telehealth

A clinician looking at a reading by Annalise CXR
By  Adam Ang 02:48 am July 8, 2022
harrison.ai, Sonic Healthcare launch pathology AI joint venture Healthcare AI startup harrison.ai and ASX-listed diagnostics provider Sonic Healthcare have set up a joint venture namedfranklin.ai. Based on a media release, franklin.ai will develop and provide pathologists with AI-powered support tools to improve diagnosis accuracy and efficiency.  The venture will be led by harrison.ai's former...
A patient talking to a provider via telehealth
By  Nathan Eddy 10:00 am July 1, 2022
The use of telehealth to provide services for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) shows promise, but does not necessarily improve rates of intake for medication. It remains unclear whether an expansion of these services would improve quality of care. These were among the results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open on June 27 that included 118,670 patients with schizophrenia or...
A demonstration of the new AR patient education module on Connect2MyDoctor
By  Adam Ang 12:57 am July 1, 2022
Connect2MyDoctor, a telehealth platform by Melbourne-based health tech startup Neev Tech Labs, has launched a new three-dimensional/augmented reality module for patient education. The telehealth platform, which also operates in Bengaluru, India and Dubai, has been used by patients in over 15 countries and accessed by more than 3,000 specialists since it launched in 2016. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The web...
A doctor talking to a patient through a video call on her smartphone
By  Emily Olsen 11:49 am June 22, 2022
Business-to-business telehealth provider SteadyMD announced it has acquired BlocHealth, a clinician licensing and credentialing platform.   Under the deal, BlocHealth will continue to operate under its own name. It will offer services including license registration across states, payer enrollment, license renewal and consulting services for SteadyMD's in-house providers as well as clinicians...
A doctor using the Doctor Koi platform on their laptop
By  Adam Ang 09:46 pm June 16, 2022
Doctor Koi, a health tech startup in Bangladesh, has received $500,000 in seed funding in an investment round led by Verge HealthTech Fund, an early-stage health technology venture capital fund. The round was also joined by some industry and local investors. WHAT IT DOES The company's flagship product Digital Rx, a prescription writing software, is being used by over 900 active doctors who are...
A woman talking to a provider using a tablet
By  Emily Olsen 11:29 am June 2, 2022
Therapists serving patients from lower socioeconomic status groups, as well as couples and families, are less likely to continue teletherapy after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JMIR. The study surveyed mental health professionals currently using telehealth between January and April last year about their practices, experiences moving to and using teletherapy, and their...
Yamini Prakash, Country Division Head of Bayer Pharmaceuticals Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; Maran Virumandi, CEO and Founder of DoctorOnCall; and Chiak Tang, COO of DoctorOnCall pose for a photo during the launch of their telehealth platform dedicated to endometriosis.
By  Adam Ang 10:42 pm May 26, 2022
Bayer launches telehealth platform for endometriosis in Malaysia Pharmaceutical firm Bayer has partnered with digital health company DoctorOnCall and the Endometriosis Association of Malaysia (MyEndosis) to launch a telehealth platform dedicated to endometriosis. Endometriosis, a condition that affects one in 10 women worldwide, occurs when the endometrium grows outside the womb in other tissues...
A person using their smartphone for video doctor consultation
By  Adam Ang 04:05 am May 17, 2022
Singaporean telehealth company Doctor Anywhere has started adopting a video API from US-based cloud communications provider Vonage to enhance its delivery of telehealth services. Vonage's communications platform has over a million registered developers who are using its APIs to provide business continuity, remote work, and remote delivery of various services. It is fully programmable and allows...
[Left] KT Corp. SVP Lim Seung-hyeok and [Right] HurayPositive CEO Choi Doo-ah
By  Adam Ang 10:19 pm May 12, 2022
South Korean telecommunication giant KT Corporation has partnered with health tech company HurayPositive to develop and launch a telemedicine service for managing chronic diseases in Vietnam. According to a press statement, the telemedicine platform is targeted to be launched within the year and will start by offering virtual services for diabetic patients before gradually offering support for...
Dr. HK logo
By  Adam Ang 05:26 am May 5, 2022
Telecommunications firm China Mobile Hong Kong, together with health tech company Heals Healthcare, has unveiled its mobile health app for teleconsultations in Hong Kong. Available on Android and iOS devices, the new app called Dr. HK offers a mix of online and offline health services, including access to electronic health records, online outpatient clinic appointments, video consultations, and...