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...
The J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Telehealth Satisfaction Study released on Thursday shows a slight decrease, down 1% from last year, in patient satisfaction with direct-to-consumer telehealth providers and a substantial increase, up 18%, in satisfaction with payer-provided telehealth offerings.
The study, based on 4,070 healthcare consumers' responses within the past 12 months, measures patients'...
Venture Startups International, an Australian startup operating under the name Updoc, has raised its first external capital. It received A$20 million ($13.2 million) in investment from ASX-listed capital investor Bailador.
WHAT IT DOES
Established in 2021, Updoc offers a range of telehealth services, including virtual consultations, online prescriptions, specialist referrals, pathology...
Telehealth and medical transportation company DocGo reported a data breach in an SEC filing on May 7. The company stated it identified a cybersecurity incident in which consumers' protected health information was accessed and acquired regarding the company's U.S. ambulance transportation business.
The company said it took steps to contain and respond to the incident, and no other business lines...
Columbia, Maryland-based hospital system MedStar Health announced it partnered with in-home care provider DispatchHealth to bring acute care services to patients recently discharged from Medstar facilities in Washington D.C.
The partnership will focus on avoiding readmissions and visits, which typically occur 72 hours after discharge.
Denver-based DispatchHealth offers in-home urgent care...
AI-enabled cardiovascular company Cardio Diagnostics Holdings announced it is partnering with care-navigation platform Navierre to make assessing risk and diagnosing heart diseases more accessible.
Cardio Diagnostics Holdings' AI solutions, Epi+GenCHD and PrecisionCHD, use blood samples to provide patients with personalized information regarding their risk for coronary heart disease based on...
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has debuted Virtual Urgent Care, available to children and young adults up to age 21 who require after-hours care for non-emergency illness or injuries.
The service pairs patients with CHLA providers via video meeting from a computer, tablet or smartphone.
Virtual Urgent Care will treat non-emergency illness and injuries, including fever, upper respiratory...
Pakistani telemedicine startup Sehat Kahani has gained $2.7 million in a Series A funding round led by the health tech fund Amaanah Circle from Singapore.
Epic Angels, Cross Fund, USAID Investment Promotion Activity, Augmentor, Impact Investment Exchange and the Elahi Group of Companies also participated in the funding round.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded in 2017 by two women doctors, Dr Sara Saeed...
Indonesian health tech company Halodoc has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round led by Astra Digital, a subsidiary of diversified conglomerate Astra International. The round was also joined by Openspace and Novo Holdings.
Established in 2016, Halodoc provides online integrated health services, which include telemedicine, medicine ordering, lab test and doctor appointment booking, third...
Over two years since it was first acquired, GP2U Telehealth is being sold off again.
Its parent company, UK-based Doctor Care Anywhere Group, signed a share purchase agreement to sell its Australian subsidiary to My Emergency Doctor for A$3 million ($2 million).
The deal, which is still subject to shareholder approval, is expected to be completed by end June.
WHY IT MATTERS
In a media release,...
