Lunit obtains new CE mark for AI DBT solution
South Korean medical AI company Lunit has received a CE mark under Europe's latest Medical Device Regulation for its AI software for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) analysis.
Called Lunit INSIGHT DBT, the software solution analyses 3D images from DBT, enabling fast and accurate diagnosis of breast cancer.
In a press statement, Lunit disclosed its...
Population health technology company Color announced it had laid off workers as it pivots focus away from COVID-19 testing.
According to posts by former employees on LinkedIn, the company cut 300 jobs. Color CEO Othman Laraki confirmed the layoffs in his own post, saying the company was downsizing its teams focused on COVID-19 testing given the looming end of the public health emergency and...
Lucira Health announced it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week just as the diagnostics company received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA for an at-home combination COVID-19 and flu test.
In the company's bankruptcy filing, it lists about $146 million in assets and liabilities of around $85 million. Lucira plans to use approximately $4.5 million cash on hand to fund operations as it...
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A healthcare risk prediction algorithm used on more than 200 million people across the country was found to demonstrate racial bias.
One-third of the top 100 hospitals in the U.S. were found to be using a tracking tool called Meta Pixel to collect and send patients’ personal health information to Facebook without their consent.
Pulse oximeters – digital products that use infrared light beams to...
The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) and a suite of digital health and pharma players partnered to launch a toolkit aimed at improving diversity, equity and inclusion in clinical trials.
The resources include a guide to each step of a digital clinical trial, shared definitions of terms like "diversity" and "equity," a list of different digital tools that could be used and the potential benefits...
As the first national coordinator for health information technology in 2004, David Brailer, current executive vice president and chief health officer at Cigna, said he and his team had four priorities: increase clinical decision-making quality, advance public health, accelerate consumer self-care and self-empowerment, and advance clinical research and science at the bedside.
At Tuesday's event,...
The Supreme Court's decision that overturned Roe v. Wade officially came down more than half a year ago, and abortion access has narrowed for a large portion of the country.
Elizabeth Bailey, managing director at RH Capital, said there are plenty of opportunities for digital health investors and startups to make waves in the women's health space.
Though women's health tech still makes up a...
Cue Health will lay off 388 employees, about 26% of its workforce, as part of a larger cost-reduction plan.
The cuts mark another round of layoffs for the home diagnostics company, which laid off 170 manufacturing workers in the summer. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Cue said the layoffs are expected to take place in March.
"For the past several months, the Cue Health...
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Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) is the most common heart rhythm disorder, affecting more than 40 million people worldwide.
The condition poses a five-fold increased risk of stroke, yet is often difficult to detect.
Until now, studies have shown the potential of smart devices for large-scale AFib screening but have made no comparison with conventional screening.
However new research presented at the...
The Apple Women's Health Study found a small and temporary increase in menstrual cycle length associated with COVID-19 vaccination.
The results, published in npj Digital Medicine, included more than 9,600 participants who logged more than 128,000 cycles in tracking apps on their iPhones. Eighty-eight percent were vaccinated.
Fifty-five percent of vaccinated study participants had received the...
