At HIMSS25, healthcare data analytics company Arcadia showcased its CareJourney acquisition and introduced AI Factory, a predictive analytics platform.
Luke Hansen, chief medical officer at Arcadia, spoke with MobiHealthNews post-conference about the expanding role of generative AI in healthcare, emphasizing its impact on value-based care, clinical decision-making and operational efficiency. He...
Wysa, a company offering an AI-enabled mental health chatbot, announced it is merging with April Health, which integrates virtual behavioral health services into primary care.
Wysa's chatbot guides users through cognitive behavioral therapy for concerns like low mood, stress and anxiety. The company's employer offering also includes a self-care library of exercises to improve self-esteem, sleep...
Tech-enabled drug discovery company Insilico Medicine secured $110 million in an oversubscribed Series E funding round.
A large equity fund of Value Partners Group, an asset management firm in Asia, and new and existing investors participated in the round.
WHAT IT DOES
Massachusetts-based Insilico's proprietary generative AI platform, Pharma.AI, utilizes biology, clinical medicine, scientific...
Researchers from one of South Korea's largest hospitals claim to have developed an objective measure of pain during and after surgery using AI.
FINDINGS
The research team at Asan Medical Center devised a pain assessment model that can be applied throughout the entire surgery process. It involves tracking a patient's heart rate, blood pressure, and blood volume change during surgery. A machine...
LAS VEGAS - At the 2025 HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition here, Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations at HIMSS, and Jonathan French, senior director of public policy and content development at HIMSS, discussed the organization's role in progressing health technology policy in government.
In their talk, "Forecasting the Global Policy Landscape in 2025," the pair...
Chulalongkorn University engineer develops hybrid wheelchair, wearable robot
A wheelchair that also serves as a wearable exoskeleton for people with mobility issues has been developed in Thailand.
The hybrid robot prototype allows its user to leave the wheelchair to stand and walk using an exoskeleton.
"The lower leg can change mode between sitting and walking using a motor to help with the...
Australian startup Heidi Health has raised another $16.6 million in Series A funding from a round led by Headline. The follow-on investing round was also joined by Local Globe, Anthology (Menlo Ventures and Anthropic), as well as existing investors Blackbird, HESTA, Possible Ventures and Archangel Ventures.
Formerly Oscer, Heidi relaunched in 2024 with a customisable AI-powered clinical...
LAS VEGAS - At the Smart Health Transformation Forum during HIMSS25 here, Matt Cybulsky, healthcare leader for AI, go-to-market and design at Ionian Consulting, discussed forecasting and improving care using technology.
In his talk entitled, "Halcycon Days Ahead: A New Epoch of Forecasting and Improving Care," Cybulsky said that while AI has transformed how we interact, obtain information and...
Salesforce announced the launch of Agentforce for Health, an AI-driven platform that automates tasks like appointment booking, benefits verification and clinical trial matching. The tech giant is also partnering with healthcare technology company Athenahealth to streamline workflows, such as summarizing patient histories and processing prescription refills.
Amit Khanna, senior vice president and...
HCF now offers remote heart monitoring with Ramsay
Health insurer HCF has started offering remote heart monitoring service for patients dealing with heart failure.
It recently tied up with Ramsay Connect, Ramsay Health Care's community, home, and remote care joint venture with Remedy Healthcare, to offer two million HCF members access to the Virtual Heart Failure Service.
The service hooks...
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