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...
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...
In recent months, the Singaporean government has cracked down on erring providers of telemedicine in the country. It was revealed at the start of the year that eight providers were being investigated for improper practice and false advertising – and one already had its license to offer outpatient services revoked.
Amid this growing scrutiny, telehealth company ORA launched what could be...
Aubrey May Agcon of the Narrows Institute for Biomedical Research and Education is a clinical research nurse deployed at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Corona Clinic and VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Manhattan. Agcon is speaking at next month's HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas on commonly used approaches for determining appropriate trauma...
AI-enabled text-first virtual healthcare clinic Curai Health is partnering with UMass Chan Medical School to study how at-home antigen and molecular tests compare with lab PCR tests in detecting the current variants of COVID-19 and influenza.
Curai Health offers a primary care team and AI-powered software that embeds into a provider's care delivery services.
Its offerings include personalized...
Machine learning models trained on routine clinical data from electronic health records (EHRs) predicted diagnostic progression to schizophrenia or bipolar disorder in patients undergoing treatment in psychiatric services for other mental illnesses, according to a new cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
The cohort study, Predicting Diagnostic Progression to Schizophrenia or Bipolar...
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...
Kauvery Hospital invests in Lifesigns
Lifesigns has received undisclosed funding from Kauvery Hospital Group's investment arm, Healthcare Capital.
The new funds, based on a press statement, will "advance Lifesigns’ AI and predictive algorithm capabilities." The company offers an AI-powered remote patient monitoring system that provides alerts and predictive insights.
Lifesigns is now gearing...
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Victoria, Australia led one of the largest eye studies in the world that used AI to analyse eye images of over 50,000 people to better understand the retina's connection with various diseases.
The international study, funded by California-based Lowy Medical Research Institute, tapped into a dataset of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images...
Vik Bajaj, managing director at venture capitalist firm Foresite Capital and CEO of Foresite Labs, which focuses on transforming healthcare through data-driven solutions, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss President Trump's recently announced $500 billion Project Stargate and AI’s role in early cancer detection and vaccine development.
MobiHealthNews: You worked in the sector of early cancer...
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