Digital Health

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By  Jessica Hagen 05:08 pm July 25, 2023
Hippocratic AI, a generative AI company developing safety-focused large language models for healthcare, added $15 million in funding to its seed round, bringing its total raise to $65 million since its launch in May. The California-based company also announced its Founding Partner Program. It is partnering with healthcare systems and digital health companies to guide the development of its...
AeviceMD Monitoring System by Aevice Health
By  Adam Ang 03:06 am July 25, 2023
Singapore-based medtech Aevice Health has received undisclosed funding from venture capitalist East Ventures for its expansion in Southeast Asia. It has also announced that its flagship product, the smart wearable stethoscope AeviceMD, has been given a 510(k) clearance by the United States Food and Drug Administration. AeviceMD is part of the AeviceMD Monitoring System, a patient management...
iBreastExam hand-held device with features
By  Adam Ang 03:02 am July 25, 2023
Duopharma Biotech, one of Malaysia's biggest pharmaceutical companies, has committed to expanding access to a mobile breast cancer screening device at the community level.  It has signed a distribution deal with the Malaysian unit of US-based femtech company UE LifeSciences to make the iBreastExam device available in primary care clinics across the country. iBreastExam is a hand-held, radiation-...
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By  Doug Hirsch 12:54 pm July 24, 2023
2023 will be known, sadly, as the year millions of Americans were removed from Medicaid. As states reset their Medicaid eligibility rules post-pandemic, more rapid “unwinding” out of the gate is being seen than was predicted. Even though the public health emergency, which guaranteed continuous coverage for enrollees, just ended in May, 3,289,000 people on Medicaid have been disenrolled as of July...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:21 am July 24, 2023
AI-backed remote monitoring and digital therapeutics company Biofourmis confirmed it laid off 120 employees worldwide, including 48 workers in the U.S. The Boston-based company offers home care tools to help remotely monitor acute and post-acute patients, alerting a care team when a patient's condition changes from their personal baseline. It also offers digital therapies, including a heart...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:28 pm July 21, 2023
Tech giant Google announced in March that it added fall detection capabilities to its Pixel Watch, which uses sensors to determine if a user has taken a hard fall.  If the watch doesn't sense a user's movement for around 30 seconds, it vibrates, sounds an alarm and displays prompts for a user to select if they're okay or need assistance. The watch notifies emergency services if no response is...
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By  Jessica Hagen 05:22 pm July 20, 2023
Family First, which provides employers and health plans with a technology platform to support caregivers' mental health and wellbeing, secured $11 million in Series A funding. RPM Ventures and Eos Venture Partners led the round, with participation from Stephen Fromm and Wormhole Capital.   "Family First has a holistic, expert approach to solving caregiving problems," Jonathan Kalman, founding...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:22 pm July 20, 2023
Maternity-care management platform Dorsata filed a lawsuit in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Civil Court yesterday against healthcare technology company athenahealth and nationwide women's health company Unified Women's Healthcare, alleging 11 counts against the providers, including theft of trade secrets, unjust enrichment, breach of contract and tortious interference with current customers. ...
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By  Jessica Hagen 05:41 pm July 19, 2023
Digital weight loss company Noom announced the appointment of Geoff Cook as its new chief executive officer and member of its board of directors.  Saeju Jeong, Noom's cofounder and the company's former CEO of 16 years, is stepping down but will continue as executive chairman of the board.  Cook cofounded and served as CEO of social networking services company the Meet Group, where he took the...