Amazon will launch a prescription discount card in collaboration with various Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans. We detail what it means for Rx discount players.

New data shows millennials and Gen Zers seek health advice online (including on social media)—a trend that already has some physicians turning to TikTok to build patient trust and connection.

Plus, companies like Bayer have already poured investment dollars into digital health startups over the past year: In June 2021, Bayer led symptom-checker app Ada Health’s $90 million funding round. Bayer also has a Digital Health Partnership program it leverages to fund young companies’ expansion, which means it’s likely on the hunt for new digital health investments.

FAIR Health’s latest survey reveals how costs are a major driver of healthcare decision-making among older consumers. We unpack how digital solutions can bring pricing transparency to consumers’ healthcare financial experience and boost engagement.

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Hybrid care models can help health plans and providers get through the growing pains of digital health transformation—particularly as telehealth finds a permanent home in healthcare. 40% of telehealth users preferred telehealth over in-person care compared with 27% of all respondents, per Morning Consult.

Zooming out: The Vera-Castlight Health merger is likely a sign that the digital health IPO boom is slowing down. Instead, companies like it could increase consolidation this year to remain attractive to clients. For context, in 2014, Castlight Health was one of the first digital health companies to take the public leap.

AT&T’s IoT network spans all 50 states and it has already dipped its toes in the digital health space. For example, in December 2021, it partnered with Samsung and digital health firm Qure4u to provide RPM for patients with high blood pressure. AT&T connected Qure4u’s devices to its high-speed broadband network and handled the set-up, delivery, and management of the RPM devices.

In May 2021, R1 scooped up digital health payments platform VisitPay for $300 million. This deal gave R1 a platform that streamlines the healthcare financial experience for consumers and access to major health system partners (like Intermountain and Geisinger) that already use it.

The data: Health systems are prioritizing digital health technologies focused on patient access, AI, and telehealth, per a recent December 2021 KLAS and Center for Connected Medicine survey. 36% of health execs think patient access has the greatest potential to be improved with digital health tech and innovation. 38% think AI is the most exciting emerging technology in the next two years (that includes

What’s next for digital health? Experian Health’s latest survey unveiled patient and provider attitudes toward digital health and how they changed from 2020 to 2021—we unpack how the survey’s highlighted demand for online-scheduling tools reveals future opportunities for digital health vendors.

We don’t expect Dollar General to make a splashy healthcare entrance any time soon: In its Q2 earnings call, Dollar General’s CEO unveiled more details on its healthcare plans. We explore how far away it is from actualizing these plans, and the hot opportunity they will eventually present for digital health companies.