Patient monitoring company Sibel Health, a spin-out of Northwestern University, closed a $30 million Series C equity financing round and received its seventh FDA clearance.
Steele Foundation for Hope led the round with participation by Dräger. Both organizations have been existing investors in the company.
WHAT IT DOES
Chicago-based Sibel Health's FDA-cleared ANNE One platform contains advanced...
Health-tracking ring maker Oura announced today the appointment of Dr. Ricky Bloomfield as its first chief medical officer. Prior to this, he served as clinical and health informatics lead at Apple Health, where he oversaw the launch of several features, including Apple's Health Records on the iPhone.
Dr. Bloomfield spoke with MobiHealthNews about his new role, where he will lead the expansion...
EpiWatch, the Apple Watch-based epilepsy management company spun out from Johns Hopkins, announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its continuous seizure monitor platform that utilizes the popular wearable to detect and alert for tonic-clonic seizures.
Tonic-clonic seizures, or grand mal seizures, are a type of seizure that affects the whole brain and can cause violent muscle contractions...
Pediatric health system Connecticut Children's is expanding its partnership with Xerox by introducing an AI-powered offering aimed at streamlining care delivery while improving patient outcomes.
Hartford-based Connecticut Children's is utilizing AI to allow emergency department nurses to prepare more effectively for procedures and use predictive analytics to reduce heart-associated risks in...
The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) and Google Health launched a free online course for medical professionals, researchers, administrators and innovators to learn the fundamentals of generative AI, large language models (LLMs) and the technologies' use cases in healthcare.
The Generative AI for Healthcare course gives stakeholders an understanding of LLMs and their applications in healthcare....
Medibank now owns telehealth platform Medinet
ASX-listed private health insurer Medibank has completely acquired telehealth company Medinet.
The company initially made a A$10 million ($6 million) investment in the latter in 2022.
"The team at Medinet has some incredible capabilities in health system interoperability which will be pivotal to the connected experiences that we know will have a big...
Researchers from one of South Korea's largest hospitals claim to have developed an objective measure of pain during and after surgery using AI.
FINDINGS
The research team at Asan Medical Center devised a pain assessment model that can be applied throughout the entire surgery process. It involves tracking a patient's heart rate, blood pressure, and blood volume change during surgery. A machine...
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...
Australian startup Heidi Health has raised another $16.6 million in Series A funding from a round led by Headline. The follow-on investing round was also joined by Local Globe, Anthology (Menlo Ventures and Anthropic), as well as existing investors Blackbird, HESTA, Possible Ventures and Archangel Ventures.
Formerly Oscer, Heidi relaunched in 2024 with a customisable AI-powered clinical...
LAS VEGAS - Punit Singh Soni, founder and CEO of Suki, maker of an AI-backed healthcare voice tool, sat down with MobiHealthNews at the 2025 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition here to discuss the evolution of the company and its experience at the conference.
MobiHealthNews: How are you enjoying HIMSS25?
Punit Singh Soni: This year has been insane, and I was reflecting on it last...
