Quality Care

Two surgeons operating on a body
By  Adam Ang 07:47 pm March 10, 2025
Researchers from one of South Korea's largest hospitals claim to have developed an objective measure of pain during and after surgery using AI.  FINDINGS The research team at Asan Medical Center devised a pain assessment model that can be applied throughout the entire surgery process. It involves tracking a patient's heart rate, blood pressure, and blood volume change during surgery. A machine...
A person wearing the prototype hybrid wheelchair and exoskeleton
By  Adam Ang 08:50 pm March 6, 2025
Chulalongkorn University engineer develops hybrid wheelchair, wearable robot A wheelchair that also serves as a wearable exoskeleton for people with mobility issues has been developed in Thailand. The hybrid robot prototype allows its user to leave the wheelchair to stand and walk using an exoskeleton.  "The lower leg can change mode between sitting and walking using a motor to help with the...
Interface of Heidi AI scribe
By  Adam Ang 07:58 pm March 6, 2025
Australian startup Heidi Health has raised another $16.6 million in Series A funding from a round led by Headline. The follow-on investing round was also joined by Local Globe, Anthology (Menlo Ventures and Anthropic), as well as existing investors Blackbird, HESTA, Possible Ventures and Archangel Ventures.  Formerly Oscer, Heidi relaunched in 2024 with a customisable AI-powered clinical...
Punit Singh Soni, founder and CEO of Suki
By  Jessica Hagen 04:25 pm March 5, 2025
LAS VEGAS - Punit Singh Soni, founder and CEO of Suki, maker of an AI-backed healthcare voice tool, sat down with MobiHealthNews at the 2025 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition here to discuss the evolution of the company and its experience at the conference. MobiHealthNews: How are you enjoying HIMSS25? Punit Singh Soni: This year has been insane, and I was reflecting on it last...
Jessica Hagen of MobiHealthNews, Joey Seliski of Allegheny Health Network, Alexander Ryu of Mayo Clinic, Kali Ariuni Ihde of Northwestern Medicine.
By  Jessica Hagen 02:37 pm March 4, 2025
LAS VEGAS – At the Smart Health Transformation Forum at HIMSS25 here, leaders discussed various ways health systems and clinics implement innovations, pitfalls during the piloting or implementation process, analyzing the validity and use cases of AI, machine learning, big data, ambient listening, robotics and other technologies.  "Every part of our industry is broken. Every single part. There is...
Amit Khanna, SVP and GM of Salesforce
By  Jessica Hagen 10:25 am February 28, 2025
Salesforce announced the launch of Agentforce for Health, an AI-driven platform that automates tasks like appointment booking, benefits verification and clinical trial matching. The tech giant is also partnering with healthcare technology company Athenahealth to streamline workflows, such as summarizing patient histories and processing prescription refills. Amit Khanna, senior vice president and...
A doctor on screen guiding a patient measuring their blood pressure remotely
By  Adam Ang 11:19 pm February 27, 2025
HCF now offers remote heart monitoring with Ramsay Health insurer HCF has started offering remote heart monitoring service for patients dealing with heart failure. It recently tied up with Ramsay Connect, Ramsay Health Care's community, home, and remote care joint venture with Remedy Healthcare, to offer two million HCF members access to the Virtual Heart Failure Service.  The service hooks...
Healthcare provider in scrubs
By  Jessica Hagen 02:55 pm February 27, 2025
Academic health system Emory Healthcare is partnering with Atropos Health, a company that translates real-world clinical data into real-world evidence, to advance medication formulary decisions and protocols.  Emory is piloting a program that aims to advance patient care by allowing clinical questions to be answered in real time using Atropos' platform.   The Atropos Evidence Network allows Emory...
A doctor reviewing a patient's file on a digital tablet
By  Adam Ang 06:05 am February 24, 2025
Auckland-based health IT company Medtech Global has been acquired by software acquirer Banyan Software from the United States. Founded in 1989, Medtech claims to develop the first practice management system in New Zealand. It also offers a payment solution and a digital health application integration platform.  WHY IT MATTERS Medtech was first sold during the thick of the pandemic in 2020 to...
Healthcare provider standing next to a window while looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 02:57 pm February 21, 2025
OpenEvidence, an AI-enabled medical research aggregate platform for doctors, has closed a Series A funding round with Sequoia Capital, boosting its valuation to $1 billion and bringing its total raise to more than $100 million.  WHAT IT DOES  OpenEvidence is a free medical information platform that offers an AI-enabled medical copilot for doctors in the U.S. It aggregates and synthesizes clinical...