Tag Archives: Digital

Carrot’s digital smoking cessation program raises $25M

Carrot, the Redwood City, California-based maker of a smoking cessation app and its paired, FDA-cleared breathalyzer device, announced this week that it has raised $ 25 million in new funding. The investment was led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JJDC), with participation from New York Life Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, R7 Partners and Dr.… Read More »

AMA issues ‘playbook’ for physicians to implement digital health

The nation’s largest physician organization has developed a playbook to help doctors implement digital health technologies. The American Medical Association says the initiative is crucial for its membership because the use of emerging technologies will be a force in transforming healthcare. “Digital tools that enable new methods and modalities to improve healthcare, enable lifestyle change… Read More »

17 digital health mergers and acquisitions from Q3 2018

The third quarter of 2018 was a surprisingly good one for mergers and acquisitions. MobiHealthNews tracked 17 deals, from Best Buy’s monster acquisition of GreatCall, to positive exits for Boston area startups Herald Health and Circulation, to WebMD’s snapping up consumer healthcare reviews site Vitals. The majority of the deals seem to represent the kind… Read More »

Why digital pathology is gathering momentum

Pathology has long been targeted as an area ripe for digitalization and is commonly discussed as the next big opportunity in clinical IT. However, if you cut through the hype and explosive growth predictions, a different story is evident. Adoption to date has been slow, regionalized and challenging, forcing some high-profile health technology vendors to… Read More »