Digital Health

Kyberlife team
By  Adam Ang 06:46 am March 24, 2025
Healthcare B2B e-commerce platform Kyberlife has bagged $3 million in an investing round led by 5I Ventures. The sum was also raised from East Ventures, A2D Ventures, and NUS Alumni Ventures. WHAT IT DOES Founded in Singapore in 2021, the startup runs an online marketplace for sourcing critical healthcare equipment for use by academics, research laboratories, and other healthcare institutions. It...
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...
Researcher at work in a lab
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:28 pm March 21, 2025
Google gave an update on how it is using AI to advance science and build products at its recent Check Up event. In a blog post, Google's chief health officer, Dr. Karen DeSalvo, said that since the company launched AI Overviews last year, people are more satisfied with their search results and are asking longer, more complex questions.  AI Overviews appear in Google Search results to allow people...
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...
Peter Eggleston, global product marketing director at GE HealthCare
By  Jessica Hagen 01:31 pm March 21, 2025
Las Vegas - At HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition, Peter Eggleston, global product marketing director at GE HealthCare, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the company's recent digital offerings for healthcare. MobiHealthNews: What innovations is GE HealthCare showcasing at HIMSS25? Peter Eggleston: One of the biggest announcements we have this year is a new brand called Genesis, and...
Executives conferring
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:29 pm March 20, 2025
Brainomix, a company offering AI-powered imaging tools for stroke and lung fibrosis, announced the completion of an $18 million Series C investment round. The round was co-led by existing investors Parkwalk Advisors and the Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund. New investor Hostplus via the IP Group Hostplus Innovation Fund and LifeSci Capital participated in the round. WHAT IT DOES Brainomix is an...
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...
Healthcare professional engaging in a telehealth call
By  Anthony Vecchione 04:21 pm March 19, 2025
Healthtech company Flatiron Health is collaborating with NRG Oncology, a clinical research consortium in the National Cancer Institute's National Clinical Trials Network with more than 1,300 worldwide research sites, to deploy Flatiron Clinical Pipe in a multicenter NRG clinical trial. Flatiron Clinical Pipe is an electronic health record (EHR) to electronic data capture (EDC) connector that aims...
Avatar face image
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:13 pm March 19, 2025
New York-based pediatric mental health platform Fort Health announced it is partnering with AI-powered coaching platform Colleva to train therapists using AI avatar-directed, face-to-face simulations. The partnership aims to provide pertinent and appealing made-to-order scenarios, allowing Fort Health to rapidly train its therapists using evidence-based therapeutic protocols, which may lead to...