Damo Consulting, a leading digital transformation advisory firm for healthcare, announced its inaugural DigiMTM Digital Maturity Momentum Awards program winners. Geisinger Health, Providence Health, and Northwell Health were named industry leaders for overall maturity and momentum in digital transformation among health systems.

Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and the “new normal” continues to see a steady stream of variants and subvariants. Currently, the more contagious BA.5 omicron subvariant is causing a spike in infections, and, according to the CDC, COVID-19 hospital admissions are on the rise, putting a strain on those impacted hospital staff and resources across the nation.

Evernorth, the health services business of Cigna Corporation , has expanded its Digital Health Formulary to include five new app-based programs to help people better manage their sleep issues, anxiety, alcohol and opioid use disorders, and inflammatory conditions. In a crowded digital health marketplace, Evernorth’s Digital Health Formulary is a clinically based platform of verified, credible health apps designed to help people achieve their health goals.  

Rimidi, a clinical management platform designed to optimize clinical workflows, enhance patient experiences and achieve quality objectives, and Boston Medical Center, a private, not-for-profit academic medical center in New England, today released metrics from an ongoing remote patient monitoring program for new moms at high-risk of postpartum hypertension.

To make it easier for patients in rural areas of Virginia to access care, UVA Health is teaming with six community health organizations to provide at-home monitoring.

For the second year in a row, a trio of projects from the Center for Health Care Innovation were chosen to receive Clinical Care Innovation Grants from Independence Blue Cross. Each project will receive up to $200,000 toward expanding its work.

The healthcare community has always had an innovative mindset, in part because of its research-based roots. There is a constant search for new ways to protect our well-being and speed the healing process. Its interests lie in both prevention and renewal, and best practices have continuously evolved to reflect key learnings in the field. This is true of medical techniques as well as clinical technologies. However, it has been difficult to define “success” or measure progress the past two years given the brisk pace of change spurred by the pandemic.