Healthy aging

Doctor taking a patient's blood sample in a clinic
By  Jessica Hagen 01:11 pm July 17, 2024
Truvian Health, maker of a benchtop blood-testing system, announced it had secured $74 million in capital and is partnering with Canada's largest pharmacy, Shoppers Drug Mart.  Great Point Ventures and Wittington Ventures coled the round, with participation from existing investors Medical Excellence Capital, Tao Capital, DNS Capital, 7wireVentures and TYH Capital.  WHAT IT DOES The San Diego-...
Automatic MRI scan analysis report generated by SNAC's AI-based platform iQ-solutions
By  Adam Ang 09:20 pm July 9, 2024
Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre, an integrated neuroimaging research and commercial medical image analysis facility within the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, has secured government grant funding to market its AI-powered software for analysing and monitoring brain diseases.  It also announced on 5 July that it obtained the Therapeutic Goods Administration's clearance for its...
Two people sitting on a bed in a home with one being a healthcare provider checking the other one's vitals
By  Jessica Hagen 02:39 pm July 9, 2024
In-home, value-based longitudinal primary care provider HarmonyCares announced it secured $200 million in a funding round, led by General Catalyst, a large national payor and McKesson Ventures.  K2 HealthVentures and existing investors Valtruis, Rubicon Founders, Oak HC/FT and HLM Capital also participated in the round.  WHAT IT DOES HarmonyCares is a physician-led, value-based primary care...
Person sitting at a computer while holding a coffee cup
By  Jessica Hagen 12:42 pm July 9, 2024
Boston-based Uwill, a mental health platform for colleges and students, announced it has acquired Virtual Care Group, a fellow student-focused telehealth and wellness support platform. Uwill partners with colleges to offer students on-demand virtual access to licensed therapists and providers trained in crisis counseling. Students can also attend online wellness events through the company's...
Person sitting at a computer looking at the screen while smiling
By  Jessica Hagen 02:26 pm July 3, 2024
Midlife women’s health clinic Midi Health announced it is collaborating with Keck Medicine of USC to provide personalized care plans to individuals going through perimenopause and menopause.  The California-based company offers women 40 years of age and older a virtual care platform with access to nurse practitioners specializing in perimenopause and menopause. Physicians and researchers oversee...
A doctor consulting with an elderly patient
By  Adam Ang 06:05 am July 3, 2024
Fujifilm and Juntendo Hospital in Japan have developed an AI that can accurately predict the risk of falls among outpatients using hospital data.  Their research team collated over 500 features associated with falls, including age and prescription history, from hospital data collected in Fujifilm's CITA Clinical Finder. The data platform is used to centrally manage data across various hospital...
A nurse checking on tasks in their device
By  Adam Ang 05:26 am June 7, 2024
Personify Care, Foxo announce integrated patient management solution Personify Care and Foxo have announced a strategic partnership to combine their technologies for improved patient management.  Based on a media release, their integration will allow health services to access Foxo's enterprise communication technologies within Personify Care's digital patient pathway platform. Foxo users will...
Two individuals with one in a wheelchair and the other standing over them with the two putting their heads together
By  Nathan Eddy 02:17 pm May 21, 2024
Uber Health announced it is introducing Uber Caregiver, an offering that allows users to add a caregiver to their Uber profile to ask for rides and deliveries, track them in real time and pay using the caregiver's health benefits. The service, which will be available this summer, will provide caregivers with insights into the care recipients' benefits, such as the balance of the monthly grocery...
Person holding another little person above their head with the sky in the background
By  Nathan Eddy 12:51 pm May 8, 2024
Infant monitoring specialist Owlet's Dream Sock has received CE Mark certification by the European Union, meeting its required safety and health requirements and paving the way for the device to be sold in Germany, France and the U.K. later this year. The Dream Sock, which wraps around a baby's foot, is a nonprescription medical pulse oximetry solution for infants aged 1 to 18 months weighing 6...
Two people sitting in a bed holding another person
By  Jessica Hagen 05:53 pm April 25, 2024
Baby tech company Owlet and telehealth staffing and services company Wheel announced they are partnering to allow Wheel's clinicians to prescribe caregivers Owlet's medical pulse oximetry wire-free sock for infants. Owlet's BabySat, which received FDA clearance last year, uses pulse oximetry technology to monitor a baby's heart rate and oxygen saturation level, and alerts caregivers when a...