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Doctor listening to a patients heart with a stethoscope
By  Jessica Hagen 02:09 pm April 2, 2024
Digital cardiac and lung disease health startup Eko Health announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its AI-enabled cardiac tool that helps with the early detection of low ejection fraction, a key indicator of heart failure.  Eko Low Ejection Fraction Tool (ELEFT), which officially received the green light from the FDA in March, is an AI-enabled tool that allows providers to detect low...
Person holds infant in arms
By  Trevor Dermody 10:23 am April 2, 2024
Seattle Children's Research Institute and tech giant Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab partnered on research examining the cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and determined that genetic testing at birth may help to determine a child's risk of SIDS.  The two organizations discussed the research during an event in Washington, which brought together more than 155 researchers and scientists to...
Person wearing mask looking out window
By  Trevor Dermody 04:54 pm April 1, 2024
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Click Therapeutics announced that Rejoyn, a smartphone-based prescription digital therapeutic for major depressive disorder (MDD), scored FDA clearance to be used as an adjunct to clinician-managed care.  Rejoyn is a six-week remote treatment program to help enhance cognitive control of emotion through a combination of clinically-validated cognitive emotional training...
Person looking in a refrigerator
By  Jessica Hagen 02:45 pm April 1, 2024
It is not often consumers consider their refrigerator or television as a tool that gives their healthcare providers personalized health data, but LG NOVA is considering the possibility of consumer electronics becoming data collectors for preventative care measures. Atul Singh, general manager of digital health at LG NOVA, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss how the North American Innovation...
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By  Trevor Dermody 03:58 pm March 29, 2024
Conversational AI organization Openstream.ai announced a new patent for automated digital twin technology that gives EVA, or enterprise virtual assistant, users the ability to utilize virtual assistants that are digital twins of human experts in their respective fields.  The digital twins share their human counterparts' knowledge and unique personas and engage in empathetic, hallucination-free...
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By  Trevor Dermody 01:57 pm March 29, 2024
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has debuted Virtual Urgent Care, available to children and young adults up to age 21 who require after-hours care for non-emergency illness or injuries. The service pairs patients with CHLA providers via video meeting from a computer, tablet or smartphone.  Virtual Urgent Care will treat non-emergency illness and injuries, including fever, upper respiratory...
Healthcare provider leaning on a desk and looking at a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 12:33 pm March 29, 2024
DarioHealth, a digital chronic-condition-management platform, reported $3.6 million in revenue for Q4 2023, compared to $6.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, a 47% decrease. Year-over-year revenue in 2023 was $20.4 million, compared to $27.7 million for 2022. The New York-based company said the overall decrease in revenue stemmed from lower consumer and strategic-partner channels.  The...
Healthcare provider on the phone while sitting at a desk with a computer on it
By  Jessica Hagen 11:20 am March 28, 2024
Digital substance use management platform Pelago, formerly Quit Genius, announced it secured $58 million in Series C funding, bringing its total raise to $151 million.  Existing investor Atomico led the round, with participation from other continuing investors, including Octopus Ventures, Y Combinator and Kinnevik AB. New investors GreyMatter Capital and Eight Roads also participated.  Laura...
Three people sit around a table
By  Trevor Dermody 10:12 am March 28, 2024
Generative AI company Abridge announced a partnership with Northern California-based healthcare system Sutter Health, which will allow Abridge’s clinical documentation software to be available to Sutter clinicians.  Abridge’s software is a generative AI for clinical conversation that reduces provider workload by automating note-taking.  The software will be directly embedded into Sutter’s Epic...
A physiotherapist working with a senior patient
By  Adam Ang 02:09 am March 28, 2024
Japanese IT and electronics company NEC Corporation and Tokyo Medical and Dental University have developed an AI-based technology to support individuals possibly dealing with chronic lower back pain by automatically estimating its causes. HOW IT WORKS Firstly, the digital tool automatically estimates the human skeletal pose structure from an image taken with a smart device. It utilises 2D/3D...