digital-health

Background: Digital health interventions (DHIs), including telemedicine and AI-enabled health tools, are increasingly integrated into health care systems worldwide. While these technologies have the potential to improve access and efficiency, unequal access to resources and health capabilities may create disparities in their use. Evidence remains limited on how social and structural determinants …

Dr. Jeffrey Keller, Hibernia National Bank/Edward G. Schleider Endowed Chair at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center, and Sara Seifert, president of Minnesota HealthSolutions, have received a new National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to develop an innovative digital health platform that will help parents support teenagers with attention-deficit/hyper…

Most hospitals and health care providers use electronic health records instead of paper charts to note patient vaccinations, diagnoses, and procedures. AthenaOne , Epic , and Oracle Health are some of the systems employed around the world. Many patients can access their electronic medical records from home. The platforms exist thanks to pioneering efforts such as the Medical Information System (M…

Last week, Nivi and MSD announced a global collaboration to expand HPV disease awareness and cervical cancer prevention beginning in India, Indonesia, and Thailand, delivered through Nivi’s goal-oriented, AI-routing chat platform. The arrangement may look like a traditional development-sector initiative. The product, our askNivi chat platform, is free on WhatsApp and other popular messaging chann…

Most digital health implementers I know can recite these headline statistics in their sleep. A projected global shortfall of 10 million health workers by 2030. An estimated 8.6 million deaths a year in 137 LMICs from inadequate access to quality care The pitch decks practically write themselves: AI is the force multiplier that saves global […] The post 5 Questions to Ask of Every Digital Health A…

Digital Health Interventions and Patient Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study Home Academy Original Research Article Digital Health Interventions and Patient Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study No results See […] The post Digital Health Interventions and Patient Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study appeared first on Pubrica .

Value in Health announced the publication of a special themed section of research papers that advances evidence and methods for evaluating the real-world value of digital health technologies. Guest editors for the themed section are Axel Muhlbacher, Hochschule Neubrandenburg (Germany); Volker Amelung, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (Germany); and Katarzyna Kolasa, Kozminski University (Poland).…

BackgroundMental health difficulties are highly prevalent worldwide. Digital mental health tools (DMHTs) have been developed to increase accessibility to mental healthcare for people who may struggle to access care due to cost, location or stigma. As the views of stakeholders are important in understanding the potential barriers to and facilitators of DMHT implementation, the aims of this review …

BackgroundDigital cognitive–behavioural therapy (dCBT) has been shown to be effective for anxiety and depression, yet sustaining engagement remains a key challenge that limits real-world impact. Gamification and extended reality (XR) elements may support motivation and skill transfer, but few interventions integrate these features within a clinician-compatible, clinically grounded framework. My C…

When Mike McSherry set out to build a digital health startup, the veteran entrepreneur wanted to create a company that… Read More

AI startups attracted most of the new digital health money in the first half of 2025, as investors focus on scaling proven technologies.

Samsung Electronics is acquiring Seattle-based digital health startup Xealth, aiming to expand its footprint in healthcare. Founded in 2017 as… Read More

While the biopharma market continues to struggle financially, companies focused on digital health and AI are gaining traction with funders.

Simon Trinh is a 4th year medical student at the Keck School of Medicine and is currently working at ICT as a Body Computing Fellow, USC Center for Body Computing. In this essay he demonstrates a deep interest in digital health research and in finding ways to use technology to improve healthcare access as he […]

BMJ Group is pleased to be part of RADIANT, a newly established Centre of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) for Transformative Digital Health and AI. Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), RADIANT will tackle regulatory challenges in digital health, ensuring AI-driven healthcare innovations are safe, trusted, and sustainable. Led by Brunel University ...

Vol 26/2, 2024, pp. 45-60  PDF Digital Health and Rights Project Consortium Abstract In her 2023 report to the United Nations Human Rights Council on digital innovation, technology, and the right to health, the Special Rapporteur on…

Harnessing optimized AI models for healthcare is easier than ever as NVIDIA NIM, a collection of cloud-native microservices, integrates with Amazon Web Services. NIM, part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform available on AWS Marketplace, enables developers to access a growing library of AI models through industry-standard application programming interfaces, or APIs. The library […]

Findings from two clinical trials show a digital health mobile app helps improve outcomes and manage the conditions for people with depression and asthma.

A digital health company with an app for monitoring maternal health is receiving nearly $1 million to add an algorithm for detecting a dangerous pregnancy complication.