Diabetes

A close up of a person wearing a CGM while tracking glucose levels on their phone
By  Emily Olsen 10:45 am February 9, 2023
DarioHealth is partnering with Dexcom to integrate the company's continuous glucose monitors into Dario's chronic-condition management platform.  The collaboration will allow Dario's digital health tools for metabolic health to include data from Dexcom CGMs, wearable sensors that automatically monitor blood glucose levels for patients with diabetes. Dario said integrating CGM data would provide...
A person looking at their smartwatch
By  Adam Ang 01:44 am October 26, 2022
The Australian government has awarded grants to research projects working on wearable technology to improve health monitoring for Australians. A project at Curtin University, which has been provided with A$1.5 million ($950,000) funding, will develop and test wearable sensors to monitor the movement of children with cerebral palsy who are unable to walk.  Another project at the University of New...
Physician on a telephone
By  Jessica Hagen 10:21 am October 20, 2022
A cross-sectional study found increased EHR use among primary care physicians was associated with improvement in some quality measures, like diabetes and hypertension control and adherence to breast cancer screening.  The study, published in JAMA Network Open and conducted through Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in 2021, examined 291 primary care physicians'...
A woman talking to a provider via telehealth
By  Emily Olsen 12:09 pm April 26, 2022
Alpha Medical, a virtual primary care startup focused on women's health, is expanding into the diabetes management space with new offerings for treating and screening for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes, as well as screening for gestational diabetes. Depending on diagnosis and a personalized care plan, the service could include online prescription of medications including insulin, access to a...
A piggy bank next to a stethoscope and a pile of coins
By  Emily Olsen 12:49 pm April 20, 2022
Healthcare staffing marketplace Clipboard Health announced it had raised $80 million across two funding rounds, a $30 million Series C that wrapped up in February and a $50 million Series B from last year. The startup said the financing brings its total raise to more than $90 million with a valuation of $1.3 billion. The Series C was led by Sequoia Capital and the Series B was led by IVP. ...
A parent and a child talking to a doctor
By  Emily Olsen 02:04 pm April 13, 2022
Pediatric behavioral health company Brightline is launching a virtual coaching program aimed at parents and caregivers with children at risk for or diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Getting an Early Start on Autism includes one-on-one sessions with an autism care coach as well additional educational content and exercises. The program is geared toward caregivers with children ages 18...
eMedAsia website
By  Adam Ang 12:03 am April 8, 2022
Hong Seng's eMedAsia, CLEA partner to provide virtual COVID-19 screening for international travel Malaysian digital health platform eMedAsia has started offering online COVID-19 testing services through its partnership with CLEA Technology. Its partner provides virtual COVID-19 RTK and PCR screening services via the CLEADOC mobile app. It serves travellers who are seeking COVID-19 tests as a pre-...
A patient checks their blood glucose level through a smartphone app
By  Adam Ang 04:30 am March 28, 2022
Hitachi has collaborated with the University of Utah Health and the non-profit health informatics research organisation Regenstrief Institute to develop and test a new AI method that supports care for patients with type 2 diabetes who require complex drug treatment. WHAT IT'S ABOUT In a study, the novel AI method analysed EHR data across Utah and Indiana in the United States and learned...
The Health2Sync app integrates with the NovoPen 6 and NovoPen Echo Plus to view dose logs.
By  Adam Ang 03:40 am March 14, 2022
Taiwanese chronic disease management company Health2Sync has entered into a partnership with Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk to help patients undergoing insulin therapy wirelessly transfer dose logs to a mobile health app.  The Health2Sync mobile app is now able to sync patients' dose logs, including time and dosage per injection, from the newly released NovoPen 6 and NovoPen Echo Plus...
The Omnipod 5 system including the Dexcom G6 and the smartphone app
By  Emily Olsen 02:17 pm January 31, 2022
Insulin pump-maker Insulet has scored FDA 510(k) clearance for its Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System for people ages 6 and up with Type 1 diabetes. The pump integrates with the Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitor to automatically adjust insulin levels depending on blood glucose. It can be worn for up to 72 hours. Users can control their pump and share data from an app if they have a...