Patient Access

To reach the goal of universal healthcare by 2030, Kirsten Mathieson, policy lead at Transform Health, points to the central recommendations from the report "Closing the digital divide: More and better funding for the digital transformation of health."

Click Therapeutics received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for a prescription digital therapeutic for episodic migraine, and Superior HealthPlan announced a home care partnership with MedArrive and Brave Health.

Sanjula Jain, senior vice president of market strategy and chief research officer at Trilliant Health, discusses the future of virtual care and how emerging retail players will affect the industry.

It is offering free two-week access to the FibriCheck feature on its app for the first 100,000 users.   

The funds will be used to add additional brick-and-mortar locations, recruit new healthcare providers and expand its technology platform.

Hospitals are filling the need for psychiatrists and behavioral health services with virtual care, as Dr. Tom Milam, chief medical officer at Iris Telehealth, explains.

Tribal communities' health is impeded by dual problems: insufficient government funds and a lack of interoperability, which cause a deficiency of healthcare IT solutions, says Tyler LaPlaunt, assistant director at Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions.

Medical waste-management firm Stericycle sold the business to Carenet for approximately $45 million in cash.

According to the Israeli news site Calcalist, Amwell is in talks to purchase Talkspace for around $1.50 per share.

New research finds using a smartphone app more than doubles detection and treatment rates in older people