Toronto-listed HEALWELL AI is making a multi-million-dollar purchase of New Zealand-based Orion Health to combine their capabilities in data infrastructure and AI.
The Canadian healthcare AI company signed a deal to acquire Orion Health, which offers health data management solutions, for CA$165 million or NZ$200 million ($115 million).
The transaction, advised by JP Morgan, is expected to close...
The University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Dentistry has launched a community-based programme to detect oral health diseases among the elderly using mobile AI.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The Dental AI Community Care Project features an AI-powered mobile application for detecting gum inflammation. It will train community volunteers, comprising dental students and community residents, to provide personalised...
A South Korean manufacturer which claims to develop the world's first AI-powered doll companion for seniors has recently registered its product in the United States.
Hyodol has recently announced that its AI companion doll of the same name has been registered as a medical device with the US Food and Drug Administration.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Hyodol describes its doll, first released in 2019, as a...
Western Sydney Diabetes has rolled out a mobile diabetes management application from Taiwan as part of its patient engagement digitisation.
A centre led by the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD), WSD has established an automated patient engagement programme with Health2Sync. It features the Health2Sync app which provides personalised lifestyle suggestions on managing blood sugar levels...
Researchers from Asan Medical Center, South Korea's largest hospital, have developed an AI-based system for analysing coronary artery images prior to coronary angioplasty.
Coronary angioplasty is a standard treatment to widen narrowed or blocked coronary arteries indicated in coronary artery diseases such as angina and heart attack.
FINDINGS
The Asan research team's AI system supports...
Monash University has recently established a new centre for co-designing and developing assistive technology with people with disabilities, focusing on emerging technologies such as AI and robotics.
The Monash Assistive Technology and Society (MATS) Centre, which started in 2023, is led by assistive technology researchers and social scientists from the university's Faculties of Information...
South Korean medical imaging AI company Neurophet has received second clearance for its brain image analysis software in the United States.
It obtained another 510(k) from the US Food and Drug Administration for the latest functionality on Neurophet Aqua that analyses multiple sclerosis and white matter hyperintensities using T2-FLAIR images.
The brain MRI scan-based analysis software, which...
Researchers from South Korea have built machine learning-based models that can predict mood episodes using only sleep and circadian rhythm data from wearable devices.
The team comprised researchers from the Institute for Basic Sciences (IBS), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Korea University College of Medicine.
FINDINGS
In a study, which findings were published in...
Vuno receives second 510(k)
South Korean medical AI company Vuno has obtained a 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration for its chest X-ray analysis AI software.
The VunoMed Chest X-ray Triage quickly screens for pneumothorax and pleural effusion in chest X-ray images.
This FDA win is a second for Vuno, who first received a 510(k) for its brain image analysis AI in...
Singapore may be technologically advanced in healthcare, however, there may be sections in the health system that have yet to catch up – including sexual health.
In this small island nation-state of nearly six million people, sexual and reproductive health remains a topic too sensitive and intimate to be discussed in the open.
Access to the internet and the general acceptability of telemedicine...
