Emily Olsen

A healthcare provider giving an older woman a vaccine.
By  Emily Olsen 01:49 pm August 6, 2021
Nothing brings healthcare stakeholders together like a pandemic – from a speedy vaccine rollout to setting up telehealth platforms within weeks, providers, payers and the pharmaceutical industry had to work together to weather the changes brought on by COVID-19. So what’s next for these healthcare industry partnerships when the pandemic is over? In the HIMSS21 Digital panel, What's Next: Payer-...
Yelp office
By  Emily Olsen 01:39 pm August 5, 2021
Yelp will allow businesses to display information on their profiles about COVID-19 vaccination requirements and whether staff are vaccinated.  The review website and app announced Thursday that businesses can post whether customers must show proof of vaccination and whether staff are fully vaccinated. Users will also be able to filter businesses based on those vaccination policies. Yelp will help...
Kenshō Health homepage
By  Emily Olsen 11:53 am August 5, 2021
Morgan Health, JP Morgan Chase’s new healthcare business, is investing $50 million in Vera Whole Health, a company that aims to provide coordinated primary care. “Our goal with this first investment is to build a strong coordinated healthcare model – with outstanding primary care and new ways to help employees navigate a healthcare system that is often very disconnected,” said Dan Mendelson, CEO...
A young woman holding a baby.
By  Emily Olsen 04:58 pm August 4, 2021
Humanity launched an iPhone app in the U.K. that claims to slow aging by tracking movement, nutrition, mental health and sleep data, and using that information to provide recommendations on reducing biological age. According to TechCrunch, an Android version of the app is in progress, and the app will launch worldwide in early September.  “It's been an incredible journey for us, as we start to...
 A close-up image of a person using a digital health app on a smartphone.
By  Emily Olsen 01:53 pm August 4, 2021
The number of consumer digital health apps ballooned last year, with more than 90,000 new ones introduced in 2020, according to a new report by the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science on digital health trends. The report found there are now more than 350,000 digital health apps available to consumers. While many are geared toward general wellness or fitness, and some are middling in quality,...
Microsoft logo
By  Emily Olsen 10:52 am August 4, 2021
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare is expanding its portfolio of data services for the healthcare and life sciences industries. Azure Healthcare APIs, formerly named the Azure API for FHIR, allows users to input health data and map it to the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR), allowing the information to be easily searched and shared or managed with machine learning and artificial...
Patient at home
By  Emily Olsen 02:58 pm August 3, 2021
CareVention HealthCare, a division of Tabula Rasa HealthCare, launched a remote patient monitoring service that uses biosensors and artificial intelligence to monitor patients’ vital signs and alert health care providers if necessary. Patients will receive a monitoring device and biosensors, like thermometers, oximeters and blood pressure machines, when they sign up for the service. CareVention...
Heart health
By  Emily Olsen 11:41 am August 3, 2021
Abbott landed FDA clearance for its imaging software, which employs artificial intelligence to give doctors a clearer look at blood flow and blockages in heart vessels. The Ultreon 1.0 Software pairs optical coherence tomography with AI to help physicians make decisions about next steps for treatment. "As cardiologists continue to adopt OCT and move away from traditional imaging methods such as...
opioid epidemic
By  Emily Olsen 05:44 pm August 2, 2021
Pear Therapeutics' reSET-O, a prescription app for treating opioid use disorder, may lower patients’ health care costs, compared with patients who don’t use the app, according to a study published in the journal Hospital Practice. “Engagement and continued treatment with reSET-O in patients with OUD treated with buprenorphine is associated with substantial real-world reductions in medical costs...