COVID-19

Megan Callahan, VP of healthcare at Lyft, details how the ridesharing company responded to new demands as a result of COVID-19.

This week's top stories include a House bill that would protect virtual care access beyond the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, and DarioHealth acquiring Upright to add new capabilities to its condition management and behavior change platform.

Professor Claudia Pagliari, director of global eHealth at the University of Edinburgh, says sharing data with local public health authorities will improve management of public health crises while also reducing health inequalities.

Dr. Rich Parker, chief medical officer at Arcadia, says the company sends over 1 million text messages in a frictionless outreach to close gaps in care.

Deep Dive: COVID-19 will remain a challenge in 2021, but the vaccines raise hope that progress is being made in the battle with the coronavirus and countries are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.

This week's top stories include Biden appointing Jeffrey Zients as head of the White House's COVID-19 response team and Micky Tripathi as head of National Coordinator for Health IT, while YouTube taps Dr. Graham to lead its health partnerships team.

Telehealth jumped ahead generations in 2020, says Amwell CEO Roy Schoenberg, who shares what he is excited about for 2021.

This week's top stories include fertility app maker Flo Health settling with the FTC over data sharing allegations, states moving forward with second doses of the COVID-10 vaccine and the creation of the Vaccine Credential Initiative.

Lina Shadid, health industries lead at PwC Middle East, says the investment in healthcare over the past 10 years prepared the Middle East to meet patient needs and leverage its digital transformation to help fight COVID-19.

This week's top stories include Optum and Change creating a healthcare powerhouse, Haven shutting down its operations, and patient engagement tools playing a key role in streamlining the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.