Rapid expansion of telehealth solutions throughout the pandemic now finds major players battling market and competitive headwinds as the space sorts itself out. Factors impacting (and impeding) telehealth providers were on display in Teladoc’s first-quarter 2022 results released Wednesday (April 27), showing a fast-growing sector...
Healthcare automation startup Syllable raised $40 million in a Series C funding round to boost patient experience with intelligent voice solutions for health system call centers and healthcare offices. Funding was led by growth equity firm TCV with participation from existing investors Oak HC/FT, Section32,...
Ironically resistant to change for an industry based on high-level innovation, healthcare is being forced into more efficient models out of changing patient, physician and payer needs. Making this monolithic industry behave like a shopping or mobile banking app is the dream of healthcare consumerization,...
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is getting ready to launch its consumer health spinoff with Pfizer this summer, the company said in its first-quarter earnings report Wednesday (April 27). The company first announced plans for the division — now dubbed “Haleon” — last year. The drugmaker’s consumer unit...
The American Psychiatric Association (ASA) found in a year-end 2021 study that “one in four Americans (26%) or more than 67 million adults” plan on improving their mental health in 2022. Easier said than done after what we’ve been through as a people and a...
Venture capital is flowing into voice solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for the healthcare space as patients/consumers get more of a say in their care, from appointment scheduling to new modes of care delivery and digital health experience. News site Fierce Healthcare reported that...
Wellster Healthtech Group has announced the launch of MySummer, which it says is Germany’s first fully integrated FemTech platform, according to a Tuesday (April 26) press release. MySummer includes discreet access to information, medical experts and treatment options on numerous women’s health topics, including contraception...
iVitaFi, the patient financing company, has released an updated digital payment platform for hospitals and clinics, the Atlanta-based company announced Monday (April 25). The iVitaFi MyPlan network promises to help healthcare providers interact with clients using patient-focused communication channels and payment networks to increase patient...
Subscriptions offer affordable ways to access valuable experiences on an ongoing basis that benefit customer and provider, so why not add healthcare to that mix? It already is, although web searches for “subscription healthcare” are confusing. The term for subscription health plans is “direct primary...
