CLEAR's biometric ID verification will be added to Welldoc's cardiometabolic care app, a move the companies say supports federal efforts to build a more connected health ecosystem.
According to healthcare leaders, 2025 was a pivotal year for AI and digital health, marked by technological progress, a shifting focus on its role in healthcare and practical use cases driving its adoption.
Alongside the acquisition, the two companies entered a multi-year partnership to cross-integrate their platforms, aiming to expand access to clinical trials.
Industry leaders say 2025 marked AI’s shift from hype to practical impact, though the technology remains unready for full-scale adoption and ongoing concerns about ethics and bias persist.
Charles N. Kahn III, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals and cofounder of Future of Health, discusses inconsistent and diminishing federal data collection and the urgent need to rebuild trust in the public health sector.
ACCESS is a decade-long initiative to expand tech-enabled care and outcome-based payments for Medicare patients with obesity, diabetes, chronic pain and depression.
Dr. Ronald Whelan, CEO of South Africa's Discovery Health, discusses how the insurer uses a shared-value model supported by wearables, data and rewards to incentivize healthier habits.
Ciba Health collaborates with Canadian health benefits administrator Quikcard, and Octave Bioscience signs a partnership agreement with Quest Diagnostics.