Telehealth

The companies will utilize each other's offerings to expand their respective members' access to behavioral health and menopause-related care.

Dr. Nele Jessel, chief medical officer at Athenahealth, discusses how bringing behavioral health tools, such as telehealth, into the primary care setting can improve access to services and reduce the stigma around mental health conditions.  

Foley & Lardner's Nathaniel Lacktman and Louis Lehot discuss which categories of digital health hold the most potential for M&As and why in this contributed piece.

The telehealth company is also betting on secondary care.

The partnership will give St. Luke's Health System employees access to TytoCare's Home Smart Clinic and its plan members access to virtual visits with a $0 copay.

Dr. Patrick Carroll, chief medical officer at Hims & Hers, describes the company's EMR and how its datasets power MedMatch, its new AI offering for mental health providers.

The acquisition brings UpLift's offerings to Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and California, helping to speed up its ability to expand nationally. 

The device developed by Hong Kong researchers is said to be 40% more effective for rehabilitation of ankle-foot following a stroke than applying external mechanical forces alone.

The retail giant and the Massachusetts-based healthcare system will develop custom tools to support the provider's Healthcare at Home offerings and devise new tech.

Clinical instructor at Georgia State University's health informatics program Marci Bennafield tells how mobile devices help researchers gauge health inequities and how customizing innovation can help address barriers to access to care.