Clinical decision support

Coreline Soft executives in the company's KOSDAQ listing at Korea Exchange
By  Adam Ang 01:15 am September 22, 2023
Coreline Soft debuts in KOSDAQ Early this week, Coreline Soft made its debut on the Korea Exchange's secondary trading board KOSDAQ in South Korea.  Following this, the medical AI company said in a LinkedIn post that it will proceed in developing its product pipeline and expanding its solutions.  "In the rapidly evolving field of medical AI, we aim to solidify our leading position in the chest CT...
Healthcare provider talking to a patient while showing them a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 09:07 am September 19, 2023
Employer-focused cancer startup AccessHope announced it is adding Johns Hopkins Medicine's Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Care Center to its network of National Cancer Institute-designated organizational partners.  AccessHope connects employers offering self-funded health plans and employees' treating physicians with cancer-focused expertise from NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers...
A doctor in a phone call consultation with a patient
By  Adam Ang 03:41 am September 8, 2023
Lissun scores $1.3 million seed funding Lissun, a mental health platform from India, has collected $1.3 million in seed funding from a round led by Inflection Point Ventures and Rainmatter Capital.  The startup aims to tackle the stigma around mental health by offering consumer-facing solutions through healthcare institutions in a B2H2C model. According to a press statement, Lissun plans to use...
Four people standing in front of a window with two people shaking hands while the two others stand and watch
By  Jessica Hagen 02:33 pm September 7, 2023
Taiwanese medical AI startup AESOP Technology announced it is collaborating with conversational and generative AI platform SOAP Health to create a new platform dubbed Precision Patient Profiles, which merges the two organizations' technologies to provide physicians with a more comprehensive view of patient information.  Precision Patient Profiles will combine AESOP's machine learning, AI-enabled...
MrMed logo
By  Adam Ang 11:23 pm August 31, 2023
E-pharmacy MrMed scores half mil for expansion Online pharmacy MrMed has raised $500,000 from a funding round led by the Tamil Nadu Emerging Sector Seed Fund. According to a news report, the company will use its fresh funds to expand its team and reach out to more customers.  Launched in 2021, the pharmacy startup offers specialty medicines for cancer, heart disorders, and other critical health...
A doctor checking a patient's record on a digital tablet
By  Adam Ang 03:02 am August 29, 2023
Researchers from the University of Canterbury have developed a tool that makes respiratory data more accessible for clinicians and patients. A team of PhD students of UC Engineering developed the software called Breath-to-Breath Observed Biometrics (BOB) that provides real-time breath-to-breath data. It can also interpret this data and generate a report for GPs, supporting data-driven care. ...
By  Adam Ang 10:43 pm July 28, 2023
Nesa obtains US FDA 510(k) for fibroid mapping tech Indian femtech Nesa Medtech has received the United States Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its fibroid mapping tool. Its Fibroid Mapping Reviewer Application assists in the diagnosis and planning of interventional procedures for patients with uterine fibroids. It generates a 3D model of the uterus from ultrasound images where...
Surgeons analysing a brain scan.
By  Adam Ang 01:43 am July 27, 2023
Researchers from the faculties of Engineering and IT at Monash University have come up with an AI algorithm that can judge another AI algorithm's annotation or label in a medical scan, mimicking the process of seeking a second opinion. FINDINGS They created a dual-view AI system where one part labels medical images while the other judges the quality of the AI-generated labelled scans by...
iBreastExam hand-held device with features
By  Adam Ang 03:02 am July 25, 2023
Duopharma Biotech, one of Malaysia's biggest pharmaceutical companies, has committed to expanding access to a mobile breast cancer screening device at the community level.  It has signed a distribution deal with the Malaysian unit of US-based femtech company UE LifeSciences to make the iBreastExam device available in primary care clinics across the country. iBreastExam is a hand-held, radiation-...
SayHeart mobile app powered by generative AI
By  Adam Ang 10:29 pm July 21, 2023
Southeast Asian startup leverages generative AI to simplify complex health data A startup based in Malaysia and Singapore is coming up with a platform that leverages generative AI to simplify complex health data into comprehensible content.  Based on a press release, SayHeart has developed an algorithm that can seamlessly translate medical jargon, health reports, and complex imaging into "visual...