

Which Digital Health Startups Are Most & Least Suited to Raise Capital in 2023?
Summary: "Last year’s digital health investment trends have left some startups feeling uneasy about their ability to raise capital in the new funding environment. Healthcare startups raised $3.4...
Valencell plans product launches for chronic disease
Summary: "The company’s first product candidate being showcased at CES is focused on helping people monitor and manage hypertension by combining an intuitive app with an innovative over-the-counter...
Digital health unicorn Innovaccer lays off 245 employees
Summary: "Innovaccer, a health data analytics startup that reached unicorn status in 2021, has laid off 245 workers, or about 15% of its workforce." "First reported by Inc42, the cuts mark the...
Teragnóstico: diagnóstico y terapia de precisión
Summary: "La teragnosis o teragnóstico es un concepto novedoso, que combina diagnóstico y terapia en medicina nuclear. Por ejemplo, para diagnóstico oncológico realizamos un PET-TC con un...
InnovationRx: A Mental Health Startup Unionizes; Plus, Covid Emergency To End In May
Summary: "Therapists at mental health startup Resilience Lab voted to unionize on Wednesday, one of the first successful unionization efforts at a digital health company. The move comes two months...
Technology in wound care: digital health, remote monitoring, and AI
Summary: "The pandemic catalysed the integration of modern tools like remote monitoring, telemedicine, and digital health in traditional disciplines of medicine." "Wound healing is often assessed...
What’s Trending in the World of Medtech Materials
Summary: "What are the latest trends in the medtech materials space? Robert Klein, principal materials engineer at AtriCure, is set to moderate a panel at IME West in Anaheim titled “Enabling...
AI drug developer Alto Neuroscience raises $25M and more digital health fundings
Summary: "Alto Neuroscience, which uses AI to identify biomarkers to develop targeted psychiatric medicine options, announced it had closed a $25 million equity investment with new investor Alpha...
8 Types of Wellness Tech You Can Buy Today to Improve Your Health
Summary: "A healthy mind means that you'll have a better shot at handling the stressful curveballs that life throws your way—changing jobs, dealing with relationship issues, or maybe just dealing...
What is Digital Health, and Why is it Important?
Summary: "A broad, multidisciplinary concept called “digital health” or “digital healthcare” includes ideas from the point where technology and healthcare converge. Digital health integrates...
Put a (smart) ring on it: Movano on why its health wearable will put women first
Summary: "Movano Health turned heads at CES with an ouroboros-esque smart ring designed for women." "In the crowded field of fitness wearables, where the mainstream heavy hitter of the Apple Watch...
Smart Glove May Lend a Helping Hand During Childbirth
Summary: "An inexpensive sensing glove may be able to lend a helping hand during labor and delivery in developing countries." "The glove is designed to transmit data on fetal position and force...
5 Things Every Smart Operating Room Should Prioritize – Surgery
Summary: "The healthcare industry is in the middle of deep digital transformation across every aspect of the patient journey. Technology has always been important in healthcare, but COVID-19 has...
A wearable ultrasound sensor provides real-time cardiac imaging
Summary: "In a recent article published in the journal Nature, a team of researchers described a wearable ultrasonic device that allows cardiac function to be assessed directly in real-time, with...
¿Iluminar el sistema nervioso durante una cirugía? Así funciona la última innovación en el campo de la salud
Summary: "El 25% de las cirugías en la cabeza y en la nuca acaban produciendo daños en los nervios faciales de los pacientes." "La cifra empeora cuando hablamos de operaciones de próstata: el daño...
Los implantes 3D a medida permiten la corrección del ‘pectus excavatum’ de forma poco invasiva
Summary: "El pectus excavatum es la deformidad de la caja torácica más frecuente, con una incidencia mayor entre el sexo masculino. Puede estar presente desde el nacimiento, sin embargo, en muchos...
AI application in pathology reveals novel insights in endometrial cancer diagnostics
Summary: "Research at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) Department of Pathology shows the power of artificial intelligence (AI) applied to endometrial carcinoma microscopy images. The...
Three barriers that can slow AI’s potential in pharma
Summary: "As we enter the new year, the latest developments in artificial intelligence hold the promise to transform almost every aspect of drug R&D. Our ability to access large datasets, rapid...
Machine learning identifies drugs that could potentially help smokers quit
Summary: "Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a new study....
Starling Medical’s new urine-testing device turns your toilet into a health tracker
Summary: "If you enjoy some good toilet technology, then I think “urine” for a treat. Starling Medical is poised to launch its at-home urine diagnostic patient-monitoring platform, dubbed...
Philips, Masimo expand remote patient monitoring partnership
Summary: "Medtech companies Philips and Masimo are expanding their patient monitoring partnership to include the latter's new W1 wearable." "The collaboration allows vital sign data from the W1...
Study: New VR sensory room reduces anxiety in people with intellectual disability
Summary: "A new VR programme with interactive sight, sound, and touch experiences has helped improve outcomes for adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism and intellectual...
Co-creation in a digital health living lab: A case study
Summary: "Co-creation in healthcare, especially in developing digital health solutions, has been widely identified as a fundamental principle for person-centered technologies that could accelerate...
Digital future: How is data transforming healthcare in Europe?
Summary: "The Covid-19 pandemic saw spectacular advances in vaccine technology, but it also highlighted the huge importance of digital healthcare. Exchanging and having access to clinical...
Huma CEO says UK risks falling behind on digital health
Summary: "The CEO of Huma Health, Dan Vahdat, has warned that the NHS risks falling behind countries including US, Germany and France on adoption of digital health unless it aligns funding." "Vahdat...
Effectiveness of mHealth on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients Living With HIV: Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Summary: "The aim of this meta-analysis is to analyze the effectiveness of mHealth on adherence to antiretroviral therapy in patients living with HIV." "A total of 2163 participants in 8 studies...
US-Based Startup Spike Enters The UAE To Offer Healthcare Providers Better Access To Data From Wearable Tech
Summary: "The next time you strap an Apple Watch or a FitBit onto your wrist, consider this for a second: every statistic saved onto this tiny device -including your heart rate, your blood sugar...
10 Innovative Health Start-ups in Nigeria in 2023
Summary: "The Nigerian digital health startup industry has been steadily growing over the years. Whether it is mhealth or e-health, they have been numerous exciting digital health start-ups in...
Is AI-Assisted Lung Cancer Diagnosis Right For Your Hospital?
Summary: "Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with approximately 1.8 million people dying from this disease each year. Most patients are diagnosed after symptoms have...
Smart Patch Can Track Two Types of Heart Data
Summary: "Continuous heart health monitoring is infinitely more useful than the single readings typically generated during a visit to a doctor’s office. Continuous monitoring for longer durations...
Top 5 FDA considerations for medtech-enabled data platforms
Summary: "Medtech companies should have a team of FDA advisors at the ready to develop and implement pre- and post-market strategies, prevent and resolve pre- or post-market issues and guide...
Digital Health, Cancer Therapeutics Accelerators Add 29 Participants
Summary: "A recent announcement from the Texas Medical Center Innovation (TMCi) noted that various startups, researchers, and entrepreneurs will join the spring 2023 Accelerator for HealthTech...
Meet the telehealth company that’s treated 20,000 opioid addiction patients
Summary: "Josh has been an opioid addict for over a decade. The 39-year-old Floridian, who was happy to discuss his sobriety efforts on the condition that we chat online, got sober seven years ago...
22 Executive Digital Health Predictions to Watch in 2023
Summary: "From a digital health perspective, 2022 was a reset year for many and a serious reality check. We went from sky high growth to the sky is falling, and in 2023 I think this market...
Amazon launches a $5 monthly subscription for unlimited prescription medications
Summary: "Amazon is launching RxPass in the US, a new drug subscription exclusive to Prime members that charges users a $5 monthly fee to ship eligible prescription medications to their doorstep....
La telemedicina, la eterna promesa que choca con la falta de preparación y la reticencia de los propios pacientes
Summary: "La digitalización en el ámbito de la salud se ha convertido en una de las tendencias tecnológicas más relevantes de los últimos años, en parte por el impulso que ha ganado a partir de la...
THIS SEEMINGLY SIMPLE ARM PATCH LETS YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WATER TO DRINK AND WHEN
Summary: "It isn’t just our planet that’s mostly made up of water. Our bodies, too, have large quantities of water and require a regular intake of fluids to keep them functioning properly. We all...
AI-powered pop up clinic launched to detect skin cancer in South Australia
Summary: "Health charity Skin Check Champions, the University of South Australia, and The Hospital Research Foundation have teamed up to launch a pop-up clinic that uses AI to diagnose skin cancer."...
AI Mental Health Chatbot Predicts Disorders with 93% Accuracy
Summary: "London-headquartered digital health startup, Limbic, has announced that its psychological assessment tool, Limbic Access, has achieved Class IIa UKCA medical device certification – making...
AI’s Biggest Promise: The Democratization Of Precision Medicine
Summary: "While AI is making its mark across numerous industries, one of its most significant single impacts will be the democratization of precision (or personalized) medicine. AI will make it...
Big Techies: Healthcare Is Waiting With Open Arms
Summary: "Facing rising costs and widespread economic uncertainty, big tech companies continue laying off their skilled workforce in droves. From Meta to Twitter, Amazon to Stripe, and AirBnB to...
How to Improve Patient Care by Using Health Care Data
Summary: "Collecting and using health care data can help improve patient care. By understanding the use of health care data, you can develop better strategies for improving patient outcomes." "In...
Healthcare AI Transformation: 9 Executive Predictions to Watch in 2023
Summary: "Innovation areas to watch: One of the exciting areas of applied machine learning recently is so-called Generative Tech. Some say it’s the biggest change to the Internet since crypto was...
15 digital therapeutics startups to watch, according to investors
Summary: "It’s a good time to be a digital therapeutics startup. The sector is the fastest-growing healthtech segment, and the global market for startups offering digital and app-based treatment is...
The Rise of Wearable Technology in the Healthcare Sector
Summary: "As the healthcare sector seeks to use technology in order to consolidate data and improve patient care, wearable technology is flooding the market. From activity trackers to health...
Patient experience is key to harnessing the benefits of medical technology
Summary: "The Medical Technology Awareness Week reception at the House of Commons is a rare opportunity to bring together MPs and NHS leaders to discuss the ways in which medical technology can...
From digital health fandom to a Jimmy Fallon roast, these Philly startups found success at CES 2023
Summary: "The four-day networking and demo event is filled with the biggest names in tech, startups that would win big on “Shark Tank,” and some of the smartest people you’ll ever meet — such as the...
Mental Health Apps Won’t Get You Off the Couch
Summary: "The first time you open Headspace, one of the most popular mental wellness apps, you are greeted with the image of a blue sky—a metaphor for the unperturbed mind—and encouraged to take...
2023 predictions: Digital health leaders on what lies ahead
Summary: “Next year will continue to be challenging for the NHS, and in the digital space funding will remain constrained. Despite this, NHS board leaders will continue to look to digital ways of...
How technology will shape healthcare in 2023
Summary: "The COVID-19 pandemic kickstarted a rapid increase in adoption of healthcare technology, reshaping the bedrock of American medical operations and delivery. But as 2022 drew to a close,...
Wearable medical devices are a helpful way to track health: Dr. Nina Radcliff
Summary: "Arising trend in healthcare is wearable health technology, which includes wearable smart devices designed to be worn close to the skin, like watches, wristbands, activity trackers and...
Researchers use AI to triage patients with chest pain
Summary: "To the best of our knowledge, our deep learning AI model is the first to utilize chest X-rays to identify individuals among acute chest pain patients who need immediate medical attention,"...
Advancing digital transformation in healthcare
Summary: "Digital transformation in healthcare is well underway, driven by innovative systems and applications that give healthcare providers unparalleled access to sources of data. Patient care is...
Understanding Wearable Health Technology
Summary: "These days, technology has changed the way that we can learn from our bodies to live healthier lifestyles." “Wearable technology” — tools like smart watches, digital pedometers, and even...
Digital Maturity Is Six Steps Away. How Close Is Your Healthcare Organization?
Summary: "The healthcare industry dragged sorely behind other industries in digital maturity just three years ago, according to McKinsey. Then, the pandemic shifted priorities and accelerated the...
Peppy raises $45M for U.S. expansion and more digital health fundings
Summary: "Founded in 2018, Peppy offers gender-related health services through employers, including care for menopause, pregnancy, fertility, early parenthood and men's health concerns. The company...
CVS Invests $25M in Virtual Mental Health Clinic
Summary: "Investors understand that virtual behavioral health services are not only here to stay, but are crucial to addressing the nation’s mental health crisis. That’s why CVS Health on Monday...
Addressing modern challenges in digital health with sensors
Summary: "Digital technology is becoming increasingly important in modern healthcare. As society becomes faced with an abundance of new healthcare challenges, such as a rise in the number of chronic...
How Remote Patient Monitoring Devices can Improve Overall Health
Summary: "Health monitoring devices today can provide data about your sleep patterns, diet, and physical activity in real time. These remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices can also be used to...
Shortening Hospital Discharges: Technical and Workflow Solutions
Summary: "An earlier article, “Why Hospital Discharges Take So Long—And What We Can Do To Shorten Them,” explored the complexities of discharging and how hospitals are re-evaluating their workflows...
AI predicts lung cancer risk six years into the future using single CT scan: study
Summary: "LDCT is an effective lung-cancer screening tool and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends annual scans for people aged 50 years and older with a 20-pack-a-year history of...
Lightweight Belt Sensor Can Monitor Heart Failure in Real Time
Summary: "Researchers in Florida have developed more user-friendly way to monitor for signs of heart failure in real time that doesn't require a device to be implanted under a patient's skin....
What Does Digital Health Look Like?
Summary: "The New Year is famous for resolutions. Gym memberships spike, diet plans’ popularity rises and numerous self-improvement commitments abound. With Americans widely reported to spend more...
La empresa catalana Eodyne Systems crea un dispositivo de realidad virtual para reducir el tiempo de recuperación de pacientes en las UCI
Summary: "Una cámara con visión por computación detecta los movimientos de la persona hospitalizada ya través de una pantalla propone ejercicios lúdicos personalizados en un entorno de realidad...
After a big telehealth buy, Horizon Health Alliance now serves 70% of patients virtually
Summary: "The provider of mental health and substance use disorder care is now fully equipped, and boasts high patient satisfaction." "Horizon Health Alliance, based in Buffalo, New York, was...
What Does the Digital Patient Experience of Tomorrow Look Like?
Summary: "The digital revolution has the power to be transformative in many aspects of healthcare, not least at the patient interface. Spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic, advances in technology...
6 Takeaways From the 41st J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Summary: "The 41st annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference concluded last week. After the pandemic prompted it to go virtual, it was back in person, smaller in size and more effective. Here are my...
4 Health Systems Invest in a Cybersecurity Startup as Threats Loom
Summary: "MemorialCare, Ballad Health, Cedars-Sinai and UNC REX Healthcare recently participated in Censinet’s $9 million funding round. The company’s flagship product is a cloud-based network that...
Rise of telehealth during pandemic boosted mental health treatment rates
Summary: "Prior studies have documented a rise in mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Decreased social interactions and physical exercise, threats to...
The Potential and Application of Digital Health in Uganda.
Summary: "Digital health has revolutionized the healthcare industry in Uganda, providing a more efficient and cost-effective way of delivering healthcare services. With the growing adoption of...
90% of Americans Used Telehealth in The Past Year, Survey Finds
Summary: "Wearable electronic health and fitness devices are in strong demand with 26 percent of U.S. households owning one as of 2018, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). They...
Aseptika wins Innovate Smart Award for Smart Inhaler Tracker
Summary: "According to one study, people of all ages with asthma can halve the number of asthma attacks they suffer and become 15% better at taking their medication if they use a medical-grade App...
Walmart and Avanlee Care Launches Program to Aid Caregivers
Summary: "Avanlee Care, a digital health tool for today’s caregivers, has announced a partnership with Walmart to support the 65 million Americans currently caring for aging family members. As a...
India to focus on health emergency prevention, digital health during G20 Presidency
Summary: "New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said that India is going to focus on health emergencies prevention, preparedness, and response through a ‘One Health’...
At-home predictive care and the shifting patient experience
Summary: "The combination of remote patient monitoring (RPM), virtual care and AI predictive care is changing the patient experience. Instead of the occasional clinic visit, people can interact with...
Digital Health Funding Reaches $15.3B in 2022 Across 572 Deals, Rock Health Reports
Summary: "In a downtrodden market climate, things don’t need to feel doom and gloom, according to Rock Health’s Annual 2022 digital health funding report. 2022 was a necessary reminder that...
Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch without the watch part
Summary: "Your health is all you’ve got, and you can’t change what you can’t measure, so it’s little wonder that health trackers are everywhere. The problem with a lot of them, however, is that in...
Will Digital technologies propel the healthcare industry in 2023?, Health News, ET HealthWorld
Summary: "The Indian healthcare sector has seen huge adoption of digital technologies, much of which can be credited to the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of telehealth, wearable devices, health apps,...
Telehealth Brings Expert Sexual Assault Exams to Rural Patients
Summary: "Amanda Shelley was sitting in her dentist’s waiting room when she received a call from the police. A local teenage girl had been sexually assaulted and needed an exam." "Shelley, a nurse...
Madrid invierte 1,9 millones de euros en una nueva plataforma unificada de datos sanitarios
Summary: "La actividad dotará de plataforma operativa al primer nodo de la red de hospitales, de Atención Primaria y de Emergencias de la Comunidad de Madrid, que será el Hospital Universitario 12...
Docline cierra una ronda de tres millones de euros liderada por Seaf y EmergingTech Ventures
Summary: "La compañía pretende consolidarse en España, al tiempo que exportar su modelo de negocio a mercados internacionales emergentes en los que existan oportunidades de “ayudar a las empresas a...
Valencell announces fingertip blood pressure monitor at CES 2023
Summary: "Valencell, a company known for its work on health sensors found in various smartwatches and fitness trackers, has announced a new product for consumers at CES 2023. The yet to be named...
AI Can Now Help Your Smartphone Take Your Blood Pressure
Summary: "For some time now, smartphone apps have been used to measure blood pressure; this type of contactless blood pressure tracking has been something of a Holy Grail for cardiologists and the...
Could mixed reality boost blood donations?
Summary: "Mixed reality technology will aim to ease and entertain blood donors while they’re in the chair under a pilot program from Abbott and Blood Centers of America." "Blood donors will wear...
Connecticut Children’s Care Network adds telehealth breastfeeding support
Summary: "The network is bringing a virtual lactation consultation platform to thousands of Connecticut and Massachusetts newborns and families through a partnership with Nest Collaborative." "As...
5 Digital Health Trends To Watch In 2023
Summary: "The idea is adding new names of digital health influencers, so we are not going to repeat any name of last year list, however we do recommend to follow their work, have a look to the 25...
4 Trends to Watch in 2023, According to a Digital Substance Use Disorder Company
Summary: "There are several trends to watch out for in the substance use disorder space in 2023, according to CHESS Health's CEO Hans Morefield. These trends include rising addiction rates and...
Digital Health Innovation Continues to Press Forward at Warp Speed
Summary: "Trepidation. That one word describes the uncertain economic climate that gripped corporate and investment decision-makers. If we are to believe the headlines, wallets have tightened –...
Lanzadera apuesta por la salud y selecciona seis nuevas empresas
Summary: "Biotech&Nutrition Research ha elaborado Retiprotek, un nuevo nutracéutico que podría ayudar a retrasar la pérdida de visión en personas afectadas por retinosis pigmentaria. Por otro...
5 Digital Health Trends To Watch In 2023
Summary: "Digital health is a rapidly evolving field that encompasses the use of technology to improve and transform healthcare. In 2023, it is likely that digital health will play an increasingly...
5 tips for healthcare startups fundraising in a down market
Summary: "In fundraising, a founder’s greatest challenge is not selling any particular product or strategy. Instead, it is often unwinding and realigning the investor’s biases." "The competition is...
There Are Endless Mental Health Apps. How Do You Choose the Best Ones?
Summary: "Mental health apps skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, offering consumers support in a way that’s convenient and affordable. But there are between 10,000 and 20,000 mental health...
10 Key Medtech Themes for 2023
Summary: "We expect 2023 to be a pivotal year for the industry, as the accelerated acceptance of virtual care and demographic trends, such as an aging population, increasing chronic illnesses and...
Top 10 AI and machine learning stories of 2022
Summary: "Healthcare's comfort level with artificial intelligence and machine learning models – and skill at deploying them across myriad clinical, financial and operational use cases – continued to...
How digital transformation is enabling health equity
Summary: "We continue to live in a world where our race, geography, income, and positioning in the social strata decide our access to healthcare. Even though economic or social hurdles can be taken...
FDA Clears New Remote Patient Monitoring Wearable
Summary: "With the rise of chronic diseases, more and more health tech companies are developing vital sign monitors to improve chronic care. ChroniSense Medical Ltd, a portfolio company of Rainbow...
Digital Health’s 2022 Review: Top 10 most read news stories
Summary: "Although Covid-19 hasn’t dominated our lives and the news on anywhere near the same level as in the previous two years, a lot has still happened in the last 12 months, particularly in the...
Why is Digital Healthcare Essential?
Summary: "For us humans, our health comes before anything else. And neglecting digital technology in the healthcare sector can have drastic consequences on our physical and mental well-being....
Why the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake
Summary: "Seniors make up a growing portion of the population in the U.S., and many express a desire to stay in their homes as they get older." "Technology can help them thrive as they age, said...
THE WORLD FIRST’S HEALTH TRACKER THAT RUNS ON YOUR BODY’S ENERGY AND TRANSFORMS ANY WATCH INTO A SMARTWATCH UNVEILED AT CES 2023
Summary: "We’ve just ushered in 2023, and somehow (every single year without fail) the new year always brings along with it new fitness and health goals for us to achieve. On January 1st, we’re...
Three areas of health tech that could withstand a turbulent economy
Summary: "Market watchers say 2023 is setting up to be even tougher than 2022 for digital health executives and investors." "Health systems, which represent a major segment of digital health buyers,...
Cigna to increase venture spending on startups, digital technologies
Summary: "CIgna will direct another $450 million into its venture fund, Cigna Ventures, in a bid to increase spending on startup businesses and digital health, the company said this week." "In...
Knife that ‘smells tumours’ can detect womb cancer within seconds
Summary: "A revolutionary surgical knife that “smells tumours” can diagnose womb cancer within seconds, researchers have found in a breakthrough that could enable thousands of healthy women to get...
WHY TECHNOLOGY IS INTEGRAL TO DIABETES CARE MANAGEMENT
Summary: "The American Diabetes Association is emphasizing the value of healthcare technology in diabetes care management in its 2023 Standards of Care." "The revised standards, issued this week,...
Electronic Caregiver launches customizable, animated RPM
Summary: "Designed to provide affordable health monitoring and wellness support at home, the virtual assistant could help providers increase treatment adherence rates and improve health outcomes for...
New wearable device may enhance PTSD treatment experience: Study
Summary: "Researchers have developed a wristwatch-like wearable device to enhance the effects of prolonged exposure therapy, a common, evidence-based treatment for patients with post-traumatic...
Mercy Virtual Care Center: A deep dive into a virtual hospital
Summary: "Health system Mercy's groundbreaking facility makes robust use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring – and has the results to prove the model's success." "With nearly a decade of...
2023: The Year to Focus on Creating a Better Patient Experience
Summary: "The past three years have necessitated quick thinking and a willingness to adapt to change across every industry. But recent economic and geopolitical turmoil has sown fear and disruption,...
Healthcare AI – 2023 Health IT Predictions
Summary: "As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received...
Digital Health, Metaverse, and Web3 to Take Centre Stage at CES 2023
Summary: "Every year, tech professionals from around the world make the pilgrimage to Las Vegas to test the latest technology and to learn about the newest tech innovations impacting home,...
La startup catalana Onalabs abre una filial en Andorra para tratar salud y deporte
Summary: "Onalabs-Inno-Hub, start-up biotecnológica catalana que crea dispositivos y productos de monitorización de biomarcadores fisiológicos a través del sudor, ha creado la filial andorrana...
Big Data analytics and artificial intelligence in mental health
Summary: "The mental health and well-being of the WHO European Region has been hit hard by several large-scale public health emergencies over the past few years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
UCHealth launches its first mobile AR experience for patients
Summary: "Patients and others can use their cell phones to interact with virtual dogs in the same UCHealth app that hosts its patient portal and other patient engagement features." "The use of...
An Apple Patent published this week describes the use of Machine Learning within a new Sleep Stage Tracking System
Summary: "Apple acquired Beddit, a Finnish technology company, back in 2017. Since that time, Apple has been filing patents to improve the Beddit system (01, 02, 03 & more). Beyond Bed...
Contributed: How digital health can improve cancer care delivery
Summary: "This is part one of a two-part series on innovation in cancer care delivery. In part one, we will discuss the complexity of end-to-end cancer care management, the unmet needs and how some...
How to show empathy through digital health apps
Summary: "Adoption of digital health tech has exploded during the pandemic, but the story is different for digital health apps." "Just 18 percent of patients used a digital health app in 2021, a...
THIS HANDSOME SMART RING KEEPS TABS ON YOUR HEALTH SO YOU CAN KEEP WEARING YOUR FAVORITE WATCH
Summary: "Keeping track of our health has become almost a necessity these days. Knowing not only the number of steps we’ve taken but also our heart’s rhythm or our blood oxygen level can mean the...
Virtual reality companies BehaVR and OxfordVR merge
Summary: "On Tuesday, VR behavioral health platform BehaVR and OxfordVR, a VR platform for severe mental health issues, announced their merger. The companies say their combination creates the...
When Innovation Isn’t Enough: Pharma’s Next Frontier
Summary: "It was at a medical conference a few years ago. Cuban felt like a great guy to approach with an idea for a healthcare startup. We were both investors in an automation software startup...
Ayo Wearable Shines a Light on Sleep Improvement
Summary: "We last wrote about light therapy in February 2022 when we covered Bright Health’s red light therapy foot health device for foot pain. The Bright Health device resembles a body weight...
Japan’s health tech Ubie wants to fuel its US expansion with $19M Series C extension
Summary: "Ubie, a Tokyo-based startup providing an AI-powered symptom checker app and hospital SaaS products, has closed a $19 million extension to its previous Series C round. This brings the...
The Potential Role of Digital Health in Obesity Care
Summary: "Obesity is a complex, multi-factorial, chronic condition which increases the risk of a wide range of diseases including type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and certain...
Mission (Im)possible: Overcoming the Status Quo In Health Coverage to Offer More Personalization
Summary: "Remaining at or near the top of employers’ and consumers’ choices when it comes to health coverage will require insurers to make large investments in infrastructure, processes and people...
Inside One Company’s Approach to Improving Medicaid Members’ Outcomes and Patient Experience
Summary: "This summer, Adventist Health began a three-year partnership with Emcara Health, a primary care provider group that deploys community health workers into the places people live. Five...
Sonde Health Secures $19.25M for Voice-Based Health Monitoring
Summary: "Sonde Health, a Boston, MA-based health technology company committed to bringing accessible health monitoring to everyone raises $19.25 million in a Series B investment round led by...
Virtual reality helps reduce patient anxiety and need for sedatives during hand surgery
Summary: "As an anesthesiologist, Adeel Faruki, MD, MBA, works with patients to manage not just pain, but also anxiety. It can be a particular concern for patients receiving a nerve block, rather...
Digital diabetes management: apps and tools for diabetic care
Summary: "Advances in healthcare technology and IT have made chronic illness management easier and more convenient for people with conditions like diabetes. Now, your phone can give you access to...
Novant Health, Movano partner to beta test smart rings
Summary: "Winston-Salem, N.C. - based Novant Health is partnering with Movano Health to beta test its smart rings with the health system's employees." "As part of the beta, 30 Novant workers will...
Apple Invents a Smart Ring that that could sense a user’s health conditions, such as heart rate, blood oxygen, blood pressure & more
Summary: "On Thursday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to a wearable self-mixing interferometry (SMI) ring that could be used to sense...
Social Determinants of Digital Health Adoption: Pilot Cross-sectional Survey
Summary: "Interest in and funding for digital health interventions have rapidly grown in recent years. Despite the increasing familiarity with mobile health from regulatory bodies, providers, and...
Komodo Health lays off 9% of its workforce
Summary: "Health data startup Komodo Health has laid off 9% of its staff as part of a larger restructuring of its business." "The COVID-19 pandemic created opportunities for the analytics company,...
Asynchronous Telemedicine Is Coming And Here Is Why It’s The Future Of Remote Care
Summary: "Asynchronous telemedicine is one of those terms we will need to get used to in the coming years. Although it may sound alien, chances are you have been using some form of it for a while."...
Companion robot ElliQ can ask users about their childhood to create a digital ‘memoir’
Summary: "The bot is designed as a companion for older adults, connecting them to family members and reminding them about health goals. A new 2.0 version is available for anyone to buy." "ElliQ...
THIS WEARABLE CAN REDUCE PAIN, BOOST BLOOD CIRCULATION, AND HEAL TISSUES JUST BY USING LED AND LASER LIGHT THERAPY
Summary: "Your smartwatch can tell when you’re tired, when you’re inactive, or even when you’re suffering a panic or heart attack, but there isn’t much it can do to help ameliorate or fix the...
OPPO OHEALTH H1 IS A PEBBLE-SHAPED DEVICE THAT KEEPS TABS ON YOUR FAMILY’S HEALTH
Summary: "Although we should always be aware of our body’s condition, it wasn’t until recently that people became more acutely aware of the need to monitor our health on a regular basis. Regular...
Wearables, smart implants show promise for clinical use
Summary: "Although wearable technology has been used for research in orthopedics for several decades, its use for tracking patient outcomes has been in constant flux." “Several years ago our...
A Silicon Valley biotech just showed a simple blood test can detect a hidden and deadly type of cancer. But the results fell short of investors’ hopes.
Summary: "A new era in cancer screening could be starting soon." "Instead of having to undergo uncomfortable procedures like colonoscopies, it might be possible to detect cancer from a simple blood...
AI for medtech commercial growth: Five missteps to avoid
Summary: "The medtech industry is at a critical juncture. Digital solutions put in place during the lockdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic have evolved into clear customer engagement...
Driving data driven healthcare: Data is at the centre of medtech’s future
Summary: "The global spend on IoT applications in healthcare is forecast to grow to $260.75 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 19.8%. Supporting the wellbeing of 8 billion people worldwide creates a...
How Medtronic and Avail will accelerate stroke care innovation
Summary: "Medtronic Neurovascular and Avail Medsystems have signed an agreement to use Avail’s operating room consoles during stroke procedures, the leaders of both businesses told Medical Design...
Health Tech Innovation: How to Advance Data Security To Support Healthcare Accessibility
Summary: "As with most industries, healthcare should consider adopting a zero-trust approach. This security measure can help decrease an organization's attack surface, create accurate response...
78 Healthcare Technology Startups and Companies on the Forefront of Modern Medicine
Summary: "Healthcare startups have emerged to take advantage of that growing emphasis on technology, coming up with novel ways to treat and diagnose patients, providing more affordable care options...
Digital Therapeutics Help People With PTSD and Panic Disorder
Summary: "Heart palpitations. Shortness of breath. Dizziness and overwhelming waves of intense fear. These are some of the sensations that people with panic disorder face in their everyday lives,...
AXIM® Biotechnologies Develops Novel Dual IgE/MMP-9 Rapid Ophthalmological Diagnostic Test; Files Provisional Patent
Summary: "AXIM Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTCQB: AXIM) (“AXIM Biotech,” “AXIM” or “the Company”), an international healthcare diagnostic solutions development company, announced today that it has filed...
Four ways Biogen is tackling digital innovation in neurological disease
Summary: "Digital transformation in pharma is not a singular endeavour. It can mean everything from patient-facing disease management apps and wearables to background AI dramatically altering drug...
MIT researchers develop soft, robotic ventilator implant
Summary: "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a soft, robotic and implantable ventilator that augments the diaphragm’s natural contractions." "For many people,...
Emotion AI: Why It’s The Future Of Digital Health
Summary: "Have you ever heard of emotion artificial intelligence (AI)? Emotion AI, or affective AI, is a field of computer science that helps machines gain an understanding of human emotions. The...
Health Hero: Web3 Health Platform for Employers and Payers
Summary: "Health Hero is a web3 health engagement company that delivers free healthcare and healthy food to users for staying healthy. While tapping into an emerging $1 trillion+ web3 healthcare...
The Future of Healthcare & How We Get There
Summary: "What kinds of possibilities exist in the future for healthcare? How can medical devices reach across different fields of medicine and provide a holistic patient experience in collaboration...
La startup que identifica los problemas de aprendizaje de los estudiantes para poner solución a tiempo
Summary: "Stefan Bauer estuvo a punto de dejar el instituto porque no se le daban bien los estudios: algo fallaba en él. Unos años después, lograba graduarse en la prestigiosa universidad de Yale....
The HealthTech 250 is Galen Growth’s selection of the 250 most promising early-stage Digital Health ventures across the globe in 2022
Summary: "Since 2017, Galen Growth has tracked and reported on the Digital Health innovation across the globe. HealthTech Alpha’s unmatched data, intel and insights allow us to uniquely assess,...
AI and AR make mobile phones a lifesaver for new mothers
Summary: "Artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR) and real-time computer vision are being used to provide new mothers in Rwanda with medical support""Doctors and researchers from MIT,...
Digital Transformation: From Theory to Application
Summary: "It seems as though everyone is talking about digital transformation as of late. Talking about the different ways and areas that it can be helpful in the world of healthcare. All of that...
Special Report: Interoperability
Summary: "The conversation on interoperability has shifted. It is no longer discussed as a technology problem, but rather as a complex change that depends upon relationships and culture. Jennifer...
GE Healthcare teams up with augmented reality company MediView XR
Summary: "GE Heathcare and MediView XR, a med-tech company that leverages augmented reality, announced their collaboration to co-develop the OmnifyXR Interventional Suite System. It will combine...
Gene Pathway Analysis In Action 3×4 DNA Test Review
Summary: "In the past couple of years, I have taken at least 10 genetic tests, including this latest DNA test from 3×4 Genetics. This may seem excessive, but I have my reasons. I graduated from...
Wearable Technology in Healthcare: What are the Benefits for Patients, Hospitals and Caregivers?
Summary: "Today I’m going to talk about wearable technology in healthcare. Wearable technology has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by making it easier for patients, hospital employees and...
The Four Drivers of Success in the Patient-Oriented Digital Health Solutions Market
Summary: "Patient-oriented digital health solution providers seem to have finally found the drivers of success for their digital offerings designed around the various needs of patients. A...
Global digital health course launched for healthcare professionals
Summary: "The Certified Digital Health Professional (CDHP) Course will be a year-long, completely online course specifically designed for healthcare and management professionals. Digital Health...
Venture Capital Firms Are Partnering With Healthcare Organizations To Improve Digital Health
Summary: "Venture capital (VC) firms are increasingly playing a role in all aspects of healthcare. This is a growing trend globally, as healthcare organizations are eager for the resources,...
Simple Tracker Data Might Have Clinical Medical Value
Summary: "The line between wearable activity trackers and clinical-grade health monitors seems to be getting blurrier by the day. A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University shows that...
Digital Health Paradox: International Policy Perspectives to Address Increased Health Inequalities for People Living With Disabilities
Summary: "The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the uptake of digital health worldwide and highlighted many benefits of these innovations. However, it also stressed the magnitude of inequalities...
Optum Labs funds opening of digital health research center at Cornell
Summary: "Optum Labs is providing funding in 2022-'23, which will drive research in precision behavioral health, among other areas of focus." "Optum Labs, the research and development arm of...
CardioWise wins health tech award
Summary: "Fayetteville-based digital healthcare company CardioWise was named a rising star in a health technology awards program hosted by an affiliate of the University of California." "San...
Asia’s healthcare future revolves around patient-centric ecosystems
Summary: "The increasing use of digital healthcare will soon be driven through evolving consumer-centric digital ecosystems. But what does an emerging ecosystem within and across Asia look like?"...
University of Missouri researchers design new heart health wearable
Summary: "Using a $2.6 million grant from NIH, researchers at the MU College of Engineering are designing a breathable material with antimicrobial properties for use with a wearable heart monitor"...
G20 Leaders Pledge to Require Global “Digital Health Certificate” Vaccine Passport
Summary: "Twenty leaders of countries considered to be the world’s largest economies gathered at a meeting in Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 14-15, 2022 to discuss ways to “Recover Together, Recover...
The Future of Wearable Devices and Technology in Healthcare
Summary: "Wearables are growing in popularity and enabling people to monitor their health 24/7. In 2022 alone, over 320 million wearable health devices are forecasted to ship worldwide and grow to...
The Future of AI and Digital Health
Summary: "In a sense, Artificial Intelligence and digital health were made for each other. Digital health looks for digital solutions to promote the health of the body and the mind; AI attempts to...
This Health Startup Is Mapping The Vaginal Microbiome Because No Bothered To Before
Summary: "Priyanka Jain and Laine Bruzek want to close the gender gap in healthcare. And they’re talking about vaginas, in particular." "With their new company, Evvy, which launched earlier this...
The Digital Future Of Pathology
Summary: "Pathology is the motor that drives healthcare to understand diseases. Digital technologies could push the field into becoming more efficient and more scalable. They could transform the job...
‘Smart’ Bandage Monitors and Accelerates Wound Healing
Summary: "The wireless device incorporates electronics and an engineered hydrogel to monitor the healing process as well as speed up tissue closure and reduce infection via electrical stimulation."...
Why MedTech Needs to Catch Up In The Race To Go Digital
Summary: "Digital health is everywhere. It’s transforming healthcare for patients and providers with everything from telemedicine to continuous real-world data and AI-enhanced imaging analysis....
Global digital health leaders propose framework to enhance research using real-world data
Summary: "Routinely-collected health care data has the potential to improve the lives and well-being of patients across the world, through better understanding of disease, and research on existing...
Órganos impresos en 3D, biopsias virtuales y predicción de infartos: la tecnología sanitaria española que ya cura
Summary: "El sector registró el año pasado una facturación de 9.500 millones de euros y 29.000 empleos directos. Una industria en crecimiento a la que han contribuido empresas como Quibim, Idoven o...
Musk Proclaims Neuralink Could Start Human Trials in Six Months
Summary: "NeuraLink, Elon Musk’s venture into medical device industry, yesterday shared updates to its brain implant technology during a “show and tell” event, claiming that the device is about six...
La inteligencia artificial que lleva a la España vaciada los últimos avances en detección y terapias contra el cáncer
Summary: "Comitas y Keyzell implantan una solución que permite a los radiólogos detectar si un paciente posee masa tumoral con una precisión del 92% y ofrece el diagnostico en menos de un minuto."...
Baywater Healthcare treats over 7,000 patients with virtual ward service
Summary: "Baywater Healthcare has treated more than 7,300 patients with respiratory infections with its virtual wards service, helping to free up hospital bed capacity." "The company runs its...
Google Health inks first licensing agreement for mammography AI tech
Summary: "More than two million people are diagnosed with breast cancer globally each year, but a shortage of available specialists can place stress on screening systems, hampering access and...
Zoe, which went viral with its Covid-reporting app, raises $30M to track nutrition and health
Summary: "Zoe, a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a popular — dare we say viral? — self-reporting Covid-19 app. Embraced...
Innovations in Eye Care: How Technology Is Transforming Ophthalmology
Summary: "AI software in ophthalmology holds great potential in helping physicians automate the diagnostic process, according to Dr. T.Y. Alvin Liu, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Johns...
Sweetwater Medical reduces patients’ blood pressure and weight with AI and RPM
Summary: "Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweetwater has been perpetually short-staffed. The team always has seemed strapped for time, finding it challenging to monitor at-risk patients with...
MedTech Innovators: Tissium co-founder Maria Pereira on taking tech from bench to bedside
Summary: Maria Pereira, co-founder and chief innovation officer of Paris-based Tissium, was a PhD student in bioengineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when a surgeon asked her lab...
How To Develop a Women’s Health Tracking Mobile App – A Detailed Guide
Summary: "Is Femtech the next new thing in healthcare? Femtech has been around for some time in the mHealth, or healthcare, industry." "Are you familiar with the term “FemTech”? Well, we will...
The impact of lean manufacturing methods on drug delivery devices
Summary: "The number of people who live with diabetes is on the rise. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that one in eleven people are affected by the disease. This makes the...
Healthcare Organizations Are Finding Novel Uses For Virtual Health Technology
Summary: "The virtual health revolution has been prevalent over the last few years, especially fueled by generation-shifting events such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever before,...
Exited telehealth founder launches €100m healthtech VC fund
Summary: "It’s a sign the sector is maturing — even though investment in European healthtechs is down 42% this year compared with the frothy days of 2021, according to Dealroom. But that drop is...
Healthcare may be a recession-proof field, but healthtech is not
Summary: "In 2021, at the height of the Great Resignation, I left a secure director-level job in “martech” (social media marketing) to join a promising healthtech startup that had recently raised...
AI Transforms Smartwatch ECG Signals Into a Diagnostic Tool for Heart Failure
Summary: "A study published in Nature Medicine reports the ability of a smartwatch ECG to accurately detect heart failure in nonclinical environments. Researchers at Mayo Clinic applied artificial...
Exheus cierra una ronda de 900.000 euros liderada por Decelera Ventures
Summary: "La compañía española especializada en análisis de ARN también ha contado con el apoyo de WA4Steam y NextGen Venture Partners. Exheus utilizará los recursos para abrirse mercado en Europa."...
Ria Health Launches Platform To Manage Alcohol Use Disorder
Summary: "Alcohol Use Disorder, sometimes known as alcoholism, continues to be a significant drain on society. People are killed because they try to drive while under the influence of alcohol, work...
New IT Report Finds Healthcare C-Suite Stressed Out by a Lack of Interoperability
Summary: "A survey of CHIME executives by digital health company symplr, unveiled during the HLTH conference, indicates executives have adopted new technology at a fast pace, but those new tools and...
The new era of mHealth
Summary: "Just like other buzzwords mHealth has a different meaning for different people. There is no one definition of mHealth that is accepted universally. mHealth is an abbreviation for mobile...
Marcos Guerra (Pëtri): “España obtiene un cinco raspado en digitalización sanitaria”
Summary: "El socio director de la consultora de salud cree que el problema de la digitalización en el sector está relacionado con la poca evidencia que tiene el profesional del servicio que puede...
‘Skin-like’ Medical Wearable Could Detect Health Issues Before Symptoms Appear
Summary: "The wearable medical device market is growing at a little more than 27% annually and is forecast to reach a value of $174 billion by 2030, according to business intelligence firm Market...
The Top 10 Digital Health Stories Of 2022
Summary: "Edging towards the end of the year, it is time for a summary of how digital health progressed in 2022. It is easy to get lost in the noise – I myself shared well over a thousand articles,...
What Is Digital Health and How Does It Future Proof Your Career
Summary: "Digital health refers to a multidisciplinary concept that combines technology and healthcare to manage illnesses and health risks and to promote wellness. It aims to combine technologies...
Almirall joins project to allow study participants to use trial data
Summary: "Project involves 27 partners including patient associations, hospitals and universities" "Almirall – a company focused on skin health – is participating in Facilitate, a patient-driven...
Flexible AI computer chips promise wearable health monitors that protect privacy
Summary: "My colleagues and I have developed a flexible, stretchable electronic device that runs machine-learning algorithms to continuously collect and analyze health data directly on the body. The...
Confronting the Impact of Digital Health Now & In the Future
Summary: "Healthcare systems globally are facing “unprecedented pressure and disruption” as traditional systems begin to yield to patient expectations of “anywhere, everywhere” healthcare delivery...
Digital health investors: Close your funding rounds now
Summary: "Yeshwant spoke on investing in a down-market economy while presenting at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas. He was joined on a panel by Andrew Adams, co-founder and managing partner of the...
How to Use Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches to Improve Your Health and Productivity
Summary: "Fitness trackers and smartwatches have been around for some time, and if you haven’t already tried one, now may be the time to consider it. Whether you prefer one of the Fitbit models, an...
The Future of Digital Health and Healthcare IT in a Post-Covid World
Summary: "Implementing and pursuing innovation in digital health and healthcare IT should be a priority for all U.S. healthcare providers and payers — especially as the lessons and response to the...
Ana Maiques (Neuroelectrics): «Cualquier emprendedor con éxito ha pasado por muchos fracasos»
Summary: "La plaza Kennedy es el punto de origen y, a la vez, de llegada de la línea 196 del bus de Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona. En los primeros minutos de trayecto, los usuarios pueden...
Can Electricity Make Meditation Better?
Summary: "Does a little electrical head stimulation make meditation easier? The folks at Bodhi NeuroTech say yes; the South Carolina-based tech startup is planning the launch of a headset that...
Digital Health Trends 2023
Summary: "14 longitudinal trends—micro-disruptive technologies, incremental innovation, societal phenomena—carefully extracted from my interviews, observations and research conducted in recent...
6 Highlights from HLTH 2022
Summary: "Among the takeaways from HLTH 2022 were the impact of consolidation on clinicians, behavioral health tools to help consumers manage stress and anxiety more productively, and how health...
Fast-tracking digital transformation
Summary: “Pretty much every business sector is digitally enabled today,” said Anne Snowdon, RN, PhD, Chief Scientific Research Officer, HIMSS Analytics. “From travel to banking to retail, everything...
Healthcare fintech PayZen raises $20M, receives $200M credit facility
Summary: "Founded in 2019, PayZen touts a "care now, pay later" model for healthcare. The startup pays providers for patients' invoices and then uses artificial intelligence to create individualized...
Digital Health is Improving Patient Care
Summary: "Digital health is making it easier for doctors to share information with patients, and for patients to take control of their own care. In the past, patients often had to wait days or weeks...
Extension of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 model for predicting mHealth acceptance using diabetes as an example: a cross-sectional validation study
Summary: "Mobile health applications are instrumental in the self-management of chronic diseases like diabetes. Technology acceptance models such as Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of...
Nyra Medical Announces $20 Million Series A Financing for its Transcatheter Heart Valve Repair Technology
Summary: "Nyra is developing a transcatheter technology (CARLEN), which modifies the native mitral valve leaflets with a proprietary implant, to correct for deficiencies that otherwise lead to...
One Wearable Camera Captures Full 3D Body Movements
Summary: "What can 3D imaging tell us about the health of the human body? Lots. The motion capture of one’s gait has the potential to serve as a digital biomarker that identifies disease progression...
Telemedicine for blood pressure control in low- and middle-income countries: the journey ahead
Summary: "In just over a half-century since the initiation of telemedicine, technological developments have created multiple options to shape how patients can access healthcare and interact with...
Keeping Telehealth in Great (Security) Shape
Summary: "COVID-19 turned telehealth into a household term, transforming the services that healthcare providers can offer patients. Thanks to advancements in connectivity, global experts in rare...
7 Technologies and Products That Will Revolutionize Wellness
Summary: "Health and wellness have already reaped the benefits of tech innovation, and these products promise even more exciting developments." "As people try to live healthier, the evolution of...
Sequoia India’s Surge backs health tech startup RedBrick AI in $4.6M funding
Summary: "Health tech startup RedBrick AI has raised $4.6 million in a funding round led by Sequoia India and Southeast Asia’s Surge as it plans to expand the market for its medical imagery...
A New Wearable Measures Brain Activity
Summary: "If you’ve ever had a brain scan, or even just seen one on TV, you probably know that it’s kind of a big deal. Measuring brain activity usually involves functional magnetic resonance...
Skin-like electronics could monitor your health continuously
Summary: "New wearable electronics paired with artificial intelligence could transform screening for health problems." "Flexible, wearable electronics are making their way into everyday use, and...
Blockchain Technology: A Guide for Healthcare Leaders
Summary: "Have you heard about blockchain? Do you know what it is? Do people talk about it at parties? What if I told you it can be used to solve healthcare problems in the future. Here's the low...
Wearables Help Keep Workers Safe This Holiday Season
Summary: "The holiday season is here, and with Christmas shoppers and holiday orders beginning to flood into stores, businesses will be working overtime to keep operations running smoothly....
A User’s Guide to Digital Therapeutics for ADHD
Summary: "Could playing a video game improve your child’s ADHD symptoms? That’s the promise fueling a surge in digital therapeutics and other emerging tech tools designed to help individuals manage...
A Digital Platform to Support HIV Case Management for Youth and Young Adults: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study
Summary: "Advances in medical treatments in recent years have contributed to an overall decline in HIV-related opportunistic infections and deaths in youth; however, mortality and morbidity rates in...
Bringing wearable healthcare to life
Summary: "At Design Partners, designing medical-grade equipment for both the healthcare services industry and the consumer healthcare industry is a core pillar of our work. Because of the...
Health management platform Novi Health raises $5M in Series A funding round
Summary: "Founded in 2018, the company offers a healthcare platform that integrates clinical treatments with behavioural and lifestyle interventions to address chronic conditions." "It has two core...
E-scooters Are the Perfect Metaphor for Telehealth, Says Zocdoc’s CEO
Summary: "To Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz, it’s helpful to think about telehealth like an e-scooter, because virtual care is just one tool in the toolbox. For example, you wouldn’t use an e-scooter to...
New digital platform in India uses social media to track down vector-borne diseases
Summary: "It will support the Indian government's prevention and control of dengue, malaria, and chikungunya." "SARTHI takes publicly available information across digital channels such as online...
4 must-haves for doctors to stick with telehealth
Summary: “Never before has there been a greater need to be able to leverage digital solutions and technologies to help really meet the need of helping to ensure that the patient-physician...
HEE launches VR app for nurses to experience prison healthcare settings
Summary: "Health Education England (HEE) has joined forces with NHS England’s National Health and Justice team to develop a virtual reality (VR) app allowing nurses to experience what a role working...
Virtual Care Is Transforming The Future Of Healthcare
Summary: "Good healthcare is essential for quality of life. From wellness, fitness, and diet, to routine checkups, to emergent or chronic medical conditions, access to medical professionals and...
Thinking digital health tech
Summary: "As we all know, our healthcare industry is in the midst of a digital transformation. As healthcare consumers (patients), we believe all of us are thinking “it’s about time!” It’s great to...
Health Wearables and Their Role in Healthcare
Summary: "The wearable technology market has been thriving during the pandemic. Grand View Research predicts its steady growth between 2021 and 2028. The market revenue is estimated to reach $118...
Health Tech Solving Treatment Gap For Eating Disorder Recovery
Summary: "Nearly 10% of people living in the United States will develop an eating disorder at some point in their lives, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated...
Digital Transformation: How AI Could Spell a New Era of ‘Smart Care’
Summary: "The term digital transformation can be interpreted in many different ways. Rather than transforming healthcare practices, I like to view it as transforming the way healthcare is...
Smartwatches could help detect and track COVID – here’s what the research shows
Summary: "An elevated respiratory rate, or breathing rate, has been shown to be a useful biomarker for the early detection of COVID. Respiratory rates can be estimated using a method called...
Can health tech close the care gap in emerging markets?
Summary: "After a surge in uptake during the Covid-19 pandemic, the telehealth industry is courting new investment to further innovation and increase access to care in emerging markets." "Digital...
Top 3 Digital Innovations that Transformed Healthcare
Summary: "Patient engagement is the next frontier in healthcare and single-platform patient portals created the digital foundation for this ongoing transformation. In today’s technology-driven...
Healthcare App Development: A Complete Guide
Summary: "The Healthcare industry is continually battling inflation and resource shortages. The rising healthcare expenditures are estimated to reach $600 billion by 2027 (McKinsey)." "It’s time for...
Así es Noula: mentores virtuales para el cuidado reproductivo
Summary: "Noelle Acosta es la figura que se esconde detrás de la startup Noula Health. La joven emprendedora ha roto con todos los esquemas y obstáculos a los que se tienen que enfrentar los...
Fifty Years Launches ‘Fast Grants’ For Female Reproductive Science To Close The Gender Research Gap
Summary: "It’s hard to build novel products without great science. When it comes to women’s health, we still don't have all the answers to very basic questions: What causes endometriosis, and what’s...
10 Best Health Monitoring Devices for 2022
Summary: "At the start of January 2020, Telehealth and remote health monitoring device companies were having a hard time making a go of it. They were on a long slog toward any sort of...
4 Digital Health Trends Coming In 2023
Summary: "Erika is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sanguina, an Atlanta-based wellness and diagnostic startup with an emphasis on anemia screening." "We've all adjusted to social distancing since the...
Amazon vuelve a intentarlo con la telemedicina y abre un servicio para patologías comunes
Summary: "El gigante del ecommerce ha lanzado este martes Amazon Clinic, que permitirá a pacientes de 32 estados de Estados Unidos obtener servicios médicos a distancia, unos meses más tarde de...
Danger Alert: AI Is Writing Content, But It’s Lying – Let Us Show You How
Summary: "There is a growing number of AI text generators around the web, offering more or less the same." "1- You give a brief of your planned content and maybe some keywords""2- Set the...
Medtech startup See-Mode gets Canada’s nod for AI breast, thyroid ultrasound analysis software
Summary: "See-Mode Technologies, a medtech startup based in Melbourne, Australia and Singapore, has received the approval of Health Canada for its software product that supports breast and thyroid...
Left to our own devices: Can wearables keep us healthy?
Summary: "The medtech industry has been paying close attention to the evolution of wearable devices. My first wearable device was a wristwatch. All it did was tell the time, but it was as much a...
These 14 medical device inventions are the best, Time magazine says
Summary: "For over 20 years, Time magazine has highlighted the 100 most impactful devices and ideas around the world. The list is compiled through nominations from the publication’s editors and...
Is This the Age of the Digital Health Economy?
Summary: "The global pandemic has pushed the healthcare sector to digitally transform and adapt to a new normal. Traditional healthcare providers are now adopting the digital model to offer better...
‘Self-therapy’ startups are blooming in the ‘moderate mental health’ space
Summary: "Mental health problems — and the tech products which aim at them — come in all shapes and sizes. There are “mental wellness” products like Calm and Headspace. On the more severe side of...
New Evidence That Fitness Trackers Can Predict Premature Births
Summary: "The percentage of preterm births in the United States has been on the rise for decades, and today around 1 in 10 infants who are delivered in the U.S. have gestation times of 37 weeks or...
GlucoRx showcases «world’s first» multi-sensor non-invasive CGM at MEDICA
Summary: "The GlucoRx BioXensor uses patented radio frequency technology alongside a multiple sensor approach to measure blood glucose levels every minute reliably, accurately, and non-invasively."...
Skin Computers Could Be the Next Big Thing in Wearables
Summary: "You might soon wear your computer on your skin instead of relegating it to a pocket, backpack, or desktop." "Cornell University researchers have developed a skin-tight computer interface...
Penumbra expands VR rehabilitation platform with lower body sensors
Summary: "Penumbra, which makes devices to treat stroke and brain aneurysms, began exploring the healthcare applications of virtual reality in 2017 through a joint venture with California-based...
Novel device to measure nerve activity for treatment of sepsis, PTSD
Summary: "A multi-campus research team has developed a novel device for non-invasively measuring cervical nerve activity in humans. The device has potential applications for supporting more...
Prevention Over Cure: How Artificial Intelligence could Help Prevent 80% of Chronic Diseases
Summary: "With 80% of chronic disease preventable and a global shortage of healthcare professionals, Faramarz and AI Nexus Healthcare are using a specialised artificial intelligence skillset to...
Machine learning: An essential tool in the shift to risk-based quality management
Summary: "Risk-based quality management is a data monitoring approach that accelerates the drug development pathway without compromising on safety – and one that is enhanced by the use of...
Telehealth Sites Put Addiction Patient Data at Risk
Summary: "WHILE MOBILE HEALTH options have been celebrated by doctors and advocates as a way to expand treatment for substance use disorders, there has been persistent concern over how private the...
How Healthcare Systems Can Stay on Top of Supply Chain Management
Summary: "Cleveland Clinic’s senior director of technology for supply chain and support services heads a team that’s responsible for everything from the procure-to-pay process to supply chain...
How AI could revolutionize drug discovery
Summary: "Artificial intelligence could help scientists develop better medicines faster—and thus improve millions of people’s lives. But for that to happen, companies will need to change the way...
Friday Q&A: FemTech Focus’s Barreto discusses women’s health innovations, funding challenges
Summary: "FemTech Focus Executive Director Brittany Barreto is on a mission to improve women’s health outcomes through her work supporting investment and innovation in the FemTech sector. She views...
Editorial: Digital health adoption: Looking beyond the role of technology
Summary: "Accelerating the adoption of proven digital health technologies and advancing their embedding into routine care operations has the potential to revolutionize human health by boosting...
Digital Transformation: How AI Could Spell a New Era of ‘Smart Care’
Summary: "The term digital transformation can be interpreted in many different ways. Rather than transforming healthcare practices, I like to view it as transforming the way healthcare is...
Google Cloud to power virtual care delivery at Manipal Hospitals
Summary: "Manipal Hospitals has tapped Google Cloud to improve its virtual and remote care capabilities while leveraging AI to enhance patient experience." "The partnership involves the deployment...
5 Trends Driving the Future Growth of Digital Health & MedTech
Summary: "Today Accenture published Digital Health and MedTech – New Signals for Transformation to understand the impact consumers, patients and healthcare professionals’ experiences and expanding...
Blood oxygen monitors face scrutiny from FDA panel
Summary: "Devices that monitor blood oxygen levels in the hospital and at home need to be more carefully regulated, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel indicated at a meeting Tuesday."...
SOUTHEAST HEALTHTECH FOUND NEW WAYS TO INNOVATE IN 2022
Summary: "While venture funding fell year-over-year, 2022 has still been lucrative for the Southeast HealthTech scene. 63 companies in the region closed venture rounds over the last 90 days,...
Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia
Summary: "In the Spring of 2020, a number of institutions—health, education, judicial, and others—went through a wrenching technological transformation: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, they took...
3 Questions Healthcare IT Leaders Should Ask Before Implementing AI in Their Operations
Summary: "According to research from Kaufman Hall, 2022 has been the worst financial year for hospitals since the pandemic, with national operating margins at -0.98% through July, marking the...
3 Lessons From Israel’s World-leading Clinical Data-sharing System
Summary: "Israel has a powerful tech ecosystem combined with practical government support. The nation's leaders don’t tell entrepreneurs what to do — but they do provide clarity around the...
The Time for Healthcare Transformation Is Now
Summary: "Talking about disruptive technology and the future of healthcare requires a certain kind of energy. Maybe that energy was found in the can of Diet Mountain Dew that Mark Wehde carried to...
Report: Telehealth accounts for about 10% of outpatient visits
Summary: "New data and analysis provided by the Chartis Group and Kythera Labs show telehealth usage for outpatient visits rose from 1% pre-pandemic to 10% in June 2022." "According to millions of...
TECH IS GOOD FOR YOU: HOW WEARABLE EDGE DEVICES CHANGED HEALTHCARE
Summary: "Since Summer 2022, millions of people have woken up each morning to their wristwatches offering to tell them if they were at risk of heart failure. The Fitbit, a fitness tracker...
Lilly’s new diabetes management platform to integrate Dexcom CGM
Summary: "Drugmakers have been looking for new ways to differentiate their products from rival therapies amid difficulties in growing insulin sales. Indianapolis-based Lilly hit upon medical devices...
Meet The Female Founder Who Just Raised $7.2 Million For Her Virtual Care Platform Aiming To Reverse The Autoimmune Epidemic
Summary: "Three years ago, Ellen Rudolph hit rock bottom with unexplainable, debilitating symptoms ranging from brain fog to gastrointestinal symptoms to fatigue, and got to the point where she was...
Less than 1 in 5 people with heart disease wear a fitness tracker
Summary: "Heart disease is a big problem. According to CDC statistics, in the US it accounts for about 1 in every 5 deaths. Someone dies of a heart disease every 34 seconds. This equates to around...
Rural NY health system working with Silicon Valley to expand access, digital transformation
Summary: "Bassett Healthcare Network's collaboration with Andreessen Horowitz is meant to open up a suite of digital healthcare tools to enhance medical services in an eight-county region in upstate...
How Metaverse Is Reinventing Healthtech & Its Future
Summary: "Despite being in its early stages, the metaverse is constantly developing. The technology, which combines Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and...
What Is Femtech, and How Is It Evolving in Healthcare?
Summary: "The field of women’s health has been around for millennia. The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, which addresses conception, pregnancy and contraception, dates to around1800 B.C. and is one of...
The promising future of personalised diagnostics in wearable technology
Summary: "Wearable technology has sparked a fundamental shift in our everyday lives. Technological advancements in relation to health and fitness are incentivising us to adopt healthier lifestyles...
Can smartphones predict mortality risk?
Summary: "Passive smartphone monitoring of people’s walking activity can be used to construct population-level models of health and mortality risk, according to a new study publishing October 20th...
New Studies Test Wearable Health Tech for Australia’s Remote Communities
Summary: "A vast desert landscape with few major cities, Australia’s Northern Territory is sparsely populated; over 75% of its Aboriginal population lives in “remote or very remote areas.” Many of...
Emerging Role of Digital Health in the Field of Oncology
Summary: "The growth and development in the Digital health technologies, such as mobile health (mHealth) apps, electronic health records (EHRs), electronic medical records (EMRs), wearable devices,...
Amazon’s leaked ‘Clinic’ would connect patients to telemedicine
Summary: "As the company prepares to shut down Amazon Care at the end of the year, a video describes a new healthcare offering." "Amazon might have a new healthcare offering coming soon, according...
El Clínic-IDIBAPS y el CIBER firman un acuerdo con Eiken Chemical para evaluar la eficacia de una nueva prueba fecal para el cribado del cáncer colorrectal
Summary: "La empresa japonesa, líder en el cribado del cáncer colorrectal a nivel mundial, financiará la primera fase de un estudio clínico multicéntrico liderado por Antoni Castells y Meritxell...
Global Digital Health 100 – The Medical Futurist’s Top Choices in 2022
Summary: "We first published the list of the Top 100 Digital Health Companies in 2017, highlighting the mindblowing growth the sector registered in the previous year. “Global digital health...
Apollo Hospitals, un ecosistema para transformar la salud del otro gigante asiático
Summary: "El grupo, que abrió su primer centro en 1983, se ha convertido en el mayor operador hospitalario del país, con 72 hospitales, 3.500 farmacias, 170 clínicas de atención primaria y 700...
Revealed: Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s secret healthtech startup
Summary: "Spotify founder Daniel Ek is no stranger to working in stealth. In the early days of his industry-changing music company, the team drove hype by denying beta access to media." "Now he’s...
11×1 Minutes To Catch Up With The Most Important Digital Health Concepts
Summary: "Every now and then I do a “One Minute Challenge” video, with the goal of explaining digital health-related concepts in just one minute. Here are these collected bits, a few of them just...
This Ultrahuman ‘Metabolism-Tracking’ Ring May Be The Smallest Consumer Health And Fitness Wearable
Summary: "The company shot to prominence with the M1, a simple patch you stuck on your arm that constantly monitored your blood glucose levels (CGM). Working somewhat like the glucose-testing kits...
Why Digital Health Collaborations Are the Future of Medtech
Summary: "Executives from Huma, Abbott, Smith & Nephew and AliveCor share how they are using real world evidence collection to support remote patient monitoring, maximize patient engagement and...
With $14M in Seed Funding, Midi Health Aims To Provide Midlife Hormonal Care Nationally
Summary: "The seed funding was co-led by Felicis Ventures and SemperVirens. Midi Health will use the $14 million to expand beyond California, form new partnerships and train and hire additional...
Wearable technology measures mental activity through the skin
Summary: "Researchers at NYU Tandon have reached a key milestone in their quest to develop wearable technology that manages to measure key brain mechanisms through the skin." "Rose Faghih, Associate...
Nuvance Health develops new memory care-at-home platform
Summary: "The remote monitoring program for neurodegenerative conditions provides individualized care with brain-stimulating activities, memory training, and patient and caregiver education."...
AI-Enhanced Prostate Cancer Treatment: Interview with Brittany Berry-Pusey, Co-Founder and COO at Avenda Health
Summary: "Avenda Health, a medtech company based in Santa Monica, California has developed the FocalPoint ablation system, an AI-powered prostate cancer therapy. The system is designed to provide...
The best mental health wearables to help with stress
Summary: "Eighty per cent of mobile health apps fail to deliver their intended impact. Second year IfM PhD student Devmalya Sarkar tells us why he wants to help firms change this by better directed...
Can blockchain solve health care’s security problems? The financial industry offers a valuable case study
Summary: "Not long ago, blockchain technology captured the imagination — and the wallets — of financial services firms that sought a “first-mover” advantage by integrating it into their outdated...
The King’s Fund interoperability report highlights relationships and technology
Summary: "A recent report by The King’s Fund has highlighted the importance of strong relationships and functioning technology for interoperability to progress in an integrated care system (ICS)...
Can’t sleep? This breakthrough sleep wearable helps you get 30 more minutes of sleep a night
Summary: "We may not understand everything about sleep, but we do know that getting enough is vital to our health and well-being. Unfortunately for some, it can be elusive, and for most they could...
This Entrepreneur Aims To Make Cognitive Screening As Easy As Checking Your Pulse
Summary: "Earlier this month, one of the first comprehensive studies of cognitive issues found that nearly one in ten Americans over the age of 65 has dementia, and another 22% may have mild...
Tucuvi obtiene 5,5 millones de euros de Europa para su plataforma de telemedicina
Summary: "La compañía española ha recibido financiación por parte de la Comisión Europea (CE), en el marco del EIC Accelerator. De ellos, 2,5 millones de euros se otorgarán en forma de subvención a...
Digital Mental Health Investment Climbs to $700M in Q3
Summary: "The subtle uptick in funding comes as digital health investment as a whole continues to plummet. Health tech funding in Q3 was down by 36% quarter over quarter, according to CB Insights....
Putting the user at the centre: the future of digital health apps
Summary: "Eighty per cent of mobile health apps fail to deliver their intended impact. Second year IfM PhD student Devmalya Sarkar tells us why he wants to help firms change this by better directed...
New Sensor Tracks Tumors in Real Time
Summary: "A first-of-its-kind wearable device could give doctors and researchers the ability to offer better insights into how tumors respond to treatments." "Medicine has made huge progress in the...
A new genome sequencing tool powered with our technology
Summary: "Genome sequencing provides a more complete description of cells and organisms, allowing scientists to uncover serious genetic conditions such as the elevated risk for breast cancer or...
The intersection of remote patient monitoring and AI
Summary: "Robin Farmanfarmaian is a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur working in technology and artificial intelligence. She has been involved with more than 20 early-stage biotech and healthcare...
Hand Tremors Reduced by Wrist-Worn Stimulator
Summary: "Cala Health is a California-based company that develops wearable therapeutic neuromodulation devices. The company funded a retrospective analysis study that was published recently in...
Sanarai, la startup que lleva la salud mental virtual al mercado hispano
Summary: "La salud mental ha sido, y es, un tabú en muchas culturas. Una de las regiones donde sigue siendo un estigma es en Latinoamérica. Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, un cinco por...
Wearables Data – Beyond Customer Engagement
Summary: "The use of health-based trackers and fitness wearables has been steadily growing with an increase in consumer adoption during the pandemic as people turned to digital devices to manage...
These 8 Countries Could Put Together The World’s Most Advanced Healthcare System
Summary: "If we are looking for the one thing common in the healthcare systems in various countries, is that no one ever was truly satisfied with their own. The level of satisfaction/dissatisfaction...
Why experts think AI won’t replace physicians in mental health
Summary: "Artificial intelligence is just as good as humans in identifying red-flag language in text messages from people with mental illness, a recent study found. But with many clinicians worried...
Neuraxpharm entra en salud digital tras su acuerdo con mjn-neuro
Summary: "La farmacéutica especializada en el tratamiento de trastornos del Sistema Nervioso Central (SNC) comercializará junto a la start up su dispositivo médico para las crisis de epilepsia en la...
Startups that make healthcare more affordable, accessible will succeed: Ex-US health official
Summary: "Given the Indian government’s push on using technology in healthcare, this may be an opportune time for India and the US to come closer together, former US secretary of veterans affairs...
Machine Learning in Digital Patient Billing Services
Summary: "Machine learning may sound like science fiction, but it’s simply software that can analyze data and adjust accordingly without additional input from human operators. By adding machine...
8,200 Steps a Day Can Reduce Your Risk of Sleep Apnea, Obesity, and More
Summary: "Using a Fitbit device to track and increase daily step counts can lower a person’s risk for chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and sleep apnea, according to a...
Telehealth unicorn Cerebral lays off 20% of staff for ‘operational efficiencies’
Summary: "A spokesperson for Cerebral confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch but did not share the specific number of employees affected. According to the WSJ, which first reported the news, and...
Apple Watch heart rate alerts helped a girl discover and treat cancer
Summary: "Apple Watch is often credited with helping people detect heart disease or even saving their lives with features like fall and car crash detection. But this time, a 12-year-old girl was...
Easy At-Home Healthcare Technologies Improving Life for Most
Summary: "Bluetooth is an excellent communication method between electronic devices. We use Bluetooth for entertainment across smart devices and laptops such as Apple. With medical instruments, you...
How To Turn Telehealth Into a Comprehensive Digital Patient Experience
Summary: "For years, patients had only a few channels in which they could interact with their healthcare providers. They saw their care team in-person during check-ups, interfaced with support and...
New algorithm developed in Australia measures gait quality
Summary: "Researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia and the University of New South Wales have come up with an algorithm that provides an accurate measurement of walking steadiness and...
5 insights into how physicians view, use digital health tools
Summary: "The AMA surveyed 1,300 physicians this year and compared their answers with answers given to the questions in 2016 and 2019. This latest research marks the first time the questions were...
Alexandra Hospital leverages cloud-based service to help patients avoid preventable chronic disease
Summary: "Alexandra Hospital has taken part in the launch of a new cloud-based digital health service in Singapore by telecommunications provider StarHub, together with its partners, health...
Swansea University develops diagnostic tool to deliver quick health test results
Summary: "The new tool leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the identification of biomarkers in biofluids, including blood plasma, synovial fluid, and saliva-containing proteins to...
A Wearable Patch That Could Revolutionise Health Monitoring
Summary: "Currently, India ranks second in the global diabetes epidemic which makes it necessary for providing instant diagnosis and treatment. It is not practical to use wearable devices for...
Biosymbiotic Devices: 3D-Printed Personalized, Wireless Wearables That Never Need a Charge
Summary: "University of Arizona engineers have developed a type of wearable they call a “biosymbiotic device,” which has several unprecedented benefits. Not only are the devices custom 3D-printed...
FDA-Approved At-Home Spirometer: Interview with Charvi Shetty, Co-Founder and CEO at Aluna
Summary: "The COVID-19 pandemic has put lung health firmly in our minds. For those with chronic lung diseases, such as asthma and COPD, an important way to keep track of lung health is to use a...
Philips Expands ClarifEye AR Surgical Navigation in Japan
Summary: "Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, recently announced the expanded rollout of its augmented reality (AR) surgical navigation solution – ClarifEye – to Japan, highlighting...
La revolución de la salud digital ansía un futuro unicornio
Summary: "En la revolución que vive el sector sanitario en todo el mundo, Barcelona tiene una posición privilegiada: la BioRegió (el ecosistema de las ciencias de la vida y la salud de Catalunya) es...
7 Must-Have Features of Healthcare App
Summary: "Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing industries, and it gained immense popularity during the pandemic and will continue to do the same. Even a study has showcased that COVID-19 has led...
How to center patients when designing distance care medical devices
Summary: "User-centered design is critical when developing new medical devices to support distance care. Medtech companies are now specifically designing devices for patient use outside of clinical...
How Wearable Cognitive Assistance Tools Could Reshape Care Delivery
Summary: "A clinical paper published last October described how surgeons in Spain tested Microsoft HoloLens mixed-reality (MR) headsets and MR applications during the removal of a kidney tumor."...
Everyone walks differently — so this exoskeleton adjusts on the fly
Summary: "A new robotic, boot-like exoskeleton uses wearable sensors to adjust to each person who wears it, marking a significant step forward for robotics. The device, described in a study...
Pre-diagnostic cognitive and functional impairment in multiple sporadic neurodegenerative diseases
Summary: "The pathophysiological processes of neurodegenerative diseases begin years before diagnosis. However, pre-diagnostic changes in cognition and physical function are poorly understood,...
Digital Health in Pain Management
Summary: "Pain is defined by the International Pain Society (IASP) as “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such...
Diagnostic Performance of Deep Learning in Infectious Keratitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol
Summary: "Infectious keratitis (IK) represents the 5th leading cause of blindness worldwide. A delay in diagnosis is often a major factor in progression to irreversible visual impairment and/or...
La inteligencia artificial que mitiga el malestar menstrual gracias a un diseño sonoro basado en neurociencia
Summary: "Moonai ha desarrollado sonidos que ayudan a las mujeres a combatir los efectos de la menstruación y a potenciar su productividad y bienestar durante el ciclo según sus necesidades en cada...
4Moving Biotech Announces First Patient Enrolled in Phase I Clinical Trial on Osteoarthritis
Summary: " "We are so excited to have the first patient enrolled in our first-in-human phase 1 clinical study. This initial step is critical to evaluate the safety and tolerability of our OA drug...
Here Is How Digital Health Devices Helped Me Recover From A Serious Infection
Summary: "I got a Hepatitis A infection 3 months ago. Now that I’m almost entirely over it, I wanted to share how digital health devices helped me save my sanity over the past months." "According to...
Circular economy project launched to tackle digital health waste
Summary: "The Digital Health in a Circular Economy (DiCE) project, led by Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, aims to address the issue of increasing digital health waste." "The DiCE collaboration involves 20...
The Intersection of Wearables & Sensors in MedTech
Summary: "The intersection of wearables and sensors in medtech is an exciting one. We’ve already seen the use of wearables as a way to track our physical activity, but there’s more to it than that....
The role of the clinician-data-scientist in health care
Summary: "The clinician-data-scientist combines in-depth clinical knowledge with skills in data science. These health care professionals are well prepared to identify the challenges in health care...
A Smart Band for Teeth Might Prevent Tooth Decay
Summary: "Luna’s flagship product is a smart band that’s worn over a tooth continuously for months until it’s removed by a dentist. While worn, the band monitors acid levels to help prevent tooth...
Signs of dementia may be detectable nine years before diagnosis – study
Summary: "Scientists have discovered that it may be possible to spot signs of dementia as early as nine years before patients receive an official diagnosis." "Researchers at Cambridge University...
Folx Health pulls in $30M to scale enterprise offering, virtual care for LGBTQ+ communities
Summary: "Folx Health, a virtual LGBTQ+ care provider, has clinched $30 million in a funding round. The round was led by 7wireVentures alongside participation from Foresite Capital, Bessemer Venture...
Robopedics cierra su primera ronda de financiación y capta 300.000 euros
Summary: "La compañía ha cerrado la ronda que tenía abierta a través de la plataforma Capital Cell. La empresa española destinará los recursos a fabricar sus primeros prototipos para iniciar ensayos...
«World’s first» non-invasive continuous glucose monitor to launch
Summary: "The GlucoRx BioXensor uses radio frequency technology alongside a multiple sensor approach to measure blood glucose levels every minute." "The small and discreet wearable multi-sensor...
Pregnant women could soon watch their baby grow in the womb on their PHONE with new ultrasound ‘stickers’ that are the size of a postage stamp
Summary: "Mothers-to-be could one day watch their babies grow inside them thanks to an ultrasound sticker that attaches to the body like a plaster. Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of...
Sydney study to evaluate AI’s impact on clinical decision making
Summary: "A new Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre project will study the impact of an AI-powered diagnostic support solution on clinicians' decision-making and patient management at the...
Digital Health Interventions for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Summary: "Digital health solutions can provide populations with musculoskeletal pain with high-reach, low-cost, easily accessible, and scalable patient education and self-management interventions...
Pandemic Led to Surge in Remote Patient Monitoring
Summary: "Devices that remotely transmit people's weight, blood pressure, and glucose levels to physicians exploded in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, as people were socially isolating,...
Artificial Intelligence in the Intensive Care Unit
Summary: "The past century has witnessed a massive increase in our ability to perform complex calculations. The development of the transistor in the 1950s, followed by the silicone integrated...
What’s next for digital healthcare
Summary: "Healthcare has been undergoing a slow revolution since the 1990s when authorities around the world began digitising records with the goal of reducing silos and enabling the sharing of...
Pharmacogenomics: The Key to Unlocking the Future of Personalized Healthcare
Summary: "Pharmacogenomics—the study of genetic influences on an individual’s response to therapeutic medications—is an area of personalized medicine that is gaining momentum. Although...
Tool to spot breast cancer at home wins UK Dyson award
Summary: "A device to help detect breast cancer has won the prestigious UK James Dyson Award." "The Dotplot aims to help women self-check at home and track any changes they may find on an app....
Meet Jenny Rooke, founder and Managing Partner at Genoa Ventures
Summary: "Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow's products and services. Oh, how times have changed! While there are more startups than ever, there's...
Why risk it? Meticulous software testing can save the lives of medical device users
Summary: "Software defects are one of the most common reasons for clinical or consumer medical device recalls, and serious issues stemming from software errors abound. A 2020 study by the Australian...
Google Maps and search will label health clinics that provide abortions
Summary: "Google Maps and Search will now explicitly label healthcare facilities that provide abortion services, TechCrunch reported. It’s another change made in the aftermath of the Supreme Court...
Japanese Startup Ubie Secures $26M for AI-Powered Symptom Checker
Summary: "Ubie is a Japanese health-tech startup founded by a medical doctor and an engineer in 2017. Using AI as its core technology, the company develops and provides an AI-powered patient...
Children’s Hospitals Find Space to Grow Through the Cloud
Summary: "Children’s hospitals are using cloud-based solutions to drive pediatric research and clinical innovation." "Computer scientists are familiar with Moore’s law, which refers to the...
Health Tech Company Hopes To Transform Skin Cancer Testing In America With A Sticker
Summary: "John Dobak had learned about genomic testing in the 1990s and been tracking the evolution of this new approach to detecting cancer, and other diseases. Yet few had been able to turn it...
The future of healthcare technology is remote patient monitoring — here’s what you need to know
Summary: "The pandemic may have forced the MedTech industry’s hand in speeding up telehealth adoption, but the silver lining of where we find ourselves is a bright one — because remote patient...
Interoperability: The Enabler Of Digital Health Penetration In India
Summary: "India has seen rapid technological growth, and smart phone ownership & internet penetration has helped in accelerating and expanding the digital healthcare space. Healthcare data...
Wearable devices could help predict seizures
Summary: "For the more than three million Americans who suffer from epilepsy, seizures can be life or death events. FIU researchers from the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information...
Exploring How Wearables Are A Great Way Of Following Your Health
Summary: "Wearables are not new, but they are constantly evolving. They can be used to track your health and fitness, to monitor your heart rate and blood pressure, and even to keep tabs on your...
How Will A.I. Penetrate Healthcare? Through Your Skin, Voice And Cough!
Summary: "There is certainly no shortage of research on artificial intelligence, machine and deep learning algorithms these days. You will come across a number of announcements every week reporting...
El MIT desarrolla una red neuronal capaz de detectar el párkinson mientras el paciente duerme
Summary: "El párkinson es una de las enfermedades neurológicas de más rápido crecimiento en todo el mundo y el segundo trastorno neurológico más común, después del alzhéimer. A nivel global, esta...
AWS Names 10 Startups for 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator Cohort
Summary: "AWS names the ten digital health startups selected for its AWS Healthcare Accelerator cohort, focused on health equity." "Over the course of the four-week program, these 10 startups will...
MICROROBOTIC SWARMS IN NON-INVASIVE SURGERY
Summary: "This novel, non-invasive intervention has been tried and tested for the first time by scientists from Essex’s School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. In a journal...
This smart mood ring is supposed to monitor mental health — without changing colors
Summary: "Startup Happy Health is looking to give the mood ring a “smart” makeover. Instead of dubious color-changing stones, it has created the Happy Ring, which aims to alert users about their...
Medtech: AI Can Detect Parkinson’s Disease From Night Breathing Patterns
Summary: "Parkinson’s Disease is the world’s fastest-growing neurological disease. It’s also notoriously difficult to detect, largely depending for diagnosis on symptoms like tremors, stiffness, and...
La startup Synchron vence a Musk e implanta el primer chip cerebral en un paciente
Summary: "Stentrode es el nombre que ha recibido el chip cerebral desarrollado por la startup Synchron. La compañía ha conseguido superar a su mayor rival, Neuralink, y ha anunciado el implante de...
Plume scoops up $24M for virtual transgender healthcare
Summary: "Plume, a startup focused on virtual care for transgender patients, raised $24 million in Series B funding." "Plume offers digital gender-affirming care, including prescriptions to hormone...
The Future of 3D Printing Drugs In Pharmacies Is Closer Than You Think
Summary: "3D printing drugs is not a fantasy anymore. Unbelievable shapes and any kind of drug can be fabricated with groundbreaking technology. The UK biotech company, FabRx believes it could even...
Experimental Earbuds Can Detect Ear Infections and Other Medical Conditions With a Chirp
Summary: "Do you remember how your parents tried to convince you to eat your vegetables as a kid by promising they were good for your health? That’s the same tactic a lot of wearable makers are...
Cycle-focused femtech startup, 28, grabs backing from Thiel Capital
Summary: "Meet 28: A U.S.-based femtech startup founded by a wife and husband team that’s scored $3.2 million in seed funding in a round led by Thiel Capital with a fitness and wellness pitch that...
8 DIGITAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS POISED TO TRANSFORM CARE
Summary: "The pandemic pushed our healthcare system to the brink. It cast a spotlight on pressing challenges facing healthcare systems – access, efficiency, effectiveness, and equity. Since 2020,...
New digital health programme in Australia to help childhood cancer survivors be more active
Summary: "A researcher from the University of New South Wales Medicine and Health has developed a digital health programme to help childhood cancer survivors get physically active." "Dr Lauren Ha,...
SCIENTISTS WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIONIC SKIN TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
Summary: "FROM ANTI-INFIDELITY RINGS to masks that change color with your emotions, wearable technology seems to have creeped into nearly every aspect of daily life. These rapidly developing sensors...
Nanoelectronic sensor simultaneously measures electrical and mechanical activity in heart cells
Summary: "Using a suspended nanowire, a University of Massachusetts research team has, for the first time, created a tiny sensor that can simultaneously measure electrical and mechanical cellular...
MedTech: Rare Disease Diagnosis and Beyond
Summary: "Healthcare services globally are under more pressure to serve growing populations in new and innovative ways. The development of medical technology (medtech) has moved beyond clinical...
Health tech startups are more technologically advanced than ever. Their PR should be, too
Summary: "In the old days, PR used to be about who you knew: the personal connections that your PR agency had in the media industry. Today, PR is a much more democratized field in which the best...
The Promise of Digital Health: Then, Now, and the Future
Summary: "Over the past several decades, the development and accelerated advancement of digital technology has prompted change across virtually all aspects of human endeavor. The positive and...
La salud da el salto en el metaverso con un negocio de 5.060 millones de dólares
Summary: "Se espera que este subsector alcance un negocio de 71.970 millones en 2030 con una tasa de crecimiento medio anual del 34,8%, según el informe Global Metaverse in Healthcare de...
You Need Some Smarter Clothing
Summary: "Dr. Do said: “These ‘smart fluid textiles’ take the advantage of hydraulic pressure and add the fast response, lightweight, high flexibility and small size of soft artificial muscles. In...
A HOPEFUL GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE OF WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE
Summary: "Wearable devices have become increasingly popular in recent years. This is due in part to the increasing availability of sensors that can accurately track a variety of data. The global...
Preventive, Proactive, Productive: Digital Care for Managing Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
Summary: "Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims more lives than any other ailment. In 2019, it accounted for about one-third of total deaths globally. CVD also takes an enormous economic toll – US$ 1...
Taking Stock of Healthcare Supply Chain Management
Summary: "Over the past two years, shortages and logistical issues have plagued the healthcare supply chain. With critical equipment and medical devices in short supply, providers and governments...
How Do Wearables Benefit Patients and Doctors?
Summary: "Taking a comprehensive look at the current state of wearable health technology, researchers reviewed 20 studies from Europe and the United States that focus on wearables. They published...
Lumen: World’s First Device and App for Real-time Metabolic Feedback
Summary: "Lumen is the first device and app available to anyone that provides real-time feedback on whether you’re burning carbohydrates or fats. These measurements are usually only made for...
Smallfry collaborates on peritonitis early warning device
Summary: "Coventry-based Smallfry aims to change lives through design and engineering and QuickCheck, is a perfect example of how collaboration and design innovation can really transform ideas....
Amazing Technologies Changing The Future Of Dermatology
Summary: "Smart algorithms will soon diagnose skin cancer, dermatologists consult patients online, and 3D printers will print out synthetic skin to fight tissue shortages. There is a lot going on in...
Can a Fitbit or Apple Watch Help Fight Thyroid Disease?
Summary: "Numerous studies have demonstrated the accuracy of heart rate data from wearable devices when compared with conventional measurement, even though there is minor variability...
The third-gen Oura Ring can now measure the oxygen levels in your blood
Summary: "Oura, the company behind the Oura Ring lineup of wearable devices, today announced that blood oxygen sensing is rolling out to the third-generation Oura Ring. It’s a...
This New Health Monitoring Wearable Needs No Battery
Summary: "Taking a cue from automatic watches that rely on the energy generated by the wearer, researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have created a battery-free...
Predicting Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using Smartphone and Wearable Data
Summary: "Traditionally, researchers have relied on questionnaire data administered by a clinician or self-reported to assess an individual's mental health. However, these methods may be limited in...
AmerisourceBergen launches tech to help docs dispense digital therapeutics to patients
Summary: "The platform, which seamlessly integrates with electronic medical record (EMR) systems, enables physicians to easily access and order prescription and non-prescription DTx through their...
Heart attack prediction startup Cleerly scores $192M and more digital health fundings
Summary: "The company offers an AI-backed tool that evaluates CT angiograms for plaque build-up on the heart arteries' walls, which Cleerly pitches as a way to catch heart disease early. It will use...
AWARD-WINNING INFLATABLE STRETCHER DESIGN HELPS SECURE AND PROTECT PATIENTS IN TRANSIT
Summary: "I think the fact that YouTube has a selection of videos on ‘hilarious stretcher fails’ is proof enough that the current hospital stretcher is mildly problematic. The fabric ones are a...
Digital health firm Oto raises $3.3m for tinnitus support tool
Summary: "The app – also called Oto and available for download from the App store and Google Play – provides a series of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness, physician...
Menopause Startup Lisa Health Launches Its AI-Powered App Midday And Closes The 2.5$ Million Seed Round
Summary: "Lisa Health was founded by its CEO, Ann Garnier, and Chief Scientific Officer and neuroscientist, Massimiliano de Zambotti, Ph.D., who’ve both ‘clicked’ together around the same mission...
Un videojuego con prescripción médica que ayuda en el tratamiento de TDAH en niños y adultos
Summary: "Se estima que en España casi siete de cada 10 niños y adolescentes sufren de trastorno de déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH). Concretamente, el 6,8%, según datos publicados por el...
Veteran digital health pros found virtual eating disorder care startup
Summary: "For Amanda D’Ambra and Joan Zhang, the idea of starting and co-founding an eating disorder care startup was personal: Both struggled with an eating disorder, along with other...
«No habrá una década digital sin innovación en salud»: Europa se prepara para liderar el futuro del sector sanitario
Summary: ""No habrá una década digital en Europa sin innovación en salud", esa es la principal conclusión de un informe elaborado por Digital Europe que señala que la tecnología será clave...
How Healthcare Tech Innovators Can Put The Horse Before The Cart
Summary: "Innovators are unique in their ability to pivot technology from other industries to use in new models and their ability to continuously test products in the real world to keep evolving. In...
“The end of the expert as we know it:” What Gen Z wants their health care to look like
Summary: "While many think of Gen Z as the virtual generation—the ones who find dates on TikTok and go to school in the metaverse—their workplace and health expectations provide a more complex...
Carl Zeiss and Precise Bio partner to develop fabricated corneal tissue
Summary: "Precise Bio combines engineering, biomaterials, cell technology, bioengineering, and 3D printing into a 4D bio-fabrication platform for transplantable organs and tissues. The...
Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud computing, 5G, and Nanotech in healthcare: How organizations are preparing best for the future
Summary: "Automation, digitalization, and technological enablement are having a significant impact on several industries. The healthcare industry is not an exception. The healthcare delivery system...
What does human behavior teach us about frictionless healthcare?
Summary: "Want more patients to get a flu shot? Progress starts with understanding how people behave." "Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found they could boost flu vaccine...
Australia launches digital cancer hub for children, families
Summary: "The Australian government has launched a digital cancer hub to support young cancer patients and their families." "The Cancer Hub was developed in partnership with three of the...
New Study Links One Drop’s AI-Powered Blood Glucose Forecasts to Better Engagement and Diabetes Outcomes
Summary: "According to the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES), self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is an integral component of effective therapy for people with...
Patient Engagement Enabling Better Care Accessibility through Digital Innovation
Summary: "The goal in today’s day and age is to keep ourselves healthy, and clinical care delivery or hospital care services help us achieve these goals to an extent with the help of cutting-edge...
UX Design In Healthcare And Why It Really Matters
Summary: "Healthcare has already made plenty of headway in using UX and UI and the effects have been significant and meaningful." "Why is ux/ui design important in the process? Good healthcare ux...
Researcher develops smart socks for those with dementia and autism
Summary: "Despite vast amounts of technological advancements in the field of electronics, wearable electronics are still in their infancy. Most wearable devices are often large, bulky, and...
Digital Biomarkers, Wearables or Both for Clinical Trials?
Summary: "Digital biomarkers are important for the quality and safety of patient care, but they are just one piece of the puzzle. They can also be used to improve the quality and efficiency of...
Recent KLAS report reveals gaps between patient expectations and the reality of today’s digital healthcare interactions
Summary: "The recent data from KLAS, the highly regarded health IT research firm, reveals that capabilities which allow patients to digitally interact with healthcare organizations aren’t always...
Top 10 Growing Trends to Watch in the MedTech Industry
Summary: "The time has come for enterprises to lay the foundation for long-term success; those that are not adaptable will either be acquired or go out of business in 2022. The...
Digital Phenotyping in Health Using Machine Learning Approaches: Scoping Review
Summary: "Digital phenotyping is the real-time collection of individual-level active and passive data from users in naturalistic and free-living settings via personal digital devices, such as mobile...
DiMe releases toolkits to help scale wearables, remote patient monitoring
Summary: "The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) on Monday revealed four toolkits to help healthcare and life science organizations use data from sensors like wearables and remote patient...
Groups doubles down on telehealth with a mobile app to treat opioid addiction
Summary: "THE PROBLEM" "To keep members safe, the organization made the decision to close all 120 of its clinics across the country and transition to 100% virtual opioid-use-disorder treatment...
As the Alzheimer’s crisis looms, healthcare organizations look to innovation
Summary: "More than 55 million people were living with dementia as of 2021. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common source of dementia, is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. " "The...
The Ecosystem: Can start-ups thrive in the European Health Data Space?
Summary: Proposals to build a European Health Data Space (EHDS) have received a warm welcome from digital health start-ups, which are frustrated by obstacles to scaling-up within Europe. If the plan...
Digital Health is now the default operating system of healthcare
Summary: "Digital Health is now the default operating system of healthcare. As a country, India has currently been ranked at the top in terms of Digital Health programmes. The numbers...
Persephone puts poop to work to explore and heal your gut microbiome
Summary: " Persephone Biosciences is a biotech startup that — with the help of $15 million and a lot of poop — is building a library of the human microbiome and assembling a...
The Bio Revolution Brings Innovation For Precision Diagnostics
Summary: "Society has benefited from remarkable scientific advances in the 21st century; perhaps few are more profound than the extraordinary achievements in human health, thanks to the convergence...
Neuro startups form latest group of grads from PharmStars digital health accelerator
Summary: "Neurological disorders present all sorts of challenges that range from the screening of people who may have a particular disease to the monitoring of patients in their homes. PharmStars, a...
Healthcare’s newest pivot: consumer identity as the cornerstone of digital health
Summary: "Digital-transformation programs at leading healthcare institutions that I work with are increasingly focused on two things: how to increase revenues and how to improve consumer...
El Clínic consolida su apuesta en proyectos m-Health y salud digital
Summary: "El Observatorio mHealth del Hospital Clínic de Barcelona ha presentado por primera vez su memoria de actividad donde se recogen los hitos en mHealth y Salud Digital del hospital del año...
Polymer Brushes Capture and Release Proteins on Demand
Summary: "Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a “polymer brush” system that can capture and release proteins on using electrical stimulation. Protein...
Smart Jumpsuit Tracks Motor Development in Children
Summary: "Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland created a smart jumpsuit that can track toddler movements. The idea is to closely monitor motor development and identify any issues...
How wearables can help monitor your hydration
Summary: "Phoenix can get hot. Very hot. With the rapid expansion of the city, the valley in which it rests has been slowly transforming into an urban heat sink. As a Phoenix resident, I’m well...
Meet the startups using AI to help doctors fight burnout
Summary: "Even before COVID-19, 40% of physicians said they felt burned out. But the pandemic was a tipping point. Working in jerry-rigged PPE in overcrowded, understaffed ICUs, more than 3,600 U.S....
Trust in AI among healthcare staff and patients ‘will improve with regulation’
Summary: "The ‘AI in Healthcare – Transforming the UK’s Health System’ report, from law firm DAC Beachcroft, presents the legal challenges being faced by the use of AI in healthcare delivery." "With...
Dialysis machine inspired by juice dispenser wins UK engineering prize
Summary: "A home dialysis machine inspired by technology used in fruit juice dispensers has won the UK’s most prestigious engineering prize." "The device, made by Quanta, is currently used by about...
Suite of Sensors Provide Real Time Reports of Patient Health
Summary: "ANNE One monitors vital signs with two medical-grade wearable sensors. Attached by conductive adhesive, the ANNE Chest patch — with a temperature sensor, 1-lead electrocardiogram, and...
One-Step Manufactured Meta-Bots with Medical Potential
Summary: "Engineers at the University of California Los Angeles have developed “meta-bots,” which are fingernail sized robots that can move, sense, and navigate their environment. Strikingly, the...
Can Smart Implants Monitor Healing Inside the Body?
Summary: "Using artificial implants in surgeries to support human tissue or bone that isn’t functioning optimally anymore is commonplace. But what if those implants also could monitor on-site what’s...
Manchester pilots AI software for adult asthma patients
Summary: "The STARRS-GM project uses LungHealth software to work through the Standardised Asthma Review and Reduction in SABA (short acting beta agonist) model. It hopes to improve the outcomes for...
Apollo Hospitals, ConnectedLife tie up for AI heart disease risk tool integration
Summary: "Indian hospital chain Apollo Hospitals Group is integrating its latest AI tool for predicting a patient's cardiovascular disease risk with the digital health solutions of Singaporean...
Kindly makes hormonal health care more approachable
Summary: "Hormonal healthcare can be intimidating, since it touches on the most intimate parts of our lives. Kindly wants to make it accessible to more people, with a combination of at-home...
Nigerian at-home lab testing platform Healthtrack gets $1.5M, backed by feamle VCs
Summary: "Google Health has introduced research projects that promise to turn smartphones into disease=screening tools. One promising avenue involves using the onboard microphones on a...