Consumer

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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...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:37 am March 26, 2025
Cardiometabolic digital diagnostics company Nanowear announced a licensing and data partnership with glucose monitoring specialist Dexcom to integrate glucose data from the Dexcom G7 into its SimpleSense nanotechnology-enabled wearable.  Nanowear offers home-based, AI-enabled digital diagnostics for cardiometabolic health. The company's FDA-cleared SimpleSense wearable reads patient vitals, such...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:06 pm March 25, 2025
Aura, an AI-enabled digital protection platform, announced it officially closed its Series G funding round, raising $140 million in equity and debt and bringing its valuation to $1.6 billion. The round initially closed in August 2024. Ten Eleven Ventures and Madrone Capital led the round, with participation from new investor AT&T Ventures. Existing investors General Catalyst, Warburg Pincus...
Inflight telehealth station
By  Jessica Hagen 01:00 pm March 24, 2025
Airline Emirates, a flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates, announced it is partnering with French telehealth company Parsys Telemedicine to offer inflight virtual medical services to passengers in "telemedicine stations" aboard aircraft.  Emirates has invested more than $2.4 million in co-designing telemedicine stations, which include high-definition video conferencing capabilities, secure...
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...
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...
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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...
Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, chief medical officer at Oura
By  Jessica Hagen 08:00 am March 20, 2025
Health-tracking ring maker Oura announced today the appointment of Dr. Ricky Bloomfield as its first chief medical officer. Prior to this, he served as clinical and health informatics lead at Apple Health, where he oversaw the launch of several features, including Apple's Health Records on the iPhone.  Dr. Bloomfield spoke with MobiHealthNews about his new role, where he will lead the expansion...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:19 pm March 19, 2025
EpiWatch, the Apple Watch-based epilepsy management company spun out from Johns Hopkins, announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its continuous seizure monitor platform that utilizes the popular wearable to detect and alert for tonic-clonic seizures. Tonic-clonic seizures, or grand mal seizures, are a type of seizure that affects the whole brain and can cause violent muscle contractions...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:19 pm March 18, 2025
Women's telehealth company Wisp and female pelvic floor and physical therapy company Origin announced a partnership to allow their members to access each other's services. Wisp offers same-day appointments for women seeking treatment for sexual and reproductive health tools. Patients can connect with a licensed medical provider and, if needed, obtain a prescription for same-day in-person pickup...