Clinical decision support

Healthcare provider with a patient and their caregiver
By  Jessica Hagen 01:22 pm December 18, 2024
Suki, maker of an AI-backed healthcare voice tool, announced it is collaborating with Google Cloud to enhance its Suki Assistant tool using Google's Vertex AI platform.  Google's Vertex AI is a search engine that allows organizations to build their own generative AI-enabled search engines. It enables companies to search patient data, including clinical sources like FHIR data and clinical notes....
A dentist screening a person's gum using an AI-powered mobile application
By  Adam Ang 06:11 pm December 17, 2024
The University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Dentistry has launched a community-based programme to detect oral health diseases among the elderly using mobile AI.  WHAT IT'S ABOUT The Dental AI Community Care Project features an AI-powered mobile application for detecting gum inflammation. It will train community volunteers, comprising dental students and community residents, to provide personalised...
A surgeon conducting a stent procedure
By  Adam Ang 07:20 pm December 16, 2024
Researchers from Asan Medical Center, South Korea's largest hospital, have developed an AI-based system for analysing coronary artery images prior to coronary angioplasty. Coronary angioplasty is a standard treatment to widen narrowed or blocked coronary arteries indicated in coronary artery diseases such as angina and heart attack.  FINDINGS The Asan research team's AI system supports...
Individual sitting on a couch and looking at a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 12:39 pm December 10, 2024
GPT-enabled conversational AI provider Hyro announced it finalized an extension of its Series B funding round. The company told MobiHealthNews that the total Series B funding equates to $35 million, bringing the company's total raise to $50 million.  Healthier Capital led the extension, joining the company's previous investors, Liberty Mutual, Macquarie Capital and Black Opal Ventures.  Amir Dan...
Movano Health's EvieMED Ring
By  Jessica Hagen 11:47 am December 2, 2024
Wearables maker Movano Health announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its health monitoring wearable, EvieMED Ring.  EvieMED Ring is a smart ring that combines medical and wellness metrics, including blood oxygen levels, heart rate and metrics related to energy, logging of mood, sleep and activity. The publicly traded company touts that receiving FDA clearance will allow it to pursue...
Neurophet's brain MRI scan analysis AI software shown on a desktop monitor
By  Adam Ang 12:07 am November 29, 2024
South Korean medical imaging AI company Neurophet has received second clearance for its brain image analysis software in the United States. It obtained another 510(k) from the US Food and Drug Administration for the latest functionality on Neurophet Aqua that analyses multiple sclerosis and white matter hyperintensities using T2-FLAIR images.  The brain MRI scan-based analysis software, which...
A doctor analysing a chest X-ray image
By  Adam Ang 08:32 pm November 21, 2024
Vuno receives second 510(k) South Korean medical AI company Vuno has obtained a 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration for its chest X-ray analysis AI software. The VunoMed Chest X-ray Triage quickly screens for pneumothorax and pleural effusion in chest X-ray images.  This FDA win is a second for Vuno, who first received a 510(k) for its brain image analysis AI in...
A stained slide being prepared for AI-powered analysis
By  Adam Ang 04:22 am November 19, 2024
Lunit collabs with AstraZeneca, secures major deal in France  Lunit and AstraZeneca have partnered to develop new AI-powered digital pathology solutions that predict non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).  Based on a media release, their collaboration aims to accelerate the time-consuming process of genomic testing as part of NSCLC identification and diagnosis by leveraging Lunit's AI. The latter's...
Healthcare provider sitting at a desk while talking to someone on the computer
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:44 pm November 15, 2024
Vesta Healthcare, a virtual care company for individuals receiving home care, and Medical Guardian, a company providing medical alert devices to seniors, has entered into a partnership to address chronic care management and remote patient monitoring for Medicaid and Medicare members. Medical Guardian’s cellular-connected vitals monitoring devices and personal emergency response systems (PERS)...
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...