Consumer

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By  Jessica Hagen 04:59 pm February 18, 2025
Male fertility and sexual healthcare company Posterity Health has secured $13 million in Series A funding. Georgetown Equity Partners led the round with participation from existing investors Distributed Ventures, WVV and FCA Venture Partners and new investors SteelSky Ventures and Scrub Capital.  WHAT IT DOES Posterity Health, launched in 2021, is a digital male fertility clinic providing access...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:56 am February 18, 2025
Boston-based therapeutic extended reality platform XRHealth has acquired virtual reality digital therapeutics company RealizedCare, which combines digital therapeutics with wraparound virtual services to supply value-based chronic care management.  XRHealth offers medical extended reality (XR) experiences focused on the physical and cognitive space, including immersive environments designed to...
DoseSpot Connect
By  Jessica Hagen 03:00 pm February 17, 2025
DoseSpot, an electronic prescribing platform that enables providers to send prescriptions directly to a patient's pharmacy from a clinic, is launching DoseSpot Connect – a product suite designed to give patients instant access to pharmacies offering their prescribed medication at the lowest cost. "Connect is giving patients transparency and choice with their medications that they've never had...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:48 pm February 14, 2025
Boston-based knownwell, a hybrid weight-inclusive primary and metabolic care provider, announced it expanded into six clinics across the greater Chicago area and will provide patients across the Midwest with access to virtual care.  The company touts itself as an empathetic, weight-inclusive in-person and virtual provider that offers comprehensive primary care and metabolic health services,...
Daniel Kraft, physician-scientist and founder of NextMed Health and Digital.Health
By  Jessica Hagen 01:11 pm February 14, 2025
AI is reshaping healthcare, making it more personalized and proactive, says Daniel Kraft, physician-scientist and founder of NextMed Health and Digital.Health.  Kraft sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the healthcare technology conference NextMed Health and how he sees AI-powered tools improving accessibility and affordability. Still, he warns that regulation and outdated systems remain...
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By  Jessica Hagen and Anthony Vecchione 04:37 pm February 13, 2025
Proposed legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives will allow AI and machine learning technology to prescribe drugs approved by the FDA autonomously.  The bill, H.R.238, introduced on Jan. 7, would require amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to "clarify that artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies can qualify as a practitioner eligible, to...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:21 pm February 13, 2025
Apple announced it is collaborating with Brigham and Women's Hospital to launch the Apple Health Study, which will use various data from Apple devices to help predict, detect and manage physical and mental health and overall wellbeing.  The study will use the association between data to examine the relationship between various areas of health, such as how exercise affects sleep and vice versa or...
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By  Nathan Eddy 01:48 pm February 12, 2025
Epicore Biosystems announced it secured $26 million in Series B funding to accelerate the adoption of its sweat-sensing wearable technology and cloud analytics platform. Led by the Steele Foundation for Hope, the investment will enable Epicore to scale its hydration management solutions globally while expanding into new biomarker applications, including kidney health, women’s health, malnutrition...
U.S. Capitol building
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:34 pm February 7, 2025
U.S. congressmen announced they will introduce a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives proposing a ban on the use of DeepSeek's chatbot application by federal employees on government devices. According to the release, the bill, dubbed "No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act" and introduced by U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., 5th District, and Darin LaHood, R-Ill., 16th...
A patient in a virtual consultation with a doctor
By  Adam Ang 10:47 pm February 6, 2025
Healthengine allows direct booking from Google Primary care booking platform Healthengine has added a new booking pathway in partnership with Google. The Reserve with Google feature allows patients to book appointments directly from a practice's Google Business profile upon search. "This can help to boost online visibility, reduce drop-offs and increase appointment volumes," Healthengine said...