DarioHealth moves into back pain with $31M acquisition
Digital health startup DarioHealth bought musculoskeletal startup Upright for $31 million. The company makes adhesive devices users can stick to their back to track their posture.
AI algorithm for detecting prostate cancer shows more than 98% sensitivity, 97% specificity in study
Tel Aviv-based Ibex Medical Analytics published data on what it called the first algorithm to go beyond detection and into areas like tumor grading and sizing.
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Israel’s Arkin Holdings raises $140M for second life sciences investment fund
The company, based near Tel Aviv, said it plans to invest money from the fund, Arkin Bio-Ventures II, in areas like gene therapy, as well as RNA- and DNA-targeted drugs.
Aidoc gets FDA nod for AI pulmonary embolism screening tool
The FDA decision, which builds on a prior approval of the company's algorithm for the detection of intracranial hemorrhages through CT scans, is part of a larger vision sketched out by CEO Elad Walach of plugging new algorithms into the Aidoc system to create a new standard of care in radiology.
An interesting telemedicine story from Brazil told in Israel
Here's how providers at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Brazil take care of workers on an oil platform away from the continent.
Indian conglomerate ITC sends team to Israel to scour tech for new hospital
An Indian delegation, including two executives charged with creating a hospital business for ITC, a large Indian conglomerate, traveled to the MedinIsrael digital health conference in Tel Aviv last week to understand tech innovations and transfer them where appropriate.
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Israeli startup Sweetch leverages AI for diabetes prevention
Earlier this year, the company, which raised $3.5 million in 2016, revealed the findings of a three-month study of its technology conducted at Johns Hopkins University.
Health Wildcatters portfolio company scores exit with Nike acquisition
The Invertex deal marks the second acquisition for Health Wildcatters, a Dallas-based health tech and life science accelerator in its fifth year.
Aidoc harnesses deep learning to improve the radiologist’s workflow
The Tel Aviv, Israel-based startup is leveraging artificial intelligence and deep learning to improve the radiology workflow. Its technology pinpoints abnormalities in a medical image.
Eye disease entrepreneurs raise $16M for Azura Ophthalmics
The dry eye disease treatment space has been fairly active in the past few years from a combination of new companies and M&A deals in this area.
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Navina’s AI Copilot Eases the Value-Based Burden, Study Shows
A new independent study from Phyx Primary Care’s Innovation Lab points to measurable improvements in physician burnout, documentation efficiency, and key VBC metrics among primary care practices.
TytoCare data suggests its technology is as accurate as in-person exams
Data will be presented at the American Telemedicine Association's annual meeting in April. The researchers also are preparing a paper for publication in an unspecified medical journal.
Capital Health teams with startup MedyMatch for AI in stroke care
MedyMatch Technology, a startup from Israel that specializes in medical imaging analysis for emergency medicine, has its first U.S. hospital partner.
Researchers have created a “bionic patch” designed to monitor and treat heart conditions in real time
The patch is comprised of live, lab-grown heart tissue and nano-electronics embedded on a 3D printed scaffold.
Medical tourism business uses Web portals to widen customer base
Archimedicx plans to integrate its service with large national and international portals which deal with healthcare.
Why it’s now more likely a video game will be your physical therapist
Last week, Reflexion Health got 510(k) clearance for a physical therapy platform to help people recovering from hip and knee replacement surgery guide users through their prescribed exercises and transmit that data to their therapists and physicians. BioGaming is another company which makes use of Microsoft Kinect motion capture software. This week, it launched its […]