Monthly Update: HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock recaps some of August's top healthcare stories, including HIMSS21 and HIMSS21 Digital highlights, and an increasing number of vaccine mandates for healthcare and tech companies.
This week's top stories include Scripps Health suspending access to its IT applications due to a cyberattack, the HRSA telling six drugmakers they're in violation of the 340B statute and Google giving a sneak peek into its AI dermatology assistant.
Hospitals face long road to recovery; Becerra praises telehealth; Google launches EHR navigation too
This week's top stories include hospitals struggling to recover from COVID-19's devastating winter surge, HHS Secretary nominee Xavier Becerra signaling support for virtual care and Google rolling out EHR navigation tool Care Studio.
Plus: Amazon says Halo to the wearable space.
This week's top stories include hospitals scrambling to comply with the requirement to submit data to HHS, and Google and Apple's contact tracing app leaving the door open for tracking user locations.
MobiHealthNews sat down with Amy McDonough, senior vice president & general manager of Fitbit Health Solutions prior to the news that Google was set to acquire Fitbit.
According to Google's blog post announcing the acquisition, we can expect to see more "Made by Google" wearables alongside Fitbit devices running Wear OS.
Also: Clarigent Health, Children's Home of Cincinnati launch app pilot; Demo version of ambulatory care app released for free.
Google also announced that it is shutting down the Google Fit website on March 19.
Silver Lake led the round, which will be used for new partnerships, global business development, and potential acquisitions.