Morning Headlines 5/30/24
Virtual Therapeutics, which offers game-based mental health apps,will acquire game-based cognitive treatment vendor Akili for $34 million in cash.
HHS names acting chief AI officer as it searches for permanent official
HHS taps national coordinator for health IT Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP as acting chief artificial intelligence officer – in addition to his existing role — while it searches for a permanent replacement for Greg Singleton.
Dollar General pulls mobile clinic mentions from website, partner no longer offering appointments
Endpoints reports that Dollar General has removed from its website mentions of its mobile clinics, which it operates in a partnership with DocGo, less than 18 months after launching the service.
Healthcare payments firm Waystar aims up to $3.83 bln valuation in US IPO
Waystar targets a valuation of nearly $4 billion for its US IPO, 50% more than its previous valuation in 2019.
RE: Surescripts survey finds that more than half of of patients have experienced delays or disruption in getting their prescriptions…