Digital Health

In the age of digital retail and travel, users are expecting more from digital health apps, says Renato Lopez, chief creative officer at Very Big Things.

Qure4u founder Dr. Monica Bolbjerg shares best practices and real-world examples of scaling digital health technologies.

This week's top stories include Amazon expanding its Amazon Care telehealth services, Doctor on Demand and Grand Rounds forming a virtual healthcare company, and the Biden administration releasing $12 billion for COVID-19 testing and treatments.

Security must be "fundamentally and foundationally embedded" into a digital transformation, and not just bolted on, says Troy Ament, field CISO of healthcare/pharma at Fortinet.

Dr. Uché Blackstock, founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, weighs in on strategies to work toward true equity in healthcare.

The pandemic has created the need for more integrated digital tools, says Xealth CEO Mike McSherry.

This week's top stories include the ways CEOs and CFOs are weathering the pandemic, 43 states implementing some form of state telehealth commercial payer law, and Fitbit adding blood glucose tracking to its LifeScan OneTouch Reveal app.

The elderly can use digital tools to live longer while staying at home. Technology can help providers with the effort, according Dr. Ben Maruthappu, CEO of Cera.

Telehealth visits will even out, IPOs will continue and venture eyes will remain on digital health in 2021, predicts athenahealth SVP and Chief Product Officer Paul Brient.

Best Buy Health Vice President Sarah Jones makes predictions about what to expect with telehealth, senior care and the regulatory space in 2021.