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Healthcare provider looking at screens
By  Dr. Liz Kwo 02:27 pm December 15, 2023
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...
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By  Adam Ang 12:57 am December 15, 2023
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...
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By  Jessica Hagen 10:37 am December 14, 2023
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 that help ease provider...
Healthcare provider in blue scrubs sitting at a desk looking at a computer
By  Nathan Eddy 05:25 pm December 13, 2023
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 on...
Healthcare provider looking at a tablet while talking on the phone
By  Jessica Hagen 05:11 pm December 12, 2023
Digital weight loss company Noom has announced several new hires within its leadership team, including 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, named Katerina Kugel as senior director...
Healthcare provider sitting down and looking at a computer screen with diagnostic images on it
By  Jessica Hagen 01:49 pm December 12, 2023
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 year,...
Healthcare provider looking at a tablet while talking on a phone
By  Jessica Hagen 03:56 pm December 11, 2023
Multispecialty medical group Privia Medical Group Gulf Coast, part of physician enablement company Privia Health, is partnering with tech-enabled women's health startup Iron Health to launch an initiative that binds health services with OB/GYN care dubbed Privia Wellness. Iron Health dubs itself as a virtual extension of an OB/GYN practice, offering primary care and mental health services,...
Person sitting on a couch holding a coffee cup while talking to a healthcare professional via a laptop
By  Jessica Hagen 01:12 pm December 11, 2023
Publicly-traded digital behavioral health company Talkspace announced a strategic partnership with menopause-focused telehealth startup Evernow in which both companies will utilize the other's offerings to expand their portfolio.  Talkspace offers therapy for adults, teens 13 to 17, and couples, as well as psychiatric services and medication management. The platform assists individuals suffering...
Healthcare provider listening to a person's stomach using a stethoscope
By  Jessica Hagen 04:02 pm December 8, 2023
At-home fertility care company Mosie Baby announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for the first over-the-counter intravaginal insemination (IVI) kit, which allows individuals to perform at-home insemination using either a fresh or cryogenically frozen donor semen sample.  Mosie's home insemination kit includes two syringes with a barrel-free tip and a slit opening, as well as two collection...