Sunday, September 8, 2024
In the US, the FDA has qualified the Apple Watch’s Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) history feature, which “opportunistically analyzes pulse rate data collected by the general-purposeApple Watch photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor” to identify episodes of irregular heart rhythms, for use in clinical studies. The Watch has qualified as part of the FDA’s […]
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH), a collaboration between Johns Hopkins Medicine in the US and Saudi Aramco, an energy and chemicals company in Saudi Arabia, has announced a new opportunity for innovators in musculoskeletal care (MSK). The call for applications, shared on LinkedIn by Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical […]
Berlin-based health tech company Recare has successfully secured €3.2 million euros in funding for its digital discharge management platform, which helps facilitate the transfer of patients from hospitals to post-care providers, offering potential cost savings by optimising length of stay and increasing efficiency within the discharge pathway. Launched in 2017, […]
Canada Health Infoway has announced a new partnership with Dedalus, a UK-based digital solutions and services provider, with the aim of advancing healthcare interoperability across Canada. In a LinkedIn post, Dedalus shared that the partnership followed the “successful delivery” of the company’s Terminology Server in the UK’s NHS, and work […]
Here, we take a deep dive into the current status of health tech in India, covering electronic health records, telemedicine, remote care and more. Digital health strategy In July 2020, the Indian National Health Authority published the country’s National Digital Health Mission Strategy Overview, outlining the vision of creating “a […]
The Algerian Press Service has announced a collaboration between public startup accelerator Algeria Venture and Roche, a Swiss company specialising in diagnosis and biotechnology, to help boost Algerian startups in health and medical technology. The two parties signed a memorandum of agreement to offer support for startups by providing them […]
California-based Augmedix, provider of ambient AI medical documentation & data services, has announced that its solution Augmedix Go is to become generally available for emergency departments, following the completion of a pilot programme with HCA Healthcare. Augmedix Go enables clinicians to engage with patients in a hands-free environment by pairing […]
Yesterday we held our first international webinar, where we were joined by a panel of health tech experts to discuss current digital capabilities, projects, and priorities from country contexts including Spain, Bermuda, and the UK. We welcomed Keltie Jamieson, chief health information officer with the Bermuda Hospitals Board; Tino Marti, […]
Early last year, the Slovenian Ministry of Health declared that “digitalisation is the key step to a modern health system”, following the presentation of the healthcare digitisation strategy for Slovenia until 2027. Slovenian Minister of Health Danijel Bešič Loredan voiced a commitment to ensuring that digital healthcare in Slovenia will […]
An international acceleration programme for innovative start-ups focusing on the femtech sector has been launched by Italy-headquartered Zambon through their research venture Zcube, with applications open until 16 June. Applications are encouraged from start-ups and entrepreneurial ideas around the development of products and services to address “major medical needs” and […]
