India

 A user checks their vitals from a mobile health app
By  Adam Ang 11:20 pm February 14, 2022
Indian digital health startup MFine has launched a cancer screening feature on its app in partnership with oncology research and solutions provider Datar Cancer Genetics. MFine users can now book a range of cancer diagnostic tests from Datar's EasyCheck.  EasyCheck is a non-invasive, radiation-free test for early cancer detection. It has three types of test: EasyCheck360 detects cancer from...
Holmusk's digital real-world evidence platform NeuroBlu
By  Adam Ang 09:18 pm February 10, 2022
Holmusk signs tech use with US-based mental healthcare provider  US-based Metrocare Services has signed an agreement with Holmusk, a behavioural health tech provider from Singapore, to use its real-world data platform in enhancing mental health care. Metrocare is a leading provider of mental health and developmental disability services in Texas.  The deal is for the use of NeuroBlu, a data...
A patient in bed with an attendant nurse
By  Adam Ang 01:48 am February 9, 2022
Healthnet Global, a subsidiary of hospital chain Apollo Hospitals, has unveiled its smart in-patient room automation system that features remote patient monitoring and triaging. WHAT IT DOES Its latest hospital automation offering, AutoMaid, comes with motion sensors, including bed handrail sensors that patients can use to notify nurses. It has a communication pod that enables touch and voice...
A drone by Redwing Labs carrying medicines
By  Adam Ang 12:15 am January 24, 2022
Digital pharmaceutical marketplace Retailio has tried out drone medicine delivery in collaboration with drone logistics firm Redwing Labs. The pilot programme was conducted in the Chickkaballapur district in Karnataka. With an average speed of 90 kilometres per hour and a payload weight of up to two kilograms, the hybrid VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drones covered about a 10-km distance...
Two clinicians analysing an x-ray image
By  Adam Ang 01:22 am January 18, 2022
Vaidya Sane Ayurved Labs, also known as Madhavbaug, a Maharashtra-based chain of heart clinics, has unveiled its medical analytics application that gives a complete picture of a chronic disease patient's health.  Operating 274 clinics and two hospitals nationwide, the medical service provider treats chronic diseases by combining technology with the traditional healing method of Ayurveda.  WHAT IT...
A doctor using a laptop computer
By  Adam Ang 09:24 pm January 10, 2022
Health tech startup MedPiper Technologies has launched its latest online offering to help doctors find jobs and optimise their workflows.  Since 2019, the company has been connecting healthcare professionals with hospitals and healthcare organisations for duty vacancies and assignments and with pharmacies for partnerships. Its membership comprises over 65,000 verified healthcare professionals,...
A screenshot of Spry's home page
By  Adam Ang 12:51 am December 16, 2021
Physiatry platform developer Spry has snapped up $3 million in seed funding, a round led by India-focused venture capital fund Together Fund.  The investing bout also drew participation from FJ Labs, Pareto, Knowledge Capital, AngelList, and Whiteboard Capital. WHAT IT DOES Founded in March this year, the startup offers a full-stack digital platform in the movement health space, which includes...
Facade of the HelloLyf HX hospital in Nagaland, India
By  Adam Ang 01:42 am December 10, 2021
New York-based UpHealth brings patient management software to India's Nagaland  HelloLyf, a patient management, digital health and decision support software by New York-listed digital health firm UpHealth, has come to the state of Nagaland in India with the opening of the company's latest health facility there. The digital hospital HelloLyf HX provides outpatient care, emergency care, radiology...
Synapsica's AI-enabled PACS radiology solution Radiolens
By  Adam Ang 09:37 pm December 2, 2021
AI radiology firm Synapsica expands PACS offering to more Indian cities AI radiology reporting company Synapsica has partnered with GenWorks Health, a healthcare solutions provider backed by Wipro GE Healthcare, to bring its picture archiving and communication system (PACS) to more cities across India.  Its Radiolens radiology workflow solution automatically detects bad quality scans and creates...
SastaSundar app
By  Adam Ang 02:22 am November 26, 2021
Flipkart to enter healthcare space via SastaSundar acquisition One of India's leading e-commerce platforms, Flipkart, has signed definitive agreements to buy a majority stake at online pharmacy startup SastaSundar. The Kolkota-based startup works with over 490 pharmacies to deliver healthcare products across the country. It also uses AI and data analytics to offer counselling services via its...