AI

A physiotherapist working with a senior patient
By  Adam Ang 02:09 am March 28, 2024
Japanese IT and electronics company NEC Corporation and Tokyo Medical and Dental University have developed an AI-based technology to support individuals possibly dealing with chronic lower back pain by automatically estimating its causes. HOW IT WORKS Firstly, the digital tool automatically estimates the human skeletal pose structure from an image taken with a smart device. It utilises 2D/3D...
Researchers analysing findings on a desktop computer
By  Adam Ang 09:20 pm March 27, 2024
Funding worth A$6.5 million ($4 million) has been awarded to four genomics-focused research projects led by researchers from the University of Melbourne. These include a project that will establish a patient dataset of inherited retinal diseases; a rapid multi-omic liquid biopsy blood test using whole genome sequencing; research using next-generation sequencing to develop new solutions to...
Andrew Trister, chief medical and science officer at Verily
By  Jessica Hagen 08:56 pm March 22, 2024
Alphabet's life science subsidiary Verily announced a strategic restructuring last year, shifting its focus to using AI and data science to improve precision health options.  Andrew Trister, chief medical and science officer at Verily, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the company's use of AI technology, its work with tech giant Google and what excites him about the business's future....
Surgeons in an operating room wearing scrubs and operating on a patient
By  Nathan Eddy 10:19 am March 22, 2024
Johnson & Johnson MedTech has partnered with Silicon Valley giant NVIDIA to advance the integration of artificial intelligence in surgical procedures. The collaboration aims to enhance real-time analysis and broaden the use of AI algorithms in surgical decision-making, education and collaboration within operating rooms across J&J MedTech’s digital surgery ecosystem. Through a memorandum...
Healthcare provider looking at X-rays on a wall
By  Jessica Hagen 06:01 pm March 19, 2024
Google made several announcements during its Check Up event on Tuesday, including the release of its new MedLM for Chest X-ray, advancements in personalization at Fitbit Labs and the release of its Skin Condition Image Network (SCIN).  Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Google Health's chief health officer, kicked off The Check Up event by highlighting the increased use of AI in healthcare. "We are at an...
A doctor researching about a patient's condition using a desktop computer
By  Adam Ang 06:24 am March 19, 2024
Hong Kong-based Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), one of China's national research institutes, has developed a large language model-based chatbot to assist doctors in making medical diagnoses and treatments. HOW IT WORKS The chatbot, CARES Copilot 1.0, is built based on Meta's Llama 2 LLM. Trained using 100 GPUs from Huawei and...
Michael Greeley of Flare Capital Partners, Robbie Freeman of Mount Sinai Health System, Mary Beth Chalk of BeeKeeperAI, Abhinav Shashank at Innovaccer and Sally Frank at Microsoft for Startups
By  Jessica Hagen 06:32 pm March 18, 2024
ORLANDO – During HIMSS24 Views from the Top session, "Digital health startups: Harnessing innovation to disrupt and improve care delivery," experts relayed that strength in an executive team (not necessarily a product) and solutions that solve providers' pain points are top of mind. "There are a series of attributes we tend to weigh pretty heavily–the strength and relevance of the executive team...
Healthcare providers sitting down and looking at a computer
By  Trevor Dermody 03:15 pm March 15, 2024
Israel-based AION Labs, an AI-enabled drug discovery partnership between global pharma and tech companies, announced the launch of a new startup company CombineAble.AI, which will speed up the development of therapeutics by addressing challenges associated with antibody design.  CombinAble.AI was formed following an AION Labs startup challenge aimed at developing an AI-based solution for...
A radiologist analysing a chest X-ray using VinBrain DrAid
By  Adam Ang 07:59 am March 15, 2024
Global Fund taps VinBrain for Vietnam's National TB Screening Bill Gates' The Global Fund has chosen health tech company VinBrain to support the National Tuberculosis Prevention Campaign in Vietnam by supplying its AI technology. Under a commercial agreement, VinBrain will transfer 32 AI-related licenses of its technology to the government-initiated programme, assisting in the screening of about...
Screenshot of the main page of CureSkin's website
By  Adam Ang 07:53 am March 15, 2024
AI-driven dermatology platform Cureskin has netted $20 million in a Series B funding round led by HealthQuad. The round was also participated by JSW Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Sharrp Ventures. "These funds will help further enhance our AI capabilities, accelerate our growth, and expand solution offerings," said co-founder and CEO Guna Kakulapati in a statement. Cureskin previously raised $5...