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During Thursday’s vMed 2023 conference hosted by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, speakers discussed medical extended reality’s place within mental healthcare and the risks and benefits associated with mental health treatment in the metaverse. “I finished a 200-page report for the European Commission, and they wanted to know what the opportunities and challenges were …

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Investments in digital healthcare spiked in 2021, but funding has since dropped dramatically. Bill Taranto, president of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, tells MobiHealthNews What interests Merck when it comes to investing in digital health and what health technology companies need to focus on to garner venture capital funds in 2023. MobiHealthNews: What do you …

Q&A: Digital health startups need to rethink their stories to raise in 2023 Read More »

Receiving telehealth services for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with reduced odds for fatal overdose among Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the National Institutes of Health studied two cohorts …

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South Korea clears Coreline Soft’s AI brain haemorrhage detection software An AI-powered brain haemorrhage detection software by medtech company Coreline Soft is now listed as a non-insured medical device in South Korea following its approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. The software product called AVIEW Neuro CAD automatically detects cerebral haemorrhages in …

Roundup: Coreline Soft gets new MFDS approval and more briefs Read More »

New York-based health technology company Florence, which focuses on clinical capacity management, launched with $20 million seed funding. GV (Google Ventures), Thrive Capital and Salesforce Ventures led the round, with participation from Atento Capital, BoxGroup and Vast Ventures. WHAT THEY DO Florence’s platform allows patients to track their healthcare journey using their smartphone. They can …

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South Korean health tech startup Sky Labs has recently obtained approval from the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for the latest blood pressure monitoring feature on its ring-type health monitoring device. Worn on the finger, CART-I Plus uses PPG and sensor algorithms to measure and monitor blood pressure continuously around the clock. …

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