Butterfly Network, maker of a handheld, smartphone-connected ultrasound system, announced a five-year co-development collaboration with Forest Neurotech, a tech-enabled research company building a device for stimulating and imaging the brain with ultrasound, to develop a whole-brain neural interface utilizing Butterfly's Ultrasound-on-Chip technology.
The Massachusetts-based company's Ultrasound...
Harmonic Health, a tech-enabled dementia care platform, announced its launch today alongside a partnership with Stoney Batter Family Medicine, a medical practice with locations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
St. Louis-based Harmonic Health is a company built at Redesign Health, which helps build, launch and find funding for digital health startups.
Harmonic offers comprehensive care-...
Senior care technology platform Sage raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Maveron.
Distributed Ventures, ANIMO Ventures and Goldcrest Capital also participated in the round. Natalie Dillion, partner at Maveron, will join Sage's board of directors.
Sage offers a coordinated-care platform for senior living communities that allows residents and their caregivers to connect with...
A new generative AI tool has been made available to doctors in Japan that helps summarise long and detailed preliminary interviews of patients.
Japanese startup Ubie has recently launched a large-language model-based (LLM) feature on its AI-powered patient service platform.
HOW IT WORKS
The Medical Interview Summary Function is a new feature on the Ubie Medical Navi, a platform offering that...
Global healthcare investment firm OrbiMed announced it raised more than $4.3 billion in commitments for its private investment funds – OrbiMed Asia Partners V, OrbiMed Royalty & Credit Opportunities IV and OrbiMed Private Investments IX.
A range of university endowments, pension funds, medical institutions, foundations, family offices and sovereign wealth funds invested in the funds.
WHAT IT...
Helpful, a platform offering caregivers details on their loved ones' insurance benefits and medical records, is announcing a partnership with New York-based VNS Health to give caregivers of the health plan's members easy access to their coverage and care information.
"What we do differently is we look at caregiving as a job," Wes Donohoe, CEO and cofounder of Helpful, told MobiHealthNews. "We...
Sibel Health, a spin-out of Northwestern University, announced the release of its physiological monitoring platform for clinical trial use dubbed Discovery alongside a partnership with AI-powered clinical trial solutions company Medidata.
The Illinois-based healthcare technology platform Discovery utilizes its FDA-cleared wearable sensors to monitor participants' digital endpoints and vital...
Pennsylvania-based vitamin and supplement retailer GNC announced its healthcare division, GNC Health, is expanding its offerings to include virtual care services for individuals and families via three membership plans.
Consumers can purchase a GNC Health Basic plan for $34.99 per month, which offers unlimited access to free virtual urgent and lifestyle care and more than 100 prescription...
Folx Health, a Boston-based digital healthcare service launched in 2020 specializing in the physical and mental health needs of the LGBTQIA+ community, is accepting insurance, thanks to its status as an in-network healthcare provider.
The network incorporates regional and national health plans, including Blue Shield of California (BSC), opening the door for Folx to offer virtual primary care,...
The accuracy of pulse oximetry readings on individuals with darker skin tones has been questioned by researchers. The FDA addressed the issue at a meeting last year, citing real-world studies showing the potential for misdiagnosis or delays in treatment due to poor readings.
Neil Friedman, founder and chief operating officer of Bodimetrics, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the company's...