telehealth

doxy.me dashboard in Arabic
By  Adam Ang 01:08 am July 21, 2022
New York-based telehealth company doxy.me has recently automated its localisation efforts to further make its platform accessible to more patients and providers in Asia-Pacific and beyond. THE PROBLEM Since the pandemic hit, doxy.me, a telehealth platform that began by facilitating virtual prenatal care for expectant mothers, saw a huge increase in its user base, from around 65,000 providers to...
A woman talking to a doctor through a video chat on her laptop
By  Emily Olsen 12:21 pm July 19, 2022
Healthie, which offers tech infrastructure for virtual care and digital health companies, raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Velvet Sea Ventures. Other participants in the raise include Greymatter Capital, Watershed, Builders VC, a customer syndicate, and more than 60 angel investors.  The startup previously raised $1.9 million in pre-seed and seed funding. WHAT IT DOES Healthie...
MediBuddy logo
By  Adam Ang 10:19 pm July 17, 2022
Health tech startup MediBuddy has acquired Clinix, a telehealth platform focused on providing online health services in rural India, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2020, Clinix has an Android mobile app for booking online doctor consultations. Its network covers 20 tier 3 and 4 cities where it has also set up kiosks that assist patients in accessing online consultations. WHAT IT'S FOR...
Alt text: Intellect mental health app
By  Adam Ang 04:44 am July 8, 2022
MSIG Hong Kong provides free limited-time access to mental health app Intellect Mental health startup Intellect has partnered with MSIG Hong Kong, a member of MS&AD Insurance Group, to provide corporate wellbeing support to insurance clients. From 4 July to 31 December, MSIG Hong Kong's SME Group Medical Insurance policyholders and applicants will have free complimentary access to Intellect's...
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...