Behavioral health

Interface of Coreline Soft's lung cancer imaging AI software
By  Adam Ang 02:09 am February 21, 2025
Coreline Soft announces Australia launch, new FDA approval South Korean medical imaging AI company Coreline Soft has made its way to Australia after securing a partnership with a major medical device supplier. It entered into a strategic partnership with ASX-listed ParagonCare, which aims at major hospitals launching lung cancer screening projects as part of the Australian National Lung Cancer...
Person wearing a virtual reality headset
By  Jessica Hagen 11:56 am February 18, 2025
Boston-based therapeutic extended reality platform XRHealth has acquired virtual reality digital therapeutics company RealizedCare, which combines digital therapeutics with wraparound virtual services to supply value-based chronic care management.  XRHealth offers medical extended reality (XR) experiences focused on the physical and cognitive space, including immersive environments designed to...
Representatives of NTU Singapore spin-off Gray Matter Solutions and Osler Group showing the application-based early dementia detection tool
By  Adam Ang 03:00 am February 11, 2025
A new AI-based tool that gamifies the screening of mild cognitive impairment has been incorporated into a comprehensive health screening service in Singapore. ReCOGnAIze is a neuroscientific game application developed at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) of Nanyang Technology University, Singapore. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Powered by a proprietary algorithm, ReCOGnAIze comprises four...
Healthcare provider talking on the phone while looking at a chart
By  Anthony Vecchione 05:31 pm January 30, 2025
NeuroFlow, a behavioral health technology and analytics company, announced it acquired virtual mental and behavioral health platform Quartet Health in a deal that is expected to close at the end of January. NeuroFlow’s technology and analytics platform combines behavioral health into physical health workflows while focusing on the "enablement of care delivery and visibility into quality and risk...
A seemingly depressed person lying in bed
By  Adam Ang 01:27 am January 3, 2025
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in South Korea has approved the first depression diagnosis support AI software-as-a-medical device in the country.  Developed by local AI company Acryl, the product called ACRYL-D01 uses AI to analyse patient interviews to calculate their probability of having depression. It has also been designated as an innovative medical device.  Founded in 2011, Acryl...
A presenter introducing the new MATS Centre during its launch
By  Adam Ang 07:03 pm December 16, 2024
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...
Depressed person sitting on stairs
By  Jessica Hagen 12:37 pm December 11, 2024
Surgo Health, a technology and public benefit corporation creating a socio-behavioral analytics platform, has partnered with Melinda Gates' Pivotal and SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios to launch the Youth Mental Health Tracker, a database on youth mental health and wellbeing in the U.S. The tracker is a data platform designed to highlight where steps need to be taken to address young people's...
Person's arms with one hand playing with an Apple Watch
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:25 pm December 3, 2024
John Hancock announced it is offering the newest Apple Watch models to eligible life insurance customers who participate in its Vitality Program, which rewards customers for engaging in activities that promote a healthy lifestyle. Vitality PLUS customers who take part in the Apple Watch program are required to make an initial payment of $25 plus tax and pay the remaining balance monthly over two...
A person sleeping in bed
By  Adam Ang 08:20 pm November 26, 2024
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...
Person talking to a healthcare provider on a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 09:24 am November 20, 2024
KeyCare, maker of a virtual care platform built with the Epic EHR, is partnering with virtual psychiatry and therapy platform Array Behavioral Care to allow Array's mental health providers to access patient's health records across the continuum of care in order to optimize individual outcomes for patients based on their needs. Array is a national virtual behavioral health provider that offers...