Digital mental health company Headspace announced its new virtual reality app Headspace XR, which utilizes mixed reality and virtual reality to help users strengthen their mind-body connection through movement and breathwork.
The app, available on Meta Quest, includes mood-boosting games, one-on-one guided meditations and other techniques.
Headspace said in a statement it aims to reach a...
Following COVID-19, Accenture and a team of companies crafted solutions to help Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) ensure long-term preparedness to address future public health challenges.
Rachel Oldham, manager at Accenture, will discuss what the team has been working on to address DCHHS's needs in a session at HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition in Orlando next week entitled "...
It has become increasingly necessary for healthcare executives to monitor the pharmaceutical supply chain, primarily as overdose deaths related to counterfeit pill use more than doubled from July-Sept. 2019 to Oct.-Dec. 2021, according to the CDC.
The FDA sought to address the issue by enacting the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), which went into effect in November. Still, healthcare...
Tech company Salesforce announced it is launching a new healthcare AI assistant, Einstein Copilot, which delivers responses based on a healthcare organization’s private data.
The AI assistant will trigger workflows that send referrals, book appointments and other administrative tasks.
Salesforce also announced the release of Assessment Generation and Data Cloud for Health, which allows...
BrainCheck, a digital health company specializing in cognitive assessments, announced it secured $15 million in funding.
The investment was led by seed-stage investor Next Coast Ventures, venture capital firm S3 Ventures and UPMC Enterprises.
Additionally, the company announced an expansion of its board of directors, with Nicholas Shapiro, vice president of UPMC Enterprises, joining the...
Tech-enabled food delivery company FarmboxRx announced it is launching a Maternal Health Program to provide access to food and nutrition education to at-risk pregnant women during and after pregnancy.
The program can be curated for specific populations. It will promote health literacy, focusing on newborn and child immunizations, postpartum mental healthcare, prenatal and postpartum care, vision...
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers Health reported a total of $246.6 million in revenue for Q4 compared to $167.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and total year-over-year revenue in 2023 of $872.0 million compared to $526.9 million for 2022.
The San Francisco-based company reported a net income for the fourth quarter of $1.2 million compared to a net loss of $10.9...
Last week, Walgreens announced its tech-enabled value-based care provider VillageMD would close clinics in Florida in a bid to increase profitability, and earlier this week confirmed to Becker's it would close all its Illinois clinics in April.
Chief medical officer at Walgreens, Dr. Sashi Moodley, sat down with MobiHealthNews at ViVE24 to discuss the current state of Walgreens work in...
Ohio-based Redi Health, a tech-enabled health management platform for patients and healthcare providers, announced it closed a $14 million Series B funding round led by Blue Heron Capital.
North Coast Ventures participated in the round alongside existing investors Mutual Capital Partners, Rev1 Ventures, M25 and Refinery Ventures.
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Redi Health offers a patient-facing mobile app and...
Waltz Health, a digital search engine for prescription pricing and reimbursement, announced its move into the Medicare market.
The Chicago-based company will provide health plans supporting Medicare beneficiaries in accessing lower prescription drug prices via its Marketplace Search technology, an AI-enabled search engine that health organizations can give their consumers that utilizes data from...
