Health

New AI app for facial palsy screening Computer scientists from Australia and Iraq have developed an AI-based diagnostic tool to detect facial palsy. They have come up with a detection system for facial palsy featuring a microcomputer, digital camera, and deep learning algorithm. Based on an entry in the journal BioMedInformatics, researchers from the Middle Technical University in Baghdad and the …

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is the result of increased demand for tailored healthcare solutions, lower costs, higher accuracy pertaining to medical decisions and diagnosis to improve patient health outcomes.  With an estimated valuation of $15.1 billion for the global market in 2022, AI in healthcare is an irreversible process that is already reshaping medicine and its projected …

Less than two months since the Biden Administration published its sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence, the White House on Thursday announced new commitments to AI transparency, risk management and responsibility from more than two dozen leading healthcare organizations. WHY IT MATTERSThe White House EO, which was published on October 30, and has a wide array of provisions focused on …

Klinik Pintar scores $5M to develop ‘hybrid’ clinic solution Jakarta-based digital clinic network Klinik Pintar has raised $5 million in an extended Series A funding round led by Altara Ventures. Formerly Medigo, the company offers various clinical services, including teleconsultation and home health services. It runs a tech-enabled network of 22 primary, specialty, and corporate clinics. Klinik Pintar plans to …

Google announced the release of MedLM, two foundational models built off Med-PaLM 2, designed to answer medical questions, generate insights from unstructured data and summarize medical information.   The tech giant said that through piloting its LLMs with healthcare organizations, it has learned the most effective AI models are designed to address specific use cases. Therefore, the large model of MedLM …

Leaders in the digital health space told MobiHealthNews their predictions about where AI will make the most significant mark in healthcare in 2024.    Following the considerable increase in the use of AI in healthcare in 2023, stakeholders expect next year to bring even wider adoption of the technology across various sectors, from implementation in physician-facing tools to help ease provider …

Israeli healthtech startup Biobeat and Best Buy Health are teaming up to integrate the capabilities of Biobeat’s wrist and chest monitors, tying them into Best Buy Health’s Current Health platform. The big box retailer, which acquired home care platform Current in 2021, will feature Biobeat’s wearables as part of its remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions. Biobeat’s RPM devices are based …

Digital metabolic care startup Twin Health announced it raised $50 million in funding, two years after securing $140 million in Series C funding.  Temasek led the funding with participation from existing investors Sofina, ICONIQ Growth, Helena, and Peak XV. WHAT IT DOES Twin’s product is the Whole Body Digital Twin, an AI-backed model that aims to provide individualized nutrition, sleep …

AI in healthcare and value-based care enablement are top developing trends in healthcare, but lack scalability so far, while big box retailers as providers and data interoperability have shown a high volume of activity in 2023, and are scaling with long-term trajectories. Rock Health’s report, which utilized data to determine the sequence of developments in the digital health space this …

Digital weight loss company Noom has announced several new hires within its leadership team, including its new executive vice president and chief financial officer Jean Clifton, chief technology officer Rich Friedman and general counsel Norman Petty.  The company has also appointed Jim Bugden as senior vice president of corporate development and partnerships, Katerina Kugel as senior director of brand and …