five years and now the company is dealing with something it never could have anticipated. It’s gone [...]
