Quality Care

Alexandra Hospital team behind an AI for robotic total knee replacement
By  Adam Ang 01:43 am February 14, 2025
A novel AI developed at Alexandra Hospital automates implant positioning in robotic total knee replacement surgery.  A team at Alexandra Hospital's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery recently obtained the World Intellectual Property Organization patent for their AI algorithm. WHAT IT DOES Developed by Dr Glen Liau Zi Qiang, an orthopaedic surgery consultant at AH, the AI optimises implant...
A photo of a person's eye
By  Adam Ang 06:55 pm February 11, 2025
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Victoria, Australia led one of the largest eye studies in the world that used AI to analyse eye images of over 50,000 people to better understand the retina's connection with various diseases. The international study, funded by California-based Lowy Medical Research Institute, tapped into a dataset of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images...
Representatives of NTU Singapore spin-off Gray Matter Solutions and Osler Group showing the application-based early dementia detection tool
By  Adam Ang 03:00 am February 11, 2025
A new AI-based tool that gamifies the screening of mild cognitive impairment has been incorporated into a comprehensive health screening service in Singapore. ReCOGnAIze is a neuroscientific game application developed at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) of Nanyang Technology University, Singapore. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Powered by a proprietary algorithm, ReCOGnAIze comprises four...
A radiologist reviewing an AI-generated chest X-ray analysis
By  Adam Ang 01:08 am February 10, 2025
Harrison.ai has received A$32 million ($20 million) in equity investment from the Australian federal government's National Reconstruction Fund Corporation. WHAT IT'S FOR The multi-million dollar investment, which forms part of Harrison.ai's Series C funding round, will help the medical AI company secure a wide base of hospitals and health facilities in Australia while also seeking expansion...
A patient in a virtual consultation with a doctor
By  Adam Ang 10:47 pm February 6, 2025
Healthengine allows direct booking from Google Primary care booking platform Healthengine has added a new booking pathway in partnership with Google. The Reserve with Google feature allows patients to book appointments directly from a practice's Google Business profile upon search. "This can help to boost online visibility, reduce drop-offs and increase appointment volumes," Healthengine said...
A doctor synchronising a patient's smartwatch with their mobile app
By  Adam Ang 10:44 pm February 6, 2025
MediBuddy developing IoT devices with Japan's ELECOM Virtual care company MediBuddy has started collaborating with Japanese electronics maker ELECOM to develop health IoT devices.  In a media release, MediBuddy said it will develop products for daily health management and leverage the collected health and medical data to generate personalised health insights and preventive care programmes. "In...
Zhenya Lindgardt, CEO of Sera Prognostics
By  Jessica Hagen 11:08 am February 5, 2025
During the JPM Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Zhenya Lindgardt, CEO of Sera Prognostics, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the company’s focus on preventing preterm birth, a leading cause of neonatal mortality, by identifying protein markers that indicate risk. MobiHealthNews: How does Sera work in women's health? Zhenya Lindgardt: Sera is a unique company. Any executive dreams of...
AI Optics Sentinel Camera
By  Anthony Vecchione 03:05 pm January 31, 2025
AI Optics, an AI-enabled medical device company, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Sentinel Camera. The handheld retinal imaging system captures high-quality images of the human eye, helping to address gaps in retinal disease screening through a portable and accessible tool. The aim of the Sentinel Camera is to enable point-of-care retinal imaging that would eliminate the need for some...
Two healthcare professionals looking at diagnostic images
By  Jessica Hagen 12:59 pm January 30, 2025
California-based Rad AI, a generative AI radiology workflow company, has secured $60 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round, which brings the company's total raise to more than $140 million and bumps up its valuation to $525 million. Transformation Capital led the round with participation from existing investors Cone Health, World Innovation Lab, Khosla Ventures, Kickstart Fund,...
Surgeon standing in front of a computer dressed in surgical gear
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:27 pm January 27, 2025
Elucent Medical, a guided surgical technology company, will receive $30 million in growth capital from Trinity Capital. WHAT IT DOES Elucent Medical's flagship product EnVisio System utilizes a spatial field generator measuring continuous data points across multiple planes to display exact 3D positioning of the SmartClip marker and SmartSensor that is used to guide soft-tissue surgical excision....