Medtech companies Philips and Masimo are expanding their patient monitoring partnership to include the latter's new W1 wearable.
The collaboration allows vital sign data from the W1 watch to be sent to Philips' patient monitoring ecosystem, so clinicians can keep an eye on patients after they've been discharged from the hospital.
Masimo launched the W1 for consumer use in August. At the time,...
Intermountain Healthcare and virtual specialty care company Story Health announced a strategic partnership to allow the health system's patients with heart failure to access care outside the clinic.
Calif.-based Story Health offers telehealth, health coaches, AI and connected devices to treat patients with heart failure at home. It also lets doctors access patient data and receive personalized...
Singapore-based insurtech Aktivolabs gains $10M in Series A funding
Aktivolabs, a Singaporean health tech startup, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Mitsui & Co., Adaptive Capital Partners and Enterprise Singapore's investment arm SEEDS Capital. The investing round was also joined by HH Investments and Govin Capital.
Founded in 2017, the company provides individualised...
Remote patient monitoring company Alio scooped up $18 million in the first close of a Series C funding round.
The raise was led by the Widjaja Family Investment Office with participation from existing investors, including Chase Field LLC and Thomas Krebs, former treasurer of medical device company Penumbra.
Alio said the Series C brings its total amount the company has raised to more than $50...
Singapore-based health tech company SmartFuture has launched a new software development kit for remote patient monitoring.
According to a press release, its RPM SDK allows the integration of a white-labelled RPM functionality into existing apps and web portals.
The software kit has the ability to connect with over 400 regulated wireless medical devices from around 40 brands, including Omron,...
Dozee coming up with AI-powered ECG patch for remote cardiac monitoring
Indian medical device maker Dozee is introducing a new ECG patch device to its portfolio of remote monitoring solutions.
According to a press release, the ECG patch monitors the heart's electrical activity continuously over multiple days. It will help detect arrhythmias and other early signs of cardiac deterioration,...
GE Healthcare and AMC Health are partnering to offer remote patient monitoring technology to patients after they've been discharged from the hospital.
The collaboration will pair GE's clinical monitoring in the hospital with AMC's home-based tools, allowing providers to keep an eye on patients with chronic conditions or those recovering from a hospital stay, according to both companies.
Given GE...
Late last month, Northwestern University and Johns Hopkins University announced they had received about $37 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study a new approach to stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm.
The funds will support the Rhythm Evaluation for AntiCoagulaTion (REACT-AF) trial, a seven-year study that will provide...
Like other virtual health technologies, remote patient monitoring grew in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
One study published in JAMA Internal Medicine earlier this month found a steep incline in its use among traditional Medicare beneficiaries, increasing from 91 claims per 100,000 enrollees in February 2020 to 594 claims per 100,000 enrollees in September 2021.
Waqaas Al-Siddiq, CEO of...
Indian connected health device maker Dozee has partnered with Midmark India, one of the biggest hospital bed manufacturers in South Asia, to launch a connected bed platform for non-ICU settings.
WHAT IT DOES
According to a press statement, their smart bed will enable hospitals to continuously monitor patients' conditions in step-down ICUs and other non-ICU wards. The connected bed is integrated...
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