Connected Health Pulse

Exclusive: General Catalyst-backed Blackwell Security garners $13M

Mobi Health News

MAY 7, 2024

The company, which tailors cybersecurity offerings to health systems and providers, also appointed its first chief executive officer, Geyer Jones.

The FDA approves Apple Watch's heart monitoring tool for use in clinical trials

Mobi Health News

MAY 6, 2024

The Agency has qualified Apple's atrial fibrillation history feature as a medical device development tool, allowing it to be used in clinical trials.

Japanese AI helps identify causes of chronic lower back pain

Mobi Health News

MARCH 27, 2024

Human pose estimation and abductive reasoning technologies have been used to estimate automatically the cause of pain and offer users a suitable exercise program.

Genomics research projects in Australia secure $9M funding and more briefs

Mobi Health News

MARCH 27, 2024

Also, Monash University researchers have made it possible to do an MRI scan in five minutes using AI.

Takeaways from the Virtual Care Forum at HIMSS24

Mobi Health News

MARCH 12, 2024

Experts discussed new emergency department models using telemedicine, building trust in virtual healthcare environments and public/private sector collaboration.

Telemedicine

Virtual care requires leadership change as nursing shortage looms

Mobi Health News

MARCH 12, 2024

Experts shared insights into change leadership and management strategies, with a focus on mindset shifts and care model modifications that can boost patient experience and safety.

Leadership

Leadership Nursing Patient Experience

Virtual second opinions are popular but wariness persists on AI diagnosis tools

Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A survey by the Cleveland Clinic revealed nearly four in ten respondents had reservations around seeking a second opinion if the provider used AI diagnostic tools.

Surgical robotics company Medical Microinstruments secures $110M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Blackbird Health, which offers technology-based mental healthcare for youth, scored $17 million in Series A funding.

Digital Health

care.ai, Virtua Health partner to expand the hybrid care providers' virtual care offerings

Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The New Jersey-based provider will ultimately integrate care.ai's ambient sensors and Smart Care Facility Platform into its acute care settings enterprise-wide.

Virtual reality company BehaVR, Fern Health merge to become RealizedCare

Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The digital therapeutics company and virtual chronic pain-management program will combine their offerings to create a digital care-management solution for chronic pain.

Chronic pain management

Chronic pain management Pain management

Survey: Healthcare struggles with persistent tech skills shortage

Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

GlobalData's survey of 114 healthcare professionals showed 43% of respondents believe a lack of specialized skills and talents is the primary challenge they face with digital transformation.

Q&A: Moon Surgical's Maestro System and assisting in laparoscopic surgery

Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Anne Osdoit, CEO of Moon Surgical, discusses the company's commercial version of its surgical robotics system that recently assisted laparoscopic surgeons in France.

Stork Club, CCRM Fertility expand partnership and more digital health collaborations

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Behavioral health company Owl partners with Medicaid plan Colorado Access, and hybrid care platform Amwell integrates Health Gorilla's lab offerings into its platform.

Digital Health

NZ researchers develop tool to unlock respiratory data from devices

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 29, 2023

It enables data-driven respiratory care that brings down costs and wait times for patients.

New VR programme promotes exercise among people with intellectual disabilities

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 29, 2023

It explores for the first time the benefits of VR on the physical fitness of people with disabilities.

Strive Health, Oak Street Health partner to expand kidney care offerings

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 28, 2023

Oak Street Health centers in 21 states will leverage Strive's technology platform and services to help manage care for patients with chronic kidney disease.

Proprio raises $43M to commercialize surgical navigation platform

Mobi Health News

JULY 28, 2023

The company will use the investment to fuel the expansion of its FDA-cleared, AI-enabled surgical navigation platform, Paradigm.

CVS Caremark partners with GoodRx to expand low-cost drug access

Mobi Health News

JULY 12, 2023

The CVS Health company's members will have access to GoodRx's generic drug prices through the new program, Caremark Cost Saver.

New Samsung Galaxy Watch software supports better sleep

Mobi Health News

MAY 7, 2023

It provides sleep coaching and a sleep score among other new features.

Q&A: Demand for health tech still 'far exceeds' supply

Mobi Health News

APRIL 10, 2023

Peter Micca, audit and assurance partner and national health tech leader at Deloitte, discusses the health tech funding and economic environment.

Butterfly Network receives FDA 510(k) for AI-enabled lung tool

Mobi Health News

APRIL 10, 2023

The company's Auto B-line Counter product uses AI to help providers assess abnormal lung conditions.

Canadian virtual care startup Felix raises C$18M

Mobi Health News

APRIL 10, 2023

The startup said it will use the funds to add new categories of care and therapeutic services.

Digital health investors weigh in on aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank collapse

Mobi Health News

MARCH 31, 2023

Venture capital panelists discussed how the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank earlier this month could affect digital health at ViVE 2023.

Digital Health

Employer health benefits company Gravie scores $179M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

MARCH 22, 2023

Blood collection device maker Vitestro, tech-enabled baby bottle designer Emulait, digital health support platform Reveal HealthTech and AI-based testing platform PocDoc also received funding.

Digital Health

Amwell partners with DarioHealth to offer digital cardiometabolic health program

Mobi Health News

MARCH 22, 2023

The program will be available through Amwell in the second half of 2023.

Mindstrong sells tech assets to SonderMind, shuts down operations

Mobi Health News

MARCH 22, 2023

The acquisition includes Mindstrong's technology assets and some of its employees.

RapidAI receives FDA 510(k) for another pulmonary embolism tool

Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Rapid RV/LV uses AI to calculate the ratio between the right and left ventricles, an indicator of pulmonary embolism severity.

Q&A: How pharma partnerships could benefit digital therapeutics companies

Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Austin Speier, chief strategy officer at Click Therapeutics, discusses the company's expanded partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim.

Roundup: DispatchHealth receives $330M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Resilience Lab, Validic and Assure Health also make funding announcements.

Digital Health

Highmark Health, Google Cloud, League partner to build 'digital front door'

Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The My Highmark member portal will provide a single platform for care navigation, payment and virtual care.

SonderMind acquires mental health monitoring, support company Total Brain

Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Total Brain's tools include mental health assessments and tracking, screeners for common conditions and self-care programs.

Mental health

Mobile assessment app PainChek forays into hospitals via InterSystems partnership

Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

It will use IRIS for Health to facilitate its entry into the global hospital market.

Folx Health scores $30M to add mental health support

Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The virtual care startup for LGBTQ+ patients will also use the investment to expand its recently launched enterprise offering.

Mental health

Redesign Health lays off 67 employees in 'restructuring move'

Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The company let go of 20% of its workforce last week.

Babylon to sell its California independent physician association business

Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The company said the sale of Meritage Medical Network will allow it to focus on its digital-first, value-based care contracts.

How providers should rethink their digital front door strategies

Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

During a discussion hosted by Frost & Sullivan, panelists examined how healthcare organizations should use digital tools to ensure care is easy to access.

VUNO transfers medical AI voice recognition product to Puzzle AI

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The company will maintain its patent right for the technology.

Amazon Care to add mental health services

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 12, 2022

A live website about the offerings also details a partnership with digital mental health company Ginger.

Mental health

Roundup: New algorithm detects source of epileptic seizure and more briefs

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 11, 2022

Also, engineers from the University of Hong Kong have come up with a tiny biosensing platform for personalised health monitoring.

Fertility company Kindbody adds surrogacy services with latest acquisition

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 1, 2022

The deal with Alternative Reproductive Resources is Kindbody's third so far this year.

Diagnostic Robotics raises $45M for AI-enabled care management and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 1, 2022

Also: Real-world evidence company Syapse raises $35 million, and senior care tech platform Safe scores $9 million.

Digital Health

Telehealth platform doxy.me taps Lokalise to automate localisation efforts in APAC

Mobi Health News

JULY 20, 2022

Healthcare providers within the region can now use doxy.me in their respective languages.

Telehealth

Indian connected healthcare platform Eka Care scores $15M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

JULY 20, 2022

Its fresh funds will go to product development and talent acquisition.

NZ study finds mobile app able to alleviate symptoms of common phobias

Mobi Health News

JULY 20, 2022

The VR app has been shown to reduce 75% of phobia symptoms after six weeks of treatment.

Mobi Health News

Exclusive: General Catalyst-backed Blackwell Security garners $13M

The FDA approves Apple Watch's heart monitoring tool for use in clinical trials

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Japanese AI helps identify causes of chronic lower back pain

Genomics research projects in Australia secure $9M funding and more briefs

Takeaways from the Virtual Care Forum at HIMSS24

Virtual care requires leadership change as nursing shortage looms

Virtual second opinions are popular but wariness persists on AI diagnosis tools

Surgical robotics company Medical Microinstruments secures $110M and more digital health fundings

care.ai, Virtua Health partner to expand the hybrid care providers' virtual care offerings

Virtual reality company BehaVR, Fern Health merge to become RealizedCare

Survey: Healthcare struggles with persistent tech skills shortage

Q&A: Moon Surgical's Maestro System and assisting in laparoscopic surgery

Stork Club, CCRM Fertility expand partnership and more digital health collaborations

NZ researchers develop tool to unlock respiratory data from devices

New VR programme promotes exercise among people with intellectual disabilities

Strive Health, Oak Street Health partner to expand kidney care offerings

Proprio raises $43M to commercialize surgical navigation platform

CVS Caremark partners with GoodRx to expand low-cost drug access

New Samsung Galaxy Watch software supports better sleep

Q&A: Demand for health tech still 'far exceeds' supply

Butterfly Network receives FDA 510(k) for AI-enabled lung tool

Canadian virtual care startup Felix raises C$18M

Digital health investors weigh in on aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank collapse

Employer health benefits company Gravie scores $179M and more digital health fundings

Amwell partners with DarioHealth to offer digital cardiometabolic health program

Mindstrong sells tech assets to SonderMind, shuts down operations

RapidAI receives FDA 510(k) for another pulmonary embolism tool

Q&A: How pharma partnerships could benefit digital therapeutics companies

Roundup: DispatchHealth receives $330M and more digital health fundings

Highmark Health, Google Cloud, League partner to build 'digital front door'

SonderMind acquires mental health monitoring, support company Total Brain

Mobile assessment app PainChek forays into hospitals via InterSystems partnership

Folx Health scores $30M to add mental health support

Redesign Health lays off 67 employees in 'restructuring move'

Babylon to sell its California independent physician association business

How providers should rethink their digital front door strategies

VUNO transfers medical AI voice recognition product to Puzzle AI

Amazon Care to add mental health services

Roundup: New algorithm detects source of epileptic seizure and more briefs

Fertility company Kindbody adds surrogacy services with latest acquisition

Diagnostic Robotics raises $45M for AI-enabled care management and more digital health fundings

Telehealth platform doxy.me taps Lokalise to automate localisation efforts in APAC

Indian connected healthcare platform Eka Care scores $15M in Series A funding

NZ study finds mobile app able to alleviate symptoms of common phobias

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