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Saudi Arabia's Seha Virtual Hospital, touted as the largest virtual hospital in the world, has chosen South Korean medical AI company Lunit to deliver AI solutions to support the kingdom's national cancer and tuberculosis screening programme.
Launched in 2022, Seha Virtual Hospital is a key piece of healthcare innovation under "Saudi Vision 2030." The hospital is providing medical services to...
South Korean medical AI company Lunit is helping raise Sweden's cancer screening capability by partnering with one of the country's biggest private healthcare providers.
It recently signed a three-year agreement with Capio S:t Göran Hospital to supply and license its AI-powered mammography analysis software Lunit INSIGHT MMG.
According to a press release, the AI tool will enable the hospital to...
South Korean medical AI company Lunit has announced its decision to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in Europe.
According to a press release, Lunit Europe Holdings will be based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands and will begin local staff recruitment shortly.
WHY IT MATTERS
Although Lunit had a branch office which previously managed its European business, its subsidiary in the continent will...
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November 28, 2022
Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) is the most common heart rhythm disorder, affecting more than 40 million people worldwide.
The condition poses a five-fold increased risk of stroke, yet is often difficult to detect.
Until now, studies have shown the potential of smart devices for large-scale AFib screening but have made no comparison with conventional screening.
However new research presented at the...
SEHA, the largest healthcare network in the United Arab Emirates, has entered into a collaboration agreement with South Korean medical AI company Lunit to try out its AI radiology solutions.
Formally the Abu Dhabi Health Services Co., the organisation runs 13 public hospitals and 46 clinics.
According to a press release, SEHA will conduct a proof of concept (POC) of Lunit's suite of radiology...
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July 7, 2022
The advantages of telehealth beyond enabling physician/patient relationships to continue virtually are now driving adoption in many aspects of care provision that were critically disrupted by the pandemic – most notably preventive healthcare, remote patient monitoring and chronic disease management.
While clinicians derive great value from the flexibility and efficiencies enabled by these digital...
Sidekick Health and Lilly collaborate to support breast cancer patients
Digital therapeutics (DTx) startup Sidekick Health has announced an integrated solution in conjunction with pharma firm Eli Lilly and Company for patients with breast cancer.
Through Sidekick’s platform, patients will be given access to a tailored digital treatment plan to promote behaviour modification and overcome barriers...
When it comes to digitalising healthcare organisations there are two major pitfalls.
If digitalisation is pursued in an IT and technology driven way, it can lead to painful implementations which leave clinicians scratching their heads.
On the other hand, coming from a use case point of view can lead to endless pilot schemes that never get scaled up – something Tobias Silberzahn, partner at...
PatientSource solution eliminates manual data gathering at Ichilov Hospital
A new electronic patient record (EPR) solution at Ichilov Hospital in Israel has reduced the time it takes clinicians to access patient data from six minutes to six seconds per appointment.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) selected UK vendor PatientSource to build the cloud-based solution, which integrates with hospital IT...
Women’s health startup Inne raises $10M
Berlin-based healthtech startup Inne has raised an additional $10 million (€9.3M) in funding led by DSM Venturing.
Borski Fund and Calm Storm Ventures also participated in the round, along with angels Taavet Hinrikus (Wise), Dr Fiona Pathiraja and Rolf Schromgens (Trivago).
Inne will use the investment to continue to develop its mini lab and platform to...
_19_021b0.jpg "Bringing together leaders from the supply side and the demand side of hospital digitalisation could be the key to a smoother transformation journey, as attendees at HIMSS22 Europe will find out.")
