The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) announced the release of The Playbook: Pediatric Digital Medicine, an industry guideline aimed at addressing the special challenges of pediatric digital health innovation and creating solutions that maximize care for children.
To counter, what it calls, a lack of investment and barriers to innovation in the pediatric digital health space, DiMe is partnering...
Google has received FDA clearance for its loss of pulse detection feature available on Pixel Watch 3.
The loss of pulse detection technology checks for an individual's pulse. Once it detects signs of a loss of pulse, it activates infrared and red lights to search for additional pulse signals. A motion sensor then checks for signs of movement.
An AI algorithm then analyzes the pulse and movement...
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...
Silicon Valley giant NVIDIA announced a partnership with the Arc Institute and Stanford University to launch a new foundation model, Evo 2, that understands the genetic code for all domains of life.
The model, which is being touted as the largest publicly available AI model for genomic data, was built using the NVIDIA DGX Cloud platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in collaboration with Arc and...
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...
PAVmed, a medical technology company focused on devices, diagnostics and digital health, and its subsidiary, cancer care platform Veris Health, completed a $2.37 million private placement financing.
Accredited investors acquired PAVmed securities priced at-the-market and shares of Veris common stock indicating a pre-money Veris valuation of almost $35 million.
The financing augments a recently...
Musician and record producer Pharrell Williams' nonprofit organization, Black Ambition, is accepting applications for the 2025 Black Ambition Prize Competition, which will provide more than $1 million in funding for up to 25 applicants focused on innovating in the healthcare, technology, AI, consumer products and services, and media and entertainment.
Early-stage underrepresented entrepreneurs...
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...
Auckland-based health IT company Medtech Global has been acquired by software acquirer Banyan Software from the United States.
Founded in 1989, Medtech claims to develop the first practice management system in New Zealand. It also offers a payment solution and a digital health application integration platform.
WHY IT MATTERS
Medtech was first sold during the thick of the pandemic in 2020 to...
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...
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