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Two scientists standing in a laboratory
By  Anthony Vecchione 04:51 pm March 28, 2025
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that it has entered into a technology alliance agreement with the Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging (CZ Imaging Institute) to develop technologies that allow researchers to better visualize human cells that could advance scientific research and discovery. In a statement, Thermo Fisher Scientific explained that cryo-electron microscopy (...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:42 pm March 28, 2025
Ambient scribes are poised to be one of the fastest technology adoptions in the history of healthcare, according to a report by the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) on AI adoption in healthcare delivery systems. The report provides insights on navigating early adoption, tracking progress while using the technology and delivering impact with early use.   Ambient scribes utilize AI to...
Dozee's contactless vital signs monitoring and alert system
By  Adam Ang 02:07 am March 28, 2025
Dozee bags $8M for global expansion Dozee is seeking to enter new international markets following its latest fundraising.  The Indian medical device maker raised INR 71.5 crore ($8.3 million) from Temasek Trust's C3H and other investors.  "Beyond the [United States], we are exploring new international markets while broadening our product portfolio to cover the entire continuum of care — from...
Healthcare professional looking at a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 11:40 am March 27, 2025
  Editor's note: This article has been updated with a quote from Layer Health's cofounder and CEO. Layer Health, an AI-enabled chart review company, announced it secured $21 million in Series A funding.  Define Ventures led the round, with participation from GV (Google Ventures), Flare Capital Partners and MultiCare Capital Partners.  WHAT IT DOES Layer Health's AI platform is built on machine...
The Chinese University of Hong Kong research team behind Dr PAI
By  Adam Ang 06:48 am March 24, 2025
A team of engineers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has developed an AI-based blood pressure management system featuring a large language model from DeepSeek.  HOW IT WORKS The system called Dr PAI (personalised AI doctor) integrates wearable technology with DeepSeek to enable 24/7 monitoring and tracking of dynamic blood pressure changes and heart rate variability. It also collects...
A doctor reviewing a patient's record on a desktop computer
By  Adam Ang 08:27 pm March 23, 2025
Alcidion unveils genAI apps ASX-listed health IT provider Alcidion has announced new generative AI-based solutions developed in collaboration with Google Cloud. Alcidion has utilised Google Cloud's Gemini on Vertex AI to develop a new AI-powered scribe and patient record summary application.  Based on a media release, the new scribe feature can capture and transcribe dialogue into the Noting...
Vuno and Coreline Soft officials in their partnership signing
By  Adam Ang 08:24 pm March 23, 2025
Vuno invests $2M, sells lung AI in Japan to rival Vuno has invested in and sold its lung disease diagnosis AI technology in Japan to its rival Korean company Coreline Soft. The two companies recently entered into a strategic partnership to jointly raise their competitiveness in the growing global medical imaging AI segment.  Vuno invested 3.4 billion won ($2.3 million) in Coreline Soft, to which...
Healthcare professional sitting at a desk with many computers around them
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:44 pm March 21, 2025
Foundation models with the ability to process and generate multi-modal data have transformed AI’s role in medicine. Nevertheless, researchers discovered that a major limitation of their reliability is hallucinations, where inaccurate or fabricated information can impact clinical decisions and patient safety, according to a study published in medRxiv. In the study, researchers defined a medical...
Healthcare provider sitting at a desk and looking at a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 12:52 pm March 17, 2025
The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) and Google Health launched a free online course for medical professionals, researchers, administrators and innovators to learn the fundamentals of generative AI, large language models (LLMs) and the technologies' use cases in healthcare. The Generative AI for Healthcare course gives stakeholders an understanding of LLMs and their applications in healthcare....
A doctor using a laptop for a virtual consultation
By  Adam Ang 09:07 am March 17, 2025
Medibank now owns telehealth platform Medinet ASX-listed private health insurer Medibank has completely acquired telehealth company Medinet.  The company initially made a A$10 million ($6 million) investment in the latter in 2022.  "The team at Medinet has some incredible capabilities in health system interoperability which will be pivotal to the connected experiences that we know will have a big...