Disease management

Healthcare provider analyzing diagnostic images hanging on a wall
By  Jessica Hagen 01:10 pm November 1, 2023
Covera Health, an AI-enabled clinical data analysis company focused on improving radiology readings, announced it secured an additional $50 million in Series C funding and finalized its acquisition of CoRead, which uses AI to flag medical errors on radiology examinations.  The funds add to the company's $25 million Series C round announced in 2021.  Insight Partners led the 2021 round and the...
Healthcare provider showing a tablet to a patient
By  Jessica Hagen 04:15 pm October 25, 2023
Harmonic Health, a tech-enabled dementia care platform, announced its launch today alongside a partnership with Stoney Batter Family Medicine, a medical practice with locations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.  St. Louis-based Harmonic Health is a company built at Redesign Health, which helps build, launch and find funding for digital health startups.  Harmonic offers comprehensive care-...
Two people sitting on a couch talking to a healthcare provider who is sitting on a different couch
By  Jessica Hagen 12:46 pm October 25, 2023
Senior care technology platform Sage raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Maveron.  Distributed Ventures, ANIMO Ventures and Goldcrest Capital also participated in the round. Natalie Dillion, partner at Maveron, will join Sage's board of directors.  Sage offers a coordinated-care platform for senior living communities that allows residents and their caregivers to connect with...
Screenshot of the Helpful app
By  Jessica Hagen 11:41 am October 24, 2023
Helpful, a platform offering caregivers details on their loved ones' insurance benefits and medical records, is announcing a partnership with New York-based VNS Health to give caregivers of the health plan's members easy access to their coverage and care information. "What we do differently is we look at caregiving as a job," Wes Donohoe, CEO and cofounder of Helpful, told MobiHealthNews. "We...
A scientist checking on results of their DNA analysis on a digital tablet
By  Adam Ang 12:14 am October 20, 2023
Mesh Bio secures funding for refining digital twin engine Singaporean startup Mesh Bio has received undisclosed funding from East Ventures to assist with its regional expansion. The company is currently working on a digital twin solution for managing rising cases of chronic diseases, particularly in Southeast Asia, where 62% of all deaths in the region are due to non-communicable conditions. Mesh...
Person in a clinical setting lying in bed with their hand raised while wearing a virtual reality headset
By  Jessica Hagen 05:28 pm October 19, 2023
Boston-based virtual reality platform XRHealth announced it distributed hundreds of virtual reality headsets across 30 hospitals, assisted living and mental health centers, and nursing homes in Israel to assist patients suffering from stress, PTSD and anxiety.  XRHealth's platform allows patients to receive recommended therapies for mental and physical conditions via a virtual reality headset....
Sky Labs' CART BP ring-type blood pressure monitor
By  Adam Ang 12:22 am October 17, 2023
South Korean health tech startup Sky Labs has raised 20.7 billion won ($15.3 million) in a Series C funding round led by the government-run Korea Development Bank.  K2 Investment Partners, Devsisters Ventures, SJG Partners, and OpenWater Investment also joined the investing round.  This brings its total investment to 54.8 billion won ($40.5 million). It last raised $20 million in a Series B round...
Healthcare provider sitting on a patient's hospital bed while holding a tablet showing diagnostic images of lungs
By  Jessica Hagen 01:50 pm October 16, 2023
GE HealthCare announced it signed a $44 million contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop AI-enabled point-of-care ultrasound technology to help clinicians diagnose and treat lung pathologies and traumatic injuries to the head, chest and abdomen. The medtech company will build off its existing ultrasound technology to develop an AI-powered...
Healthcare providers performing surgery on a patient with lights shining down from the ceiling
By  Jessica Hagen 05:18 pm October 13, 2023
British medtech company Brainomix and Switzerland-based remote robotic surgical company Nanoflex Robotics announced the receipt of £400,000 ($420,418) and CHF 400,000 ($443,700), respectively, to codevelop an AI-assisted magnetic navigation system for stroke-related robotic surgical tools. Innovate UK, the innovation agency in the United Kingdom, and Innosuisse, Switzerland's Innovation Agency,...
Healthcare provider wearing a lab coat and stethoscope while looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 11:58 am October 9, 2023
At HLTH 2023, Google announced it added new generative AI-powered capabilities to its Vertex AI platform for health and life sciences companies to search patient data, including clinical sources like FHIR data and clinical notes, which can be combined with its medical large language model Med-PaLM 2.  Vertex AI is a search engine that allows organizations to build their own generative AI-enabled...