Singaporean startup Mesh Bio has raised $3.5 million in a Series A funding round led by East Ventures. The round was also participated by Elev8, Seed Capitals, and its other shareholders.
WHAT IT'S FOR
In a statement, the company said it will use its fresh funds to scale the deployment of its solutions, particularly its flagship digital twin offering, across Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
The...
South Korea clears AITRICS' AI software for predicting patient deterioration
AI startup AITRICS has obtained clearance from South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for its AI monitoring solution.
The South Korean startup has developed VitalCare, an AI software for predicting a patient's risk of cardiac arrest, sepsis and death within 4-6 hours in the ICU. It tracks six vital parameters, 11...
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science's Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems have teamed up with doctors from MS Ramaiah Medical College to develop an artificial pancreas system that monitors and controls blood sugar levels in real time.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
According to a press release, this system mimics the human body's closed-loop system for regulating insulin production.
It...
Singaporean health tech startup Mesh Bio and UK-based drug discovery firm MultiOmic Health have started collaborating to build a huge multi-omics dataset that will provide insights into metabolic syndrome-related conditions among Asians.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
According to a press statement, Mesh Bio will tap on its network of healthcare providers to recruit participants for their study, specifically...
Intellect offers free mental healthcare access to health workers in Singapore
Mental health startup Intellect has extended free three-month premium access to its mobile app for healthcare workers in Singapore.
CEO and co-founder Theodoric Chew said in a statement that this is their way of giving back to the "healthcare heroes" who have been swamped due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases. This...
As the delta variant continues to drive COVID-19 infections, some hospitals are being overwhelmed with patient surges as they try to balance virus cases with incoming emergencies and other care.
Kristin Molina, business leader for patient engagement and healthcare analytics at Philips, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss how predictive analytics and artificial intelligence can help providers...
In December, Highmark Health announced a six-year collaboration with Google Cloud that the companies said would lay down the infrastructure of the integrated delivery network's data-driven Living Health Dynamic Platform.
Today, the organizations unveiled plans to get Verily and its Onduo chronic care subsidiary in on the action as well. Through another six-year partnership, the partners will work...
Community care service-coordination platform Unite Us announced this week that it has acquired Staple Health, a social determinants of health analytics company. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founded in 2017, Staple Health's specialty is predictive analytics regarding the role social factors can play in various health outcomes. Unite Us was interested in adding these strengths to its...
When it comes to regions around the world where health tech is in full bloom, it would be hard not to mention Israel. Today we are seeing a rise of health IT innovation and digital health companies rising from this relatively small country in the Middle East.
That is also true when it comes to the country’s largest healthcare organization, Clalit Health Services, which is combining its swaths of...
Behavioral health and wellness prediction company Catasys has inked a deal with banking firm Goldman Sachs to secure $45 million in debt financing.
WHAT THEY DO
Catasys uses artificial intelligence and data analytics to pinpoint health plan members who may have a behavioral health condition. The idea is to catch untreated mental illness before the issue becomes worse. The system then works on...
