Takeaways from the most recent news in the technology and policies shaping healthcare.
Virtual care and remote monitoring: adoption, reimbursement, and how digital-first delivery is settling into everyday practice.
Telehealth and digital tools are expanding access to pediatric behavioral healthcare, but integration into primary care and proven outcomes remain the key tests.
Why it matters: A severe shortage of pediatric mental health providers means technology may be the only scalable way to reach kids in crisis, if it actually works.
Vida Health partnered with Instacart to provide members grocery stipends for healthy foods as part of its cardiometabolic care programs.
Why it matters: Linking clinical care to actual groceries tests whether food-as-medicine can improve chronic disease outcomes and cut costs at scale.
GLP-1 drugs are a $70 billion market, but weak clinical follow-up pushes patients to TikTok for dosing and side-effect advice.
Why it matters: Poor support between prescription and use threatens patient safety and adherence, and creates a major opening for digital health.