Population and Public Health

Public feedback reveals innovations and market opportunities for improved chronic disease care management in the older adult patient population.

As the delta variant spreads in the U.S., Yelp will let businesses share information on vaccination requirements for customers and whether staff are vaccinated.

KX Jin, Dr. Garth Graham and Darius Walker will join HIMSS Media's Jonah Comstock for a virtual panel discussion as part of UpNext.

Also: Kenshō Health, which helps patients find holistic healthcare providers, raised another $3.5 million.

Cayaba Care aims to meet the full scope of maternal health needs by providing home-based and technology-enabled care.   

Researchers found patients who used reSET-O along with buprenorphine and counseling lowered their healthcare costs by $2,385 per person in the six months after they started using the app, compared with the six months before.

WellSky will add Healthify’s SDOH capabilities to its portfolio of healthcare technology tools for providers, payers, health systems and community organizations.

In an upcoming HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital Session, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian will discuss where healthcare tech will go from here.   

The investment round was led by Felix Capital and will enable the company to scale current offerings and expand into new areas.

The move follows recent White House criticism of social media sites for spreading public health misinformation.