Mayo Clinic platform aids clinical decisions
Mayo Clinic has developed mhealth technology to deliver clinical decision support tools, diagnostic insights and care recommendations so clinicians can make faster and more accurate diagnoses and provide continuous [...]
Intel looks back on a year fighting Covid-19
In the year since Intel launched the Pandemic Response Technology Initiative (PRTI), a $50m commitment to use technology to combat the effects of Covid-19, it has grown to include [...]
Remote wireless monitoring gives early warning for sick kids
A paediatric study found that remote wireless monitoring and machine learning can identify clinical deterioration in patients much earlier than existing early warning systems. The study by a clinical [...]
Wristwatch checks blood sugar levels from sweat
A wristwatch that can check blood sugar levels from sweat in real time has been developed by the Metallurgy & Materials Science Research Institute at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University. It’s [...]
FDA clears Donisi for contact-free health checks
Israeli firm Donisi Health has received US FDA clearance for its contact-free multiparameter measurement system that can detect workings of internal organs through clothing. “I’m really proud of our [...]
Renovia closes $17m funding round
Massachusetts-based Renovia, a women-led company that develops digital therapeutics for female pelvic floor disorders, has closed of an additional funding round totalling $17m. The financing included new investor Parian [...]
Researchers track health using smartphone camera
Researchers at the University of Washington and Microsoft are using the camera on a person’s smartphone or computer to take their pulse and respiration signal from a real-time video [...]
IBM and Cleveland Clinic plan quantum research
Cleveland Clinic and IBM have signed a ten-year agreement to accelerate discovery in healthcare and life sciences. They have establish the Discovery Accelerator, a joint Cleveland Clinic-IBM centre with [...]
Ava fertility tracker could provide early Covid detection
Swiss women’s reproductive health company Ava is starting a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of its fertility tracking sensor bracelet for detecting Covid-19. The study will test whether [...]
Fitbit partners Tile to help users find their wearables
Fitbit is using Bluetooth technology from California-based Tile to help users find their fitness trackers should they lose them. The partnership with Tile has started with the Fitbit Inspire [...]
Visually impaired see world with AI-powered backpack
Researchers at the University of Georgia have designed an AI-powered, voice-activated backpack using Intel technology that can help the visually impaired navigate and perceive the world around them. The [...]
Dominican Republic uses AI for cervical-cancer screening
The Dominican Republic Ministry of Health is using AI and machine learning technology from Israeli company Mobile ODT in a large-scale cervical-cancer screening project. Femtech firm Mobile ODT’s Eva [...]
