mobile health

CureApp Hypertension Treatment app
By  Adam Ang 12:35 am August 19, 2022
Japanese medical technology firm CureApp is getting 7 billion yen ($51.4 million) in investment from global investment firm Carlyle as part of their strategic partnership. Carlyle is taking a minority stake in the company, which has so far raised 13.4 billion yen ($98 million) in capital funding. Founded in 2014, CureApp is involved in the research and development of prescription and non-...
Technician prepares a patient for MRI
By  Adam Ang 12:30 am August 12, 2022
IIT Delhi researchers develop algorithms that detect epileptic seizure source Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi have come up with a novel algorithm that can localise the epileptogenic zone using a patient's EEG data. In cases of drug-resistant epilepsies, neurosurgeons have to first determine the exact origin and extent of structural abnormalities in a patient's brain...
Diri Care beta web platform
By  Adam Ang 12:33 am August 11, 2022
Diri Care, a consumer health technology startup based in Jakarta, Indonesia has snapped up $4.3 million in a seed funding round led by East Ventures and Surge, a rapid scale-up programme for startups by Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia.  WHAT IT DOES Diri Care, which translates to "self-care" in Bahasa, is a digital clinic for skin, hair, and sexual health concerns. Established early this...
VUNO Hativ Pro personal ECG device
By  Adam Ang 02:00 am August 4, 2022
Medical AI company VUNO has received the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's clearance for its personal ECG device. Called Hativ Pro, the portable medical device simply measures a user's heart rate and sends this data through a connected mobile phone app.  WHY IT MATTERS VUNO has been offering a range of medical AI solutions for doctors and health facilities. Following this latest...
Alt text: Eka Care mobile app
By  Adam Ang 01:11 am July 21, 2022
Eka Care, a healthcare technology startup in India, has snapped up $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Hummingbird Ventures.  The investing round also saw the participation of 3one4Capital, Mirae Assets, Verlinvest, and Aditya Birla Ventures, among others. This brings its total investment raised to nearly $20 million, including $4.5 million in seed funding that it raised in August last...
A doctor conducting teleconsultation via KonsultaMD
By  Adam Ang 01:09 am July 12, 2022
Three Filipino healthcare tech platforms under the Ayala Corporation, one of the biggest conglomerates in the Philippines, will be integrated to form one health superapp.  Based on a stock exchange disclosure, KonsultaMD, HealthNow, and AIDE will be consolidated under KonsultaMD, which is expected to be launched by the first quarter of 2023. KonsultaMD is a telehealth app run by corporate venture...
Share, mobile mental health app by TheShareCo
By  Adam Ang 02:37 am July 8, 2022
TheShareCo, a company under the education technology startup Tueetor, has gone live with a mobile mental health app in Singapore. WHAT IT DOES Available on both iOS and Android devices, the Share app offers round-the-clock, online on-demand counselling for individuals or groups. It features a videotelephony module, accompanied by annotation and chat tools.  According to a media release, the app...
Pristyn Care logo
By  Adam Ang 05:09 am June 8, 2022
Indian health tech company Pristyn Care has bought Lybrate, a mobile health platform, for an undisclosed amount as part of its expansion into primary care. Founded in 2014, Lybrate helps connect over 300,000 doctors to patients. It claims to have managed more than 200 million annual interactions in India over the last five years. The company also runs a doctor-facing app called GoodMD which...
A person using their smartphone for video doctor consultation
By  Adam Ang 04:05 am May 17, 2022
Singaporean telehealth company Doctor Anywhere has started adopting a video API from US-based cloud communications provider Vonage to enhance its delivery of telehealth services. Vonage's communications platform has over a million registered developers who are using its APIs to provide business continuity, remote work, and remote delivery of various services. It is fully programmable and allows...
Officials from Good Doctor Technology Thailand and the National Health Security Office during a press briefing
By  Adam Ang 11:34 pm May 12, 2022
Good Doctor Technology joins NHSO's COVID-19 outpatient care programme Good Doctor Technology Thailand has participated in the outpatient care programme of the National Health Security Office for mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients. According to a media release, the health tech company is providing telehealth service to patients with positive antigen test results via the Spring Up mobile...