Coreline Soft announces first China partnership
South Korean medical AI company Coreline Soft has entered into its first partnership in China.
It signed a memorandum of understanding with Suhai Information Technology, which reportedly runs a network of medical institutions in China. Coreline Soft will tap into this network to collect clinical data, which will help tailor its AI software...
Research from Japan has demonstrated the use of eye-tracking technology in the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
Waseda University associate professor Mikimasa Omori set out to examine whether children with potential ASD would exhibit a preference for predictable movement – a behaviour indicative of the neurodevelopmental disorders – longer than typically developing children.
FINDINGS...
The mobile application for medical emergency services in South Korea has been refreshed after over a decade.
Launched in 2014, the Ministry of Health and Welfare's 129 app now has new features to quickly book and access virtual consultations with health counsellors.
It has introduced sign language-based video consultations, which people with speech and hearing difficulties can make a reservation...
Asan Medical Center has developed a voice-based clinical documentation system powered by a large language model.
HOW IT WORKS
The system automatically records and analyses conversations – including identifying symptoms and classifying diseases – between and among staff and patients in near real-time. It also creates patients' medical records on the spot which are automatically saved to AMIS 3.0,...
Alcidion unveils genAI apps
ASX-listed health IT provider Alcidion has announced new generative AI-based solutions developed in collaboration with Google Cloud.
Alcidion has utilised Google Cloud's Gemini on Vertex AI to develop a new AI-powered scribe and patient record summary application.
Based on a media release, the new scribe feature can capture and transcribe dialogue into the Noting...
Vuno invests $2M, sells lung AI in Japan to rival
Vuno has invested in and sold its lung disease diagnosis AI technology in Japan to its rival Korean company Coreline Soft.
The two companies recently entered into a strategic partnership to jointly raise their competitiveness in the growing global medical imaging AI segment.
Vuno invested 3.4 billion won ($2.3 million) in Coreline Soft, to which...
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...
Digital chronic disease management platform Health2Sync has recently raised $20 million in a Series C funding round led by Taiwania Capital. Wistron, Pegatron, BE Health Ventures, ABIES Capital, and Cathay Venture also joined the round.
This latest investment brings its total capital raised since its founding in 2013 to over $30 million.
WHAT IT'S FOR
In a media release, the company said it...
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...
HCF now offers remote heart monitoring with Ramsay
Health insurer HCF has started offering remote heart monitoring service for patients dealing with heart failure.
It recently tied up with Ramsay Connect, Ramsay Health Care's community, home, and remote care joint venture with Remedy Healthcare, to offer two million HCF members access to the Virtual Heart Failure Service.
The service hooks...
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