Researchers concluded that the strong performance of GPT-4 large language models (LLMs) suggests their potential as a tool to help fill gaps in physicians' knowledge and aid in diagnosing medical conditions in the future, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Artificial Intelligence.
Physical examinations are important diagnostic tools that can disclose critical insights into a...
Health-tracking ring maker Oura announced it closed a $200 million Series D funding round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and Dexcom. The investment raises the company’s valuation to $5.2 billion.
WHAT IT DOES
The Oura Ring hosts a number of different sensors designed to monitor a wearer's health while sleeping or engaging in physical activities. They include an NTC body-...
MobiHealthNews reached out to executives from across the digital health landscape and questioned them about unexpected and impactful occurrences from the past year.
Leaders singled out the closing of retail clinics, challenges in the Medicare Advantage market, the FDA's concerns about off-label advertising, the wide variety of AI use cases and the plethora of uses for GLP-1s beyond weight...
New Jersey-based Culina Health, a digital platform offering clinical nutrition care, has secured $7.9 million in Series A funding in a round led by Healthworx, which is the innovation and investment arm of Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer CareFirst.
Collab Capital, Collide Capital, Rethink Impact, Vamos Ventures, Cake Ventures, GW Ventures and Tensility Venture Partners also participated in the...
As 2024 comes to a close, MobiHealthNews asked executives from across the digital health sector about their biggest surprises and most noteworthy events from the year.
The execs highlight AI's potential, oncology imaging breakthroughs, nutrition's role in healthcare, inflated AI valuations, cyberattacks and policy shifts, emphasizing the need for practical integration, patient trust and system...
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....
Dr. Eric Liederman, CEO of CybersolutionsMD, a digital health, privacy, security and IT resilience consultancy, has held informatic leadership roles at health system CommonSpirit Health (formerly Catholic Healthcare West), UC Davis Health System and Kaiser Permanente.
Liederman will discuss how to prepare and recover from a major cyberattack at the 2025 HIMSS Global Health Conference and...
Toronto-listed HEALWELL AI is making a multi-million-dollar purchase of New Zealand-based Orion Health to combine their capabilities in data infrastructure and AI.
The Canadian healthcare AI company signed a deal to acquire Orion Health, which offers health data management solutions, for CA$165 million or NZ$200 million ($115 million).
The transaction, advised by JP Morgan, is expected to close...
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...
MobiHealthNews queried health executives from across the digital health industry and asked them for their insights into key issues impacting health systems and patients.
In part two of this two-part series on the year's biggest takeaways, executives discuss topics ranging from smart monitors to advances in telehealth, wearables and the direct-to-consumer movement.
Amit Khanna, senior vice...
