Trial starts for digital twin of the heart
French privately-held medical device company InHeart has started a controlled trial for its AI-enabled digital twin of the heart. The first-of-its-kind study will compare image-guided ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation [...]
Framework assesses US digital health technology
The American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and the Orcha organisation for the review of care and health applications have announced a US framework for [...]
Wearables could soon measure gases released from skin
Future wearables could measure gases released from skin following developments by researchers at Ohio State University. Most research on measuring human biomarkers, which are measures of a body’s health, [...]
VitalCall gets to Essence of senior care in Australia
Personal emergency response alarm firm VitalCall has selected Israeli company Essence’s LTE-powered personal emergency response system (PERS) for independent-living retirement facilities across Australia. Chubb subsidiary VitalCall is an Australian [...]
Blue Spark raises $40m to push remote patient monitoring
Ohio-based wearable remote patient monitoring company Blue Spark Technologies has raised $40m in a funding round led by Ghost Tree Partners with support from Aon. The money will go [...]
Impiricus closes £3m seed round
Atlanta-based Impiricus has closed its $3m seed financing round to help advance technology that uses AI and a live person to automate tasks for medical practices. Impiricus is focused [...]
Murata RFID tag tracks small items in hospitals
To help hospitals keep track of small items, including pre-filled syringes, vials and cartridges, Japanese firm Murata is introducing a Rain RFID tag. The launch will take place at [...]
Bosch connects fire alarms at Brazilian hospital
Bosch has installed a connected and integrated fire alarm system to provide safety coverage for Hospital Centro Médico Campinas in Brazil. Designed by Bosch and implemented by Brazcamp Tecnologia [...]
Microsoft partners SAS on health analytics
Analytics firm SAS is working with Microsoft to build deep technology integrations, making health analytics more accessible to healthcare and life science organisations. The collaboration aims to boosts healthcare [...]
Michigan researchers use smartwatch to track Covid-19
A smartwatch can track the progress of Covid-19 symptoms and show how sick someone is, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan. The study examined [...]
Wellteq hub connects IoT medical devices
A digital hub from Canadian firm Wellteq Digital Health connects, manages, and monitors both standardised medical and non-medical devices for an integrated IoT intelligent edge offering. This IoMT (internet [...]
KT plans telemedicine service in Vietnam
Korea Telecom has signed an agreement with Hanoi Medical University to launch a telemedicine pilot service in Vietnam for chronically ill patients. Through this agreement, the two institutions will [...]
