Digital Health

Lin Health's platform on a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 08:37 pm October 21, 2024
Lin Health, a digital chronic pain recovery platform, partnered with Mayo Clinic to offer patients in Minnesota's Fibromyalgia Treatment Program care transition support and is announcing its expanded collaboration to provide primary care patients in Arizona with access to an at-home digital intervention for chronic pain.  The Colorado-based company offers a digital program where patients with...
FDA building
By  Jessica Hagen 12:15 pm October 21, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its perspective on regulating AI in healthcare and biomedicine, stating that oversight needs to be coordinated across all regulated industries, international organizations and the U.S. government.  The Agency says it regulates industries that distribute their products to the global market, and therefore U.S. regulatory standards must be...
Two people sitting in front of three computer monitors analyzing data on the screen
By  Jessica Hagen 05:11 pm October 18, 2024
Apple researchers have released a study highlighting the limitations of large language models (LLMs), concluding that LLMs' genuine logical reasoning is fragile and that there is "noticeable variance" in how models respond to different examples or representations of the same question.  The researchers analyzed the formal reasoning capabilities of LLMs, particularly in mathematics.  They noted...
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By  Jessica Hagen 10:47 am October 18, 2024
Tech giant Lenovo, alongside Innovations in Dementia, announced a proof-of-concept project dubbed Alzheimer's Intelligence, a photorealistic AI-enabled 3D avatar that converses with individuals with dementia. It offers curated advice gathered from hundreds of real people living with dementia and Alzheimer's. Lenovo's technology aggregates experience and advice collected from hundreds of...
Researchers reviewing a software analysis
By  Adam Ang 02:43 am October 18, 2024
Biofourmis founder launches health LMM startup  Over a year after leaving biotechnology unicorn Biofourmis, ex-CEO and founder Kuldeep Singh Rajput recently announced that he set up a new health tech company focused on generative AI. In a LinkedIn post, he shared that his newly founded startup, OutcomesAI, has partnered with SingHealth to deploy its large multi-modal model (LMM) called Glia,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:38 pm October 17, 2024
Google announced it is licensing its AI model focused on detecting diabetic retinopathy to partners in Thailand and India, two countries the tech giant says have a shortage of eye specialists.  Google Research teams partnered with foundational research partners Aravind Eye Hospital in India and Rajavithi Hospital in Thailand nearly a decade ago to research whether AI could be used to help reduce...
A person using a virtual reality lens
By  Adam Ang 06:09 am October 17, 2024
A project from the University of New South Wales could be the first in the world to deploy virtual reality tools to help address trauma in rural and regional indigenous communities. Based on a media statement, the project will work with Aboriginal communities in developing culturally informed tools that can be used to provide psychosocial support and address intergenerational trauma. VR tools...
PursueCare prescription digital therapeutics apps
By  Anthony Vecchione 05:34 pm October 16, 2024
PursueCare, a company that provides personalized virtual addiction treatment, announced the re-release of FDA-cleared RESET and RESET-O, prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) for substance use disorder and opioid use disorder, respectively. RESET and RESET-O were initially developed and commercialized by Pear Therapeutics, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year. PursueCare acquired...
Person reviewing data on a cell phone screen
By  Anthony Vecchione 12:51 pm October 16, 2024
Parakeet Health, a generative AI company centered on enhancing patient engagement for healthcare providers, announced it has secured $3 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Canvas Ventures. StoryHouse Ventures as well as several leading investors participated in the round, including former One Medical Chief Executive Officer Dr. Tom Lee and former Twitter (now X) Chief Technology...
Healthcare provider on a computer screen talking to someone sitting at a desk
By  Jessica Hagen 10:54 am October 16, 2024
Oshi Health, a digital gastrointestinal health company, announced it scored $60 million in Series C funding in a round led by Oak HC/FT.  The round also included existing investors CVS Health Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Takeda Digital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and First Cressey Ventures.  WHAT IT DOES Oshi Health provides patients with gastrointestinal issues with virtual access...