ASIA news
A nursing training facility in India has recently opened, which could be the first to be augmented by virtual reality technology.
Healthcare VR developer MediSim VR has partnered with Kusum Dhirajlal (KD) Hospital to establish the Virtual Reality Health Lab.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Located at the 300-bed multispecialty hospital in Ahmedabad, a city in the western state of Gujarat in India, the nursing...
Latest Zepp OS runs on ChatGPT-4o
China-based connected health technology firm Zepp Health has released the newest version of its smartwatch operating system, Zepp OS, which now runs on OpenAI's latest GPT model.
Integrated with ChatGPT-4o, Zepp OS introduces an upgraded Zepp Flow voice assistant, which allows users to control their devices through voice commands without using specific keywords...
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...
Alyve Health to enhance AI with $6M Series A funding
Alyve Health, an Indian startup offering personalised digital health plans for corporates, has raked in $5.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Axilor Ventures. The round was also participated by 1Crowd Fund, InHealth Ventures, and Trifecta Capital.
Founded in 2020, the startup offers tailored comprehensive health plans, ranging from...
Korean digital health company LifeSemantics has obtained the first approval for an AI-powered solution for skin cancer diagnosis in South Korea.
The company received regulatory clearance from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for canofyMD SCAI four months after its application.
The mobile AI technology was developed through the Doctor Answer 2.0 project, which has gathered 30 hospitals and 19...
Cloudphysician, a provider of ICU technology solutions in India, has scored $10.5 million in a funding round led by Peak XV Partners.
The round was also joined by Panthera Peak and Elevar Equity – from which it also raised $4 million in Series A funding in 2021.
WHAT IT DOES
Established in 2017, the startup offers a smart ICU and emergency department system called RADAR.
It features four AI-...
A new international research led by Nanyang Technological University Singapore set out to uncover insights into the perceptions of Asian medical professionals about the use of AI in healthcare.
FINDINGS
The researchers surveyed 165 gastroenterologists and gastrointestinal surgeons from Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. They were administered a questionnaire asking them to rate their level...
South Korea OKs new stroke prediction AI software
South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has recently approved an AI-based software for predicting the onset of ischemic stroke or cerebral infarction.
The NNS-SOT software, developed by researchers from Asan Medical Center and Nunaps, provides an estimated time of onset of cerebral infarction in brain MRI images. It is based on AI that was...
HoneyNaps, a startup from South Korea that offers AI for the diagnosis of sleep disorders, has raised $11.6 million from a recent Series B funding round.
WHAT IT'S FOR
According to a press statement, its fresh funds will be used to cement its presence in the United States market. At present, the sleep technology sector there is valued at $9 billion. It is projected to grow to $39 billion by 2033...
Aevice Health obtains $1M investment for Japan, US expansion
Singapore-based respiratory health IT maker Aevice Health has received a $1 million investment from A&D Company for its expansion in the United States and Japan.
Based on their agreement, Aevice can leverage the sales network of its investor, which manufactures precision equipment and product inspection equipment for healthcare and...
