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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
