The FDA’s digital health advisory committee will discuss technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual reality, and digital therapeutics as well as topics like decentralized clinical trials and patient-generated health data. Committee member nominations are due in December.

Health tech to support care for seniors and track the progression of conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and heart failure were on display at HLTH 2023. The National Institute on Aging also added a startup boot camp leading up to HLTH.

At HLTH, Bessemer investors Sofia Guerra and Steve Kraus detailed four predictions about where they think the digital health world is headed in 2024. One of these was that “services-as-software” will emerge as a new category of healthcare AI. Another was that some healthcare technology vendors will have to rethink their distribution models and rely on indirect monetization strategies.

HLTH 2023 introduced a new program focused on technology trends for and perspectives from payers in a series of conversations around AI, health equity and healthcare innovation.

The report maps out the health tech sector’s current position in the innovation hype cycle, which business models are most resilient, and how the industry can move out of the trough of disillusionment. It also offered predictions for health tech trends in 2024.

Investment trends will be a big theme at the HLTH event at the Las Vegas Convention Center October 8-11. In the runup to the conference, investors from Bessemer Venture Partners, Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Third Culture Capital and Intuitive Ventures offered their takes on 2023 investments.

By leveraging technology and strategies used within the gig economy—and even tapping into the talent pool of gig workers themselves—healthcare organizations can address staffing shortages, retain and motivate more workers, and ultimately deliver better patient care.

The Peterson Health Technology Institute will function as an “independent evaluator” of digital health solutions. It will analyze solutions’ clinical effectiveness, how they’re affecting healthcare costs, their ability to improve health equity, and their privacy and security capabilities. 

Health tech experts explained the nuances of healthcare data management and ways in which patient data can be cleaned, converted, standardized and harmonized across systems

A breadth of healthcare data, including EMR data, claims, and patient-reported available for innovative use cases offer examples of how modular API solutions have improved outcomes.

Healthcare startups focused on solutions for payers and hospitals as well as consumers and employers will compete in the Pitch Perfect contest at MedCity INVEST May 22-24 in Chicago. Register today!

On the surface, it sounds like one of the simplest procedures undertaken at a health system: answering the phone. But anyone who works at a health system knows it is not that simple.

Ask the Investor sessions at MedCity INVEST at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago May 22-24 offer opportunities for startups to talk with investors in intimate settings. Spots are limited so register today!

Health technologies are often built based on the “reference man” and frequently don’t take other demographics into account. It shouldn’t be this way, experts argued on a panel Thursday at the HIMSS 2023 conference.

Startups feature prominently at MedCity INVEST from Pitch Perfect to Ask the Investor. Check out the investors who will be judging the startups at INVEST May 22-24 in Chicago and register today!

A new white paper from Intelligent Medical Objects highlights how the aviation, military, law enforcement industries and other sectors confronted data challenges to improve data collection and what the healthcare industry can learn from these examples.

Hear from healthcare executives such as Nicholas Turos, vice president of business development with Babson Diagnostics, Marcus Perez, Altera Digital Health president, and Integra Connect COO Cory Wiegert on how they are meeting the challenges of healthcare innovation.

The ViVE conference in Nashville, powered by HLTH and CHIME, offered an overview of the latest developments in health tech spanning interoperability, cybersecurity, price transparency, behavioral health and health equity.

Check out news from VenoVision, Cora Therapeutics, Zorro, and Validic.

Sandy Vance, HLTH’s senior adviser, Interoperability, offered a preview of the interoperability pavilion at ViVE and what she hopes to achieve at the conference this year.

David Finn, CHIME Association Executive Healthcare and Information Sector, lead of the cybersecurity pavilion initiatives at ViVE 2023, does not mince words. With ransomware attacks surging to an all time high this month, Finn said in an interview that security is no longer a defensive posture; we are engaged in a war.

The newly launched Techquity for Health Coalition from the HLTH Foundation will share findings from its first national survey of techquity at the conference. Healthcare leaders will also discuss on ways to improve health tech design, tech literacy, accessibility, workforce equity, patient trust, and equitable use of data.

In the runup to INVEST and the startup pitch contest, we highlight trends in investment and innovation across bipharma, diagnostics, medical devices, health tech: payer/provider, and health tech: consumer/employer. The deadline has been extended until February 28 and finalists will be announced March 31. Apply today!

The $58 million funding round was led by Portage and included participation from PruVen Capital, Wing Venture Capital and others. With the funding, Angle Health plans to expand into additional markets and grow its membership.

With five tracks of startups across healthcare and life sciences, INVEST Pitch Perfect, scheduled for May 22-24 at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago, is MedCity’s largest startup pitch contest of the year. 

Check out news from BioMEMS Diagnostics, Rx Redefined, Ferrum Health and Avanlee Care.

Small healthcare practices aren’t very eager to spend extra cash right now. However, investments in the patient experience could be worth it to give them the upper hand over competitors, according to a new report.

Healthcare startup Novellia’s platform seeks to digitally bring in all chapters of a patient’s health journey to allow clinicians and researchers to finally see the full story.

Check out new developments from Equiva Health, BehaVR, Juno Medical, Cabinet Medical and Override.

Yes Health provides concierge health coaching and services for weight loss and diabetes prevention, all through its app. After taking a short quiz, members will receive a personalized plan — created by the company’s dietitians, nutritionists, fitness experts and psychologists — to improve their health. The app also offers an AI-powered service where members can take pictures of their meals to receive guidance on how to make them healthier.