pain assessment

Two surgeons operating on a body
By  Adam Ang 07:47 pm March 10, 2025
Researchers from one of South Korea's largest hospitals claim to have developed an objective measure of pain during and after surgery using AI.  FINDINGS The research team at Asan Medical Center devised a pain assessment model that can be applied throughout the entire surgery process. It involves tracking a patient's heart rate, blood pressure, and blood volume change during surgery. A machine...
PainChek used in a clinical setting
By  Adam Ang 09:54 pm November 6, 2022
PainChek, ASX-listed developer of a mobile pain assessment app that has been widely used in the aged care sector, is now entering the global hospital market via its latest partnership with InterSystems. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Through this partnership, PainChek will use the InterSystems IRIS for Health data platform to integrate with EMR systems, including InterSystems TrakCare, which manages over a...
A mother and child in an online consultation with a doctor
By  Adam Ang 01:32 am July 6, 2022
PainChek is developing a version of its mobile pain assessment and monitoring app for non-verbal children with disabilities. Its development has been backed by a A$392,820 grant (around $260,000) from the state government of Western Australia as part of the inaugural Innovation Seed Fund. The said fund has provided a total of A$8 million ($5.45 million) to 17 projects focused on improving the...
By  Dean Koh 03:01 am July 23, 2020
Japanese pharmaceutical giant Chugai and Boston-based digital therapeutics company Biofourmis announced that they have partnered to develop a digital solution for the objective assessment of pain associated with endometriosis. Affecting one out of 10 women in their 20s to 40s, endometriosis is the repeated proliferation and shedding of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, accompanied by...