Predictive analytics

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...
AITRICS VitalCare software
By  Adam Ang 08:11 pm November 4, 2024
South Korean medical AI company AITRICS has obtained clearance from the Ministry of Health, Vietnam for its AI software for predicting patient deterioration. VitalCare utilises AI to analyse 19 types of EMR data of patients in general wards to predict possible death, ICU transfer, and cardiac arrest within six hours. It can also predict sepsis within four hours, cardiac arrest within 24 hours, as...
Oura Ring
By  Jessica Hagen 05:20 pm October 31, 2024
Health-tracking ring maker Oura announced it has agreed to acquire data company Sparta Science, which offers a platform that collects and analyzes health and performance information. Oura will leverage Sparta Science’s Trinsic data platform to expand its B2B offerings. The company says the acquisition will enhance its Oura Teams platform to serve enterprise, healthcare and government customers. ...
Healthcare provider sitting in a diagnostic imaging room with an MRI machine in the window
By  Anthony Vecchione 10:33 pm October 11, 2024
Springbok Analytics, a life sciences muscle and analytics company, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for MuscleView, an AI-powered technology that analyzes muscle health via magnetic resonance (MR) images.  The AI-based technology analyzes MRI data and produces personalized 3D visualizations and metrics of muscle health.  Springbok Analytics' full-body muscle-analysis capabilities were introduced...
Solider hugging another person
By  Jessica Hagen 02:38 pm October 7, 2024
Healthcare-focused data analytics company Glassbeam has signed an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) program to enhance VA real-time data and predictive analytics capabilities. HTM and Glassbeam engineers will work together utilizing Glassbeam's Service Analytics offering to connect systems, gather log data and create predictive signatures. ...
Mobile and desktop versions of Qure.ai's chest X-ray analysis solution
By  Adam Ang 06:59 am September 27, 2024
Qure.ai nets $65M for foundational AI  Qure.ai has raised $65 million in a Series D funding round led by Lightspeed and 360 ONE Asset.  The company said it will use its fresh funds to invest more in foundational AI models, as well as acquire complementary startups in medical technology. It will also be used to accelerate its expansion in the United States and other markets.  Early this year, the...
Doctorpresso's REDI mental health diary app
By  Adam Ang 06:39 pm September 17, 2024
A new mental health diary app developed in South Korea leverages generative AI to early screen depression while securing sensitive user data.  HOW IT WORKS Doctorpresso came up with a mobile app called REDI that analyses a user's speech patterns and provides near real-time insights into their mental state.  Through AI, the app analyses four voice characteristics: average pitch, pitch variability...
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...
A surgeon performing a surgery using an augmented reality-based navigation system
By  Adam Ang 06:34 am August 2, 2024
Increasing use of AR-based surgical navigation in Thailand Taiwan-based medtech company SURGLASSES has announced the recent implementations of its augmented reality-based surgical navigation system in Thailand.  Thailand Veterans General Hospital and Chulalongkorn Hospital conducted their first AR-guided surgeries using the Caduceus S system.  Designed for spine surgery, the SURGLASSES system...
Healthcare provider using a tablet while wearing a white coat and stethoscope
By  Jessica Hagen 04:50 pm July 16, 2024
U.K.-based healthcare technology company Huma announced it secured more than $80 million in a Series D funding round, bringing its total raise to over $300 million.  New and existing investors, including AstraZeneca, Leaps by Bayer, Hat Technology Fund 4 by HAT SGR, and HV Fund by Hitachi Ventures, participated in the round. The company, which creates applications that integrate patient data from...