Health

Providence, a large not-for-profit Catholic healthcare system, announced the launch of Praia Health, a consumer platform for healthcare systems, alongside the closing of a $20 million oversubscribed Series A investment round.  Frist Cressey Ventures led the round, with participation from Epsilon Health Investors, Providence Ventures and SignalFire. Navid Farzad, partner at Frist Cressey, and Sara Vaezy, Providence’s chief strategy and …

Seattle Children’s Research Institute and tech giant Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab partnered on research examining the cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and determined that genetic testing at birth may help to determine a child’s risk of SIDS.  The two organizations discussed the research during an event in Washington, which brought together more than 155 researchers and scientists …

Digital cardiac and lung disease health startup Eko Health announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its AI-enabled cardiac tool that helps with the early detection of low ejection fraction, a key indicator of heart failure.  Eko Low Ejection Fraction Tool (ELEFT), which officially received the green light from the FDA in March, is an AI-enabled tool that allows providers …

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Click Therapeutics announced that Rejoyn, a smartphone-based prescription digital therapeutic for major depressive disorder (MDD), scored FDA clearance to be used as an adjunct to clinician-managed care.  Rejoyn is a six-week remote treatment program to help enhance cognitive control of emotion through a combination of clinically-validated cognitive emotional training and brief therapeutic exercises.  The prescription digital therapeutic …

It is not often consumers consider their refrigerator or television as a tool that gives their healthcare providers personalized health data, but LG NOVA is considering the possibility of consumer electronics becoming data collectors for preventative care measures. Atul Singh, general manager of digital health at LG NOVA, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss how the North American Innovation Center …

DarioHealth, a digital chronic-condition-management platform, reported $3.6 million in revenue for Q4 2023, compared to $6.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, a 47% decrease. Year-over-year revenue in 2023 was $20.4 million, compared to $27.7 million for 2022. The New York-based company said the overall decrease in revenue stemmed from lower consumer and strategic-partner channels.  The company reported a …

Conversational AI organization Openstream.ai announced a new patent for automated digital twin technology that gives EVA, or enterprise virtual assistant, users the ability to utilize virtual assistants that are digital twins of human experts in their respective fields.  The digital twins share their human counterparts’ knowledge and unique personas and engage in empathetic, hallucination-free conversations with end-users. The twins will …

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has debuted Virtual Urgent Care, available to children and young adults up to age 21 who require after-hours care for non-emergency illness or injuries. The service pairs patients with CHLA providers via video meeting from a computer, tablet or smartphone.  Virtual Urgent Care will treat non-emergency illness and injuries, including fever, upper respiratory infections, vomiting, …

Generative AI company Abridge announced a partnership with Northern California-based healthcare system Sutter Health, which will allow Abridge’s clinical documentation software to be available to Sutter clinicians.  Abridge’s software is a generative AI for clinical conversation that reduces provider workload by automating note-taking.  The software will be directly embedded into Sutter’s Epic EMR system.  The aim of the Abridge-Sutter partnership …

Telemental health company Brightside Health announced it raised $33 million dollars in Series C funding powered by healthcare-focused venture capital firm S32.  Kennedy Lewis, Time BioVentures, and 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki participated in the round. Existing investors ACME, Mousse Partners and TriVentures also contributed. The company confirmed the $33 million raise in an email to MobiHealthNews. The Series C round …