SEATTLE, Washington—Medbridge, a digital health platform for clinician education, care delivery and patient engagement, launched its new Pediatric Clinical Skills curriculum. Built for home health, hospice and private duty organizations, Medbridge said its new program is among the first to combine specialized pediatric education, competency validation and point-of-care clinical support in one platform.
PORT WASHINGTON, New York—Drive Medical, a manufacturer of durable medical equipment and accessibility solutions, launched Unbound IQ by Drive, its new brand of digital health and tech-enabled solutions. The company said Unbound IQ helps providers support patients with clinically informed technology and data-driven insights that support earlier, more proactive care decisions.
WASHINGTON—False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for 2025 exceeded $6.8 billion, according to a recent report. The Barnes & Thornburg 2025 Healthcare Enforcement and Compliance Annual Report highlighted that the recoveries, which are funds returned to the United States government through lawsuits—mostly whistleblower-initiated qui tam actions—against individuals or companies defrauding federal programs, was the highest in a single year in the history of the FCA.
WASHINGTON—Medtech association AdvaMed announced Robery Cohen will be the next chair of its Digital Health Tech board of directors. Cohen is the vice president of innovation and technology of the orthopaedic group at Stryker.He succeeds Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, global chief science and technology officer at GE HealthCare, who served as the inaugural chair of the board overseeing the then-newly created division.
Cohen will serve a two-year term beginning this month.
LOS ANGELES—Cairns Health, a provider of digital health solutions for seniors and individuals with chronic conditions, has announced it won the Rising Star Award in the Home Health Diagnostic & Monitoring category at the 2025 Digital Health Hub Awards, hosted by The Digital Health Hub Foundation as part of the HLTH global health care conference in Las Vegas.
WASHINGTON—Following the recent release of the Health Technology Ecosystem request for information (RFI), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted an in-person listening session to discuss the RFI and ways to use the health technology innovations to enhance patient care and promote efficiencies in the health care system.
WASHINGTON & NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana—The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced that Nathaniel Lacktman is the company's new chair of the Board of Directors.
MINNEAPOLIS—Ōmcare, a Minnesota-based digital health technology company, announced it will debut its new home health platform, Ōmcare Home Health Hub, at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Expo. The company said the platform will feature a physical-digital approach to remote health care aiming to change care models for the aging population.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Avation Medical, a neuromodulation and digital health company, named Jason Whiting as its new CEO. Whiting will succeed Jill Schiaparelli, who has served in the role since 2018.
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico—The Health Group, an insurance marketing organization, has partnered with Electronic Caregiver, a digital health solutions company and provider of the virtual caregiver “Addison Care,” in an effort to empower health insurance agents and improve client solutions. This partnership aims to improve both the portfolios of health agents and the lives of their clients.
MIDVALE, Utah—GetSetUp, a platform providing lifelong learning and discovery for older adults, released its 2024 "Active Aging Report,” showcasing participants’ digital lives and technology uses to manage their health and wellness.
SAN FRANCISCO (March 25, 2021)—Better Health, the next-generation medical supplier offering a seamless e-commerce experience and white-glove service to 80 million Americans with chronic conditions, has announced its official launch with the close of a $3.5 million seed round and national contracts with leading health insurers, including Oscar Health and Humana.
ST. LOUIS (Sept. 10, 2020)—CareSignal, offering Deviceless Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) validated in more than 10 peer-reviewed journal publications to deliver industry-leading clinical and financial returns, has supported tens of thousands of individual patients with heart failure, COPD, diabetes, depression and dozens of other conditions for a combined duration of more than 20,000 patients/year.
NEW YORK (July 6, 2020)—The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) announced that it will be providing free, confidential memory screenings digitally through its National Memory Screening Program every Monday and Wednesday from 10 am to 4 pm (ET
SAN MATEO, Calif. (August 13, 2018)—Adherium, a digital health platform that focuses on improving medication adherence and patient outcomes, officially launched the Hailie solution in the United States, following its recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) over-the-counter clearance to enable sales direct to consumers.
SAN FRANCISCO (June 26, 2017)—Qardio, a digital health ecosystem and Hint, a direct care administration platform, announce a partnership that will bring Qardio’s solutions to direct care providers across the United States through Hint’s technology integration program, Hint Connect.
States Lag in Keeping Medicaid Enrollees Out of Nursing Homes
States are not doing enough to help elderly and disabled Medicaid enrollees receive services in homes and community locations instead of in nursing homes, where care is more expensive, AARP report says. (Kaiser Health News via U.S. News & World Report)
BOSTON (May 3, 2017)—Dr. Piali De, CEO of Senscio Systems, was sworn in by Edward A. Palleschi, Deputy Chief Secretary, Boards and Commissions, Office of the Governor, April 21, 2017 in the Governor’s Ceremonial Corner Office in the West Wing of the Massachusetts State House. She took an oath of office to serve the Commonwealth as a member of Gov.
