LG Electronics announced the launch of a new venture, Primefocus Health, which will develop a provider-facing healthcare-delivery platform that leverages technologies and therapies to aid in remote patient monitoring and give patients access to new therapies through technology applications.
It will also allow providers to collect patient data, communicate with patients, track progress and...
Israeli healthtech startup Biobeat and Best Buy Health are teaming up to integrate the capabilities of Biobeat's wrist and chest monitors, tying them into Best Buy Health's Current Health platform.
The big box retailer, which acquired home care platform Current in 2021, will feature Biobeat's wearables as part of its remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions.
Biobeat's RPM devices are based on...
AI-backed remote monitoring and digital therapeutics company Biofourmis confirmed the company's cofounder Kuldeep Singh Rajput stepped down as its CEO just one month after the company laid off 120 employees worldwide, 48 of whom were in the U.S.
"He remains committed to providing support and advice to the company going forward," Biofourmis told MobiHealthNews in an email. "We thank Kuldeep for...
The digital health arm of India-based pharmaceutical company Lupin has unveiled its e-clinic attending to heart failure patients.
Called Lyfe, the virtual clinic is manned by a team of paramedics, nurses, cardiotherapists, health coaches and care managers who support cardiologists in managing their patients. Without specifying, Lupin Digital Health said the clinic is equipped with AI-guided...
AI-backed remote monitoring and digital therapeutics company Biofourmis confirmed it laid off 120 employees worldwide, including 48 workers in the U.S.
The Boston-based company offers home care tools to help remotely monitor acute and post-acute patients, then alter a care team when a patient's condition changes from their personal baseline.
It also offers digital therapies, including a heart-...
Addiction-focused behavioral health provider Praesum Healthcare announced a partnership with ObservSMART to utilize its wearable device and staff tablet to perform patient checks on noncompliant patient populations.
ObservSMART offers patented, tamper-resistant wearables that help providers comply with patient checks and document a patient's location and behaviors. Providers can complete...
Casana, maker of a health monitoring smart toilet seat, announced this week it had received its first FDA 510(k) clearance.
The startup's Heart Seat received the agency green light for monitoring heart rate and oxygen saturation in adults at least 22 years and older who weigh 90 to 350 pounds. Casana said the battery-powered seat can run for several years without recharging, sending health data...
Israeli-based Neteera, which offers contactless remote patient monitoring, announced it had closed a Series B funding round worth about $13 million.
Aescuvest led the round, alongside existing and new investors Nanz Family Office, Omega Healthcare Investors, Esas Private Equity and Ankor Holding.
The company also announced its strategic partnership with Omega, which provides technology-enabled...
One of the key tenets of New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System's remote patient monitoring program is choosing easy-to-use devices that don't require extra technology on the patient's end, said Cathleen Mathew, director of condition management and population health.
The program, which went live in 2020, is largely focused on hypertension, but the health system also includes monitoring for...
CHICAGO – When Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health's Sanger Heart and Vascular Center was first implementing its remote patient monitoring program, the hardest lift was getting devices into patients' hands and troubleshooting problems, said program coordinator Shannon Crotwell.
They began with internet-connected devices, asking patients to download an app where they'd need an Apple ID. Then they...
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