Quality Care

Healthcare provider standing beside a patient and their loved one
By  Jessica Hagen 12:25 pm November 12, 2024
Founder and former CEO of the London-based multinational digital health giant Babylon, Ali Parsa, announced the launch of his new company, Quadrivia AI, which will offer clinicians an AI assistant to help with administrative and clinical tasks.  Quadrivia's offering, Qu, is an AI-enabled personal clinical assistant available in multiple languages designed to support clinicians with various tasks...
LADO and Neurophet officials pose after an MOU signing
By  Adam Ang 06:46 pm November 10, 2024
Neurophet sets up China JV Medical imaging AI company Neurophet from South Korea has established a joint venture in China.  It recently signed an exclusive deal with LADO, one of the leading medical software providers in China, to market its AI-based software for quantifying levels of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in PET images.  The deal, which also establishes a joint venture with LADO, aims...
A doctor in a virtual consultation with a patient
By  Adam Ang 06:42 pm November 10, 2024
New telehealth feature on MedAdvisor patient app Pharmacy-focused MedAdvisor has announced the launch of a new telehealth functionality on its mobile patient application. The telehealth feature allows patients to book virtual consultations with providers, receive e-prescriptions, and pre-order medications and receive purchase renewal reminders from preferred pharmacies.  Early this year, the ASX-...
AITRICS VitalCare software
By  Adam Ang 08:11 pm November 4, 2024
South Korean medical AI company AITRICS has obtained clearance from the Ministry of Health, Vietnam for its AI software for predicting patient deterioration. VitalCare utilises AI to analyse 19 types of EMR data of patients in general wards to predict possible death, ICU transfer, and cardiac arrest within six hours. It can also predict sepsis within four hours, cardiac arrest within 24 hours, as...
Three people in a room looking at number charts
By  Jessica Hagen 11:59 am November 4, 2024
Movano Health, maker of the Evie Ring, says an internal investigation into apparent manipulation of its common shares following shareholder approval of a 1-for-15 reverse stock split revealed a large number of single share transactions were executed in an attempt to take advantage of the reverse split shares at the beneficial owner level.  The company said the large number of single share...
Oura Ring
By  Jessica Hagen 05:20 pm October 31, 2024
Health-tracking ring maker Oura announced it has agreed to acquire data company Sparta Science, which offers a platform that collects and analyzes health and performance information. Oura will leverage Sparta Science’s Trinsic data platform to expand its B2B offerings. The company says the acquisition will enhance its Oura Teams platform to serve enterprise, healthcare and government customers. ...
Patient interacting with healthcare professional via tablet
By  Anthony Vecchione 03:12 pm October 30, 2024
Brook Health, an AI-enabled remote patient care company, announced it is collaborating with brain-focused health tech company Linus Health, to allow patients to be screened, assessed and sent home with a treatment strategy for cognitive issues on the same day.  The combination of Linus Health's advanced digital cognitive assessment tools with Brook Health's remote care platform, aims to empower...
Physical therapist working with a patient
By  Nathan Eddy 02:17 pm October 29, 2024
Healthcare tech company Medbridge announced the acquisition of AI-powered motion capture startup Rehab Boost, which provides real-time body movement analysis and feedback to help patients and providers undergoing rehabilitation treatment. Medbridge, based in Seattle, will reposition Rehab Boost as Medbridge Motion Capture, which will form a core element of the company’s AI-driven movement...
A doctor using a laptop computer
By  Adam Ang 12:30 am October 29, 2024
Collaborative research in Asia has called for prudence in using popular large language model-based (LLM) chatbots as part of public health research and response. In a study, which findings were published in BMJ, researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, RMIT University in Vietnam, and the National University of Singapore explored whether or not LLMs bridge or exacerbate the digital...