digital health

 A parent and child doing exercise
By  Adam Ang 11:53 pm August 24, 2022
A researcher from the University of New South Wales Medicine and Health has developed a digital health programme to help childhood cancer survivors get physically active.  WHAT IT DOES Dr Lauren Ha, exercise physiologist and a post-doctoral research fellow in paediatrics at the School of Clinical Medicine of UNSW Medicine and Health, modified a version of iEngage, a health education programme for...
A chat conversation on the Zyla Health mobile app
By  Adam Ang 01:28 am July 6, 2022
Digital health firm Zyla Health has recently raised $1 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by venture capital company Seeders.  The round also drew the participation of SuperMorpheus Investment Group, co-founders of Epigamia, Rahul Jain and Uday Thakker, PitchGround CEO Udit Goenka, and Kinderpass founder Sumedha Khoche, among others. WHAT IT DOES Founded in 2017, Zyla provides...
Pristyn Care logo
By  Adam Ang 05:09 am June 8, 2022
Indian health tech company Pristyn Care has bought Lybrate, a mobile health platform, for an undisclosed amount as part of its expansion into primary care. Founded in 2014, Lybrate helps connect over 300,000 doctors to patients. It claims to have managed more than 200 million annual interactions in India over the last five years. The company also runs a doctor-facing app called GoodMD which...
A person using their smartphone for video doctor consultation
By  Adam Ang 04:05 am May 17, 2022
Singaporean telehealth company Doctor Anywhere has started adopting a video API from US-based cloud communications provider Vonage to enhance its delivery of telehealth services. Vonage's communications platform has over a million registered developers who are using its APIs to provide business continuity, remote work, and remote delivery of various services. It is fully programmable and allows...
Officials from Good Doctor Technology Thailand and the National Health Security Office during a press briefing
By  Adam Ang 11:34 pm May 12, 2022
Good Doctor Technology joins NHSO's COVID-19 outpatient care programme Good Doctor Technology Thailand has participated in the outpatient care programme of the National Health Security Office for mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients. According to a media release, the health tech company is providing telehealth service to patients with positive antigen test results via the Spring Up mobile...
Noah and Zoey products
By  Adam Ang 10:10 pm May 12, 2022
Singaporean digital health startup Ordinary Folk has bagged $5 million in pre-Series A funding from Monk’s Hill Ventures. Founded two years ago, Ordinary Folk runs two telehealth platforms: Noah, an online healthcare service dedicated to men, and Zoey, which focuses on women's sexual wellness, fertility, mental health and wellbeing. WHAT IT'S FOR According to a media release, Ordinary Folk will...
Milvik Health+ app
By  Adam Ang 04:41 am April 18, 2022
Swedish fintech and health company Milvik Bima has launched its mobile health app in Bangladesh. WHAT IT'S ABOUT According to a press statement, the Milvik Health+ app combines payment tools and e-commerce for healthcare.  It also has telehealth features that allow users to speak with their doctors and keep track of their appointments and follow-up calls. They can also access their medical...
CompleteScan by Advanced Human Imaging
By  Adam Ang 12:08 am April 6, 2022
Australian medical imaging company Advanced Human Imaging has concluded a technology integration agreement with BizBaz, a health and financial intelligence platform in Singapore. The master services agreement will grant BizBaz the right to use AHI's software development kits for CompleteScan Face and Body for iOS and Android devices.  According to the company's disclosure, the deal's initial term...
Med247 team
By  Adam Ang 04:27 am March 31, 2022
Med247, a health tech startup in Vietnam, has raised $4.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by Altara Ventures. The round also drew the participation of Pavilion Capital, MiRXES, and angel investors East Ventures and Venturra Ventures. WHAT IT DOES Launched in 2019 with seed funding from venture capital investment firm KK Fund, Med247 operates under an offline-to-online...
Extensia's logo
By  Adam Ang 01:05 am March 16, 2022
Australia-listed Hills Limited, the parent company of health tech provider Hills Health Solutions, has announced its acquisition of connected care firm Extensia. Extensia offers the RecordPoint platform which provides practitioners with real-time access to patient records and test results from anywhere. It enables safe sharing of health information through rigorous data security, user...