Quality Care

Healthcare provider wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope around their neck while looking at a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 11:15 am November 22, 2024
TailorMed, a platform that allows healthcare providers to manage their finances, check health plans and estimate out-of-pocket costs for uninsured patients, announced a $40 million financing round, combining equity and debt, led by Windham Capital Partners. Samsung Next, BrightEdge, Citi Impact Fund and the investment arms of OSF Healthcare, Ballad Ventures, Inception Health, UnityPoint Health...
A doctor analysing a chest X-ray image
By  Adam Ang 08:32 pm November 21, 2024
Vuno receives second 510(k) South Korean medical AI company Vuno has obtained a 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration for its chest X-ray analysis AI software. The VunoMed Chest X-ray Triage quickly screens for pneumothorax and pleural effusion in chest X-ray images.  This FDA win is a second for Vuno, who first received a 510(k) for its brain image analysis AI in...
Person wearing a glucose monitor while standing against a wall
By  Jessica Hagen 12:08 pm November 21, 2024
Glucose-monitoring specialist Dexcom announced it has made a $75 million strategic investment in health-tracking ring maker Oura and established a strategic partnership to enable two-way data flow between Dexcom's continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and the Oura Ring. Dexcom will contribute $75 million to Oura's Series D funding round, which will bring Oura's valuation to more than $5 billion....
A stained slide being prepared for AI-powered analysis
By  Adam Ang 04:22 am November 19, 2024
Lunit collabs with AstraZeneca, secures major deal in France  Lunit and AstraZeneca have partnered to develop new AI-powered digital pathology solutions that predict non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).  Based on a media release, their collaboration aims to accelerate the time-consuming process of genomic testing as part of NSCLC identification and diagnosis by leveraging Lunit's AI. The latter's...
Healthcare provider sitting at a desk while talking to someone on the computer
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:44 pm November 15, 2024
Vesta Healthcare, a virtual care company for individuals receiving home care, and Medical Guardian, a company providing medical alert devices to seniors, has entered into a partnership to address chronic care management and remote patient monitoring for Medicaid and Medicare members. Medical Guardian’s cellular-connected vitals monitoring devices and personal emergency response systems (PERS)...
Healthcare provider standing beside a patient and their loved one
By  Jessica Hagen 12:25 pm November 12, 2024
Founder and former CEO of the London-based multinational digital health giant Babylon, Ali Parsa, announced the launch of his new company, Quadrivia AI, which will offer clinicians an AI assistant to help with administrative and clinical tasks.  Quadrivia's offering, Qu, is an AI-enabled personal clinical assistant available in multiple languages designed to support clinicians with various tasks...
LADO and Neurophet officials pose after an MOU signing
By  Adam Ang 06:46 pm November 10, 2024
Neurophet sets up China JV Medical imaging AI company Neurophet from South Korea has established a joint venture in China.  It recently signed an exclusive deal with LADO, one of the leading medical software providers in China, to market its AI-based software for quantifying levels of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in PET images.  The deal, which also establishes a joint venture with LADO, aims...
A doctor in a virtual consultation with a patient
By  Adam Ang 06:42 pm November 10, 2024
New telehealth feature on MedAdvisor patient app Pharmacy-focused MedAdvisor has announced the launch of a new telehealth functionality on its mobile patient application. The telehealth feature allows patients to book virtual consultations with providers, receive e-prescriptions, and pre-order medications and receive purchase renewal reminders from preferred pharmacies.  Early this year, the ASX-...
AITRICS VitalCare software
By  Adam Ang 08:11 pm November 4, 2024
South Korean medical AI company AITRICS has obtained clearance from the Ministry of Health, Vietnam for its AI software for predicting patient deterioration. VitalCare utilises AI to analyse 19 types of EMR data of patients in general wards to predict possible death, ICU transfer, and cardiac arrest within six hours. It can also predict sepsis within four hours, cardiac arrest within 24 hours, as...