Digital health is entering a more mature phase in 2026 as consolidation accelerates through targeted M&A, driven by the need for scale, artificial intelligence and pressure from payers, investors say.

Included Health is launching an alternative health plan centered on primary care, AI support, price transparency and easier navigation.

Providers’ rapid adoption of AI is pushing payers to accelerate their own use of administrative AI tools, with health plans looking for ways to keep pace and manage the growing complexity of claims ...

Epic’s lawsuit against Health Gorilla is less about one alleged data misuse scheme and more about a deeper fault line in healthcare interoperability: data can move faster than the rules governing it.

As OpenAI and Anthropic move deeper into healthcare, experts say AI chatbots are becoming the new front door to medicine. This shift is shaking things up for some health tech startups, redefining the ...

Spend a few minutes with someone in EMS, fire service, or healthcare, and you’ll likely hear some version of the same concerns: call volumes increasing, crews stretched thin, and many of the systems ...

The Digital Medicine Society (DiME) has launched a new set of digital clinical measures to accelerate the development of pediatric rare disease treatments in collaboration with partners including the ...

The digital health world could be entering a new phase this year, one in which execution matters as much as innovation, according to leaders from venture capital and private equity firm Breyer Capital ...

Wisp, a women’s telehealth company, has acquired sexual health platform TBD Health, the companies announced on Tuesday. New York City-based Wisp is a direct-to-consumer company offering treatments for ...

Antibody drug conjugates have cemented their place among the treatment options for many cancers, but one problem with this type of targeted therapy is drug resistance. The scientists at Fortitude ...

Purchasers are increasingly seeking performance-based contracts — in which payment is tied to outcomes — with digital health solutions. However, implementing these contracts is difficult, especially ...