Disease management

Healthcare professional looking into a microscope
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:16 pm January 10, 2025
OMNY Health, a company that helps hospitals monetize operational data, announced a partnership with Scipher Medicine to promote precision medicine efforts for immunology. The aim of the collaboration is to integrate transcriptomic data from Scipher Medicine with OMNY Health's EHR network that extends to more than 80 million patients.  OMNY Health’s network is composed of data from almost 250,000...
Co-founders of Health BETA
By  Adam Ang 01:29 am January 9, 2025
Five digital health startups recently graduated from the accelerator programme of the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and 22Health Ventures. Started as a hackathon event, the NUS Medicine Digital Advanced Technology Accelerator (DATA) supports startups to quickly scale their solutions for improving patient outcomes and clinician productivity.  "It's truly exciting...
Midsection of a person in a suite wearing two rings and looking at their phone
By  Jessica Hagen 01:22 pm January 7, 2025
Circular, maker of smart ring technology, announced its next-generation wearable, the Ring 2, which includes ECG capability with its FDA-cleared AFib detection algorithm that provides real-time heart health data to wearers.   The titanium Ring 2 – available in gold, silver, black and rose gold – also includes digital ring sizing, sleep stage analysis and a wireless charging dock. Digital ring...
Silhouette of man interacting with a virtual environment while wearing a VR headset
By  Jessica Hagen 12:27 pm December 30, 2024
Researchers are looking to conduct a study using AI, virtual reality (VR) and AI-generated voice cloning of a patient's living or deceased loved ones to personalize pain management therapy, according to a paper published in the Journal of Medical Extended Reality. "AI-generated VR technology has the potential to modulate pain and enhance cognitive engagement through rapid design and...
Business people in a meeting
By  Anthony Vecchione 10:17 am December 19, 2024
Precision medicine startup Promise Bio announced that it has emerged from stealth with an $8.3 million seed investment. Awz Ventures led the round with funding from AION Lab's venture seeding track from AstraZeneca and Pfizer, which provided Promise Bio with financial backing to accelerate the development of its platform.  In addition to the funding, the company received a grant from the Israel...
A patient with diabetes being assisted in using a mobile app to track their blood glucose level
By  Adam Ang 12:51 am December 17, 2024
Western Sydney Diabetes has rolled out a mobile diabetes management application from Taiwan as part of its patient engagement digitisation.  A centre led by the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD), WSD has established an automated patient engagement programme with Health2Sync. It features the Health2Sync app which provides personalised lifestyle suggestions on managing blood sugar levels...
Two people sitting across from each other at a desk shaking hands
By  Jessica Hagen 11:21 am December 16, 2024
Precision Neuroscience, a brain-computer interface company that connects AI with human intelligence, announced it closed a $102 million Series C funding round led by General Equity Holdings, bringing its total raise to $155 million. Steadview Capital, B Capital and Duquesne Family Office, the investment firm of Stanley F. Druckenmiller, participated in the round.  The funding comes less than two...
Healthcare provider standing next to a patient while looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 01:38 pm December 13, 2024
Wavegate Corporation, a company that makes neuromodulation technology for chronic pain management, has secured $26 million in a Series A funding round led by UCEA Capital Partners Ltd.  WHAT IT DOES  The Louisiana-based company offers its Ellipse Spinal Cord Stimulator Platform for treating chronic pain. The platform includes the company's patented and FDA-cleared StimuLux technology, which uses...
Patient consulting with physician remotely
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:36 pm December 11, 2024
TelliHealth has named Asif Ahmad CEO and a member of its board. The aim of the rebranded company, which is the result of the merger between Accuhealth and Signallamp Health, is to improve the delivery of remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM) services across the healthcare continuum by serving clients and their patients nationally. "I am delighted to be able to work...
Doctors performing surgery
By  Jessica Hagen 11:43 am December 11, 2024
California-based Capstan Medical, maker of robotic-enabled tools for heart valve disease, closed an oversubscribed $110 million Series C round led by Eclipse.  Existing investors Intuitive Ventures, Yu Galaxy, and new investor Gideon Strategic Partners, participated in the round.  WHAT IT DOES The company offers surgical robotics with catheter-based technology and implants to repair and replace...