Consumers’ digital health expectations still aren’t being met: A new survey reveals how healthcare consumers crave more personalized, timely digital health experiences—and actually delivering on these will be a major differentiator for digital health providers.

Healthcare consumers’ secret superpower: The online review. New data shows consumers rely on online reviews to make their healthcare decisions. We unpack what that means for digital health providers.

Health systems jump into the cloud to make digital healthcare more accessible: UC Davis Health partnered with AWS to roll out a digital health innovation center focused on health equity—we unpack why it matters and why more health systems may flock to AWS.

Digital health gets a new AI unicorn as health leaders bet on AI for clinical admin: Iodine Software just became the latest healthcare AI unicorn via a private equity investment—growth we expect to continue as provider orgs look to run a tighter ship with their finances.

That opened up new avenues for digital health companies to gain revenues. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the DEA waived the in-person evaluation requirement for a controlled substance prescription—including ADHD meds. But there’s no guarantee the government will extend this waiver once the public health emergency ends.

The end of the public health emergency could eliminate telehealth access for many socioeconomically disadvantaged Medicare patients.

Telehealth is here to stay. It’s time for providers, payers, and vendors to give consumers what they want and make telehealth services a competitive advantage—or risk being left behind.

As virtual care becomes more integrated with different digital health tools (like AI for predictive health analytics or remote patient monitoring), providers face the burden of having to learn how to use new tech and fit it into their workflows, on top of their existing admin burden. The big takeaway: Optum’s survey results echo our own telehealth survey results from the same time period.

Fellow digital health firms are also experiencing a slide away from the peak pandemic-era telehealth boom. For example, telehealth giant Amwell lowered its revenue outlook in Q3’21 and missed analyst expectations for quarterly revenues at the end of 2021.

The US leads health tech funding by leaps and bounds—here’s why: We unpack why US digital health funding dollars are around 8X higher than countries like the UK and China, and what it means for international digital health startups.

On today's episode, we discuss how wearable tech devices will shake up healthcare, which features will make health wearables a must-have, and how Amazon and Apple will continue to disrupt the industry. "In Other News," we talk about why digital pharmacies are getting in trouble and what we should make of telehealth companies slowing down. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Lisa Phillips and Rajiv Leventhal.

On today's episode, we discuss what healthcare will look like in the metaverse. For "In Other News," we talk about speaking to your doctor via an Amazon Echo device and the telehealth trends to watch for in 2022. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Lisa Phillips.

Samsung Medical Center is becoming certified under HIMSS’ global standard for digital health transformation—we unpack why this could help it capture more health system and hospital customers.

Remote patient monitoring + telehealth make a power duo

This report explains the rise of tech-focused SDOH initiatives among US health insurers and hospitals, unpacks how these entities’ heavier focus on SDOH has ushered in opportunities for digital health vendors and tech companies operating at the periphery of healthcare to help address nonclinical health gaps, and lays out the factors driving the prioritization of SDOH and inhibiting these efforts’ growth.