hypertension

Nurses wearing hijabs conversing while holding their smartphones
By  Adam Ang 02:39 am August 19, 2024
Community health centres, or puskesmas, in the Indonesian province of West Java, south of capital Jakarta, will leverage generative AI to augment their capabilities to address critical health issues.  The Sumedang regency recently tied up with Singaporean doctors' networking platform Docquity to develop and launch the genAI-powered virtual assistant called TehAI.  HOW IT WORKS TehAI reportedly...
A person looking at their smartwatch
By  Adam Ang 01:44 am October 26, 2022
The Australian government has awarded grants to research projects working on wearable technology to improve health monitoring for Australians. A project at Curtin University, which has been provided with A$1.5 million ($950,000) funding, will develop and test wearable sensors to monitor the movement of children with cerebral palsy who are unable to walk.  Another project at the University of New...
Physician on a telephone
By  Jessica Hagen 10:21 am October 20, 2022
A cross-sectional study found increased EHR use among primary care physicians was associated with improvement in some quality measures, like diabetes and hypertension control and adherence to breast cancer screening.  The study, published in JAMA Network Open and conducted through Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in 2021, examined 291 primary care physicians'...
CureApp's DTx app for hypertension
By  Adam Ang 09:16 pm May 8, 2022
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has awarded the Japanese medtech startup CureApp a medical device regulatory approval for its digital therapeutic app for hypertension. WHAT IT DOES CureApp's latest DTx app assists patients in maintaining lifestyle improvements as part of their treatment for hypertension. It automatically delivers personalised guidance to users, including advice on...
The Hello Heart platform, including smartphone displaying the app and the connected blood pressure monitor
By  Emily Olsen 09:43 am May 2, 2022
Cardiac health management company Hello Heart scooped up $70 million in a Series D funding round led by growth equity firm Stripes. Other participants include IVP, Resolute and BlueRun Ventures. The round comes nearly a year after the startup announced a $45 million Series C raise.  WHAT IT DOES Hello Heart's program includes a wireless blood pressure cuff that connects to an app, keeping track...
Instructions on integrating health data from Omron to the DA platform
By  Adam Ang 01:14 am December 6, 2021
Omron Healthcare, maker of health monitoring and therapy devices in Japan, has entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based telehealth startup Doctor Anywhere. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Under the partnership, Omron will enable the sharing of health records tracked on its connected devices with the DA platform. The integration involves the following Omron health monitoring devices: OMRON Smart...
An older man looking at a smartphone
By  Emily Olsen 12:53 pm October 28, 2021
A digital self-management program using an app and a connected monitor could help lower blood pressure and maintain those improvements long-term, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The study used Hello Heart devices, and was funded by the company. Two of the study’s authors were also Hello Heart employees. TOP-LINE DATA After one year, researchers found median systolic blood...
An overview of the digital therapeutic intervention for hypertension
By  Adam Ang 02:53 am September 17, 2021
A landmark clinical trial has found that a new digital therapeutic app for hypertension is effective in reducing the risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Japanese medical technology startup CureApp collaborated with Jichi Medical University in the Tochigi Prefecture to conduct the third phase of the said clinical trial, which marks the world's first trial of a therapeutic app for...
A product image of the Onduo app
By  Dave Muoio 09:00 am February 2, 2021
Onduo Health, the virtual diabetes coaching program backed by Verily (and to a lesser extent Sanofi), announced this morning that it is expanding its platform beyond Type 2 diabetes to include several other conditions frequent among its populations. Multi-condition services focused on hypertension, pre-diabetes, weight loss and mental wellbeing – as well as underlying coaching support for dieting...
A product shot of Upright's digital MSK offering.
By  Dave Muoio 02:01 pm January 27, 2021
DarioHealth announced today that it is expanding its digital chronic-disease-management business beyond diabetes and hypertension with the purchase of Upright Technologies, a musculoskeletal (MSK) health company that specializes in connected posture correction devices and digital coaching. The deal is expected to close on or around February 7, and will run DarioHealth $31 million to complete the...