Data Science

Person with a prosthetic leg undergoing physical therapy with a physical therapist beside them
By  Jessica Hagen 05:54 pm September 12, 2024
Physical therapy software and EMR provider WebPT is partnering with tech giant Intel to integrate Intel RealSense PT Metrics into the WebPT EMR platform for physical therapy providers, allowing for AI-enabled motion-capture technology. RealSense PT Metrics is an AI-enabled data-driven kiosk that tracks and analyzes a patient's movement, posture and range of motion, and directs patients through...
Healthcare providers sitting in a hospital setting
By  Jessica Hagen 04:08 pm July 15, 2024
Management consulting company Guidehouse announced it is partnering with MobiHealthNews' parent company, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), to measure the current state of Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) public health information. The partners will use the HIMSS Digital Health Indicator (DHI) to survey the Missouri DHSS public health-data...
Human genome analysis DNA molecular structure
By  Nathan Eddy 01:46 pm May 3, 2024
AI-enabled protein design company Profluent has leveraged artificial intelligence to design an open-source gene editor called OpenCRISPR-1, demonstrating the technology can be used to create molecules with the power to edit human DNA. Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) technology, developed more than a decade ago, allows scientists to modify DNA sequences within...
Healthcare provider sitting at a desk and looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 01:24 pm April 10, 2024
IQVIA, a global provider of advanced analytics, clinical research services and technology solutions, announced it has expanded its partnership with tech company Salesforce to help expand its customer-engagement platform for the life sciences industry.   The companies will utilize IQVIA's Orchestrated Customer Engagement Platform, including its data and analytics, and Salesforce's CRM to develop...
HIMSS panel with Gaurav Shivhare of CVS Health, Summer Blackerby of CoxHealth, Andy Molnar of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, and Jessica Hagen of MobiHealthNews
By  Trevor Dermody 10:22 am March 12, 2024
HIMSS24 preconference Virtual Care Forum, hosted by MobiHealthNews executive editor Jessica Hagen, brought together thought leaders, innovators and clinicians to discuss the latest trends in remote care delivery.  Highlights included Penni Kyte, digital care strategy officer at Ballad Health, discussing how the Tennessee-based organization used the example set by air traffic controllers to break...
Salesforce Einstein Copilot explained
By  Trevor Dermody 10:21 am March 7, 2024
Tech company Salesforce announced it is launching a new healthcare AI assistant, Einstein Copilot, which delivers responses based on a healthcare organization’s private data.  The AI assistant will trigger workflows that send referrals, book appointments and other administrative tasks. Salesforce also announced the release of Assessment Generation and Data Cloud for Health, which allows...
A doctor checking a patient's medical record on a desktop computer
By  Adam Ang 06:11 pm March 5, 2024
Australia-based not-for-profit organisation Crohn’s Colitis Cure (CCCure) has recently launched subscription-based access to its registry of data on patients dealing with inflammatory bowel diseases. The IBD-focused charity claims to have one of the world's largest databases of real-time patient-reported and clinical data on IBD, including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and IBD-undetermined...
A researcher of Daewoong Pharmaceutical using Daisy to explore compounds of potential new drug candidates
By  Adam Ang 12:11 am February 26, 2024
Publicly listed Daewoong Pharmaceutical has recently unveiled its AI-driven drug development system, powered by a database of hundreds of millions of pre-processed compounds.  WHAT IT'S ABOUT Over the past two years, researchers of the Seoul-based pharma giant have sought to solve perennial issues in the development of novel drugs, particularly high cost and low efficiency.  Serving as the...
'Pasta' mobile diabetes management app by Kakao Healthcare
By  Adam Ang 12:31 am February 2, 2024
Kakao Healthcare has unveiled its latest AI-driven mobile diabetes management app.  Called PASTA (Personalised, Accessible, Supportive, Tech-enabled, and Affordable), the app currently links to two CGM devices: CareSens Air by local manufacturer i-SENS and Dexcom's G7. The app will also pair with the Mallya smart cap for insulin pens by the second quarter.  Once the CGM device is linked, the app...
Radiologists checking an X-ray analysis from Lunit INSIGHT CXR
By  Adam Ang 02:38 am January 19, 2024
Samsung to integrate Lunit's AI in premium X-ray devices South Korean medical AI provider Lunit has signed a three-year supply contract with Samsung Electronics.  The deal is for the integration of Lunit's two chest X-ray AI solutions – Lunit INSIGHT CXR and Lunit INSIGHT CXR Triage – into Samsung's line of premium X-ray devices.  According to a press release, the AI-integrated X-ray devices will...