Digital Health News
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Ping An's lung nodule smart reading technology is assessed by LUNA as No. 1 in the World
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 12 Jan, 2018
Ping An Technology was ranked as a leader in medical imaging analysis, as its Ping An Yingxiang platform set world records for nodule detection and false positive reduction with reduction w...Read more
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Microsoft partners with Adaptive Biotechnologies
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 05 Jan, 2018
The tech giant Microsoft is partnering with Seattle biotech company Adaptive Biotechnologies on a year-long project to build a universal blood test that can screen for dozens or even hundre...Read more
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PAREXEL launches Perceptive Cloud for the Life Sciences Industry
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2017
Biopharma company, PAREXEL International Corporation has introduced the Perceptive Cloud to the life sciences industry, as part of the organization’s recent alliance with Microsoft Co...Read more
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Wound scanner in Singapore is garnering success
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2017
Researchers in Singapore have developed a wound scanner that can assess the severity and depth of wounds in seconds, with great accuracy. Chronic wounds are an increasingly problematic iss...Read more
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NUS researchers develop a revolutionary way of healthcare monitoring
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 24 Nov, 2017
A research team from National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a soft, flexible and stretchable microfiber sensor for real-time healthcare monitoring and diagnosis. The novel sen...Read more
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Fitbit trackers selected for one of NIH’s largest research programs
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 09 Nov, 2017
Fitbit Inc. has been selected to provide wristband activity trackers for National Institutes of Health’s largest ever research programs “All of Us”. This programme is an a...Read more
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Ministry makes NEHR mandatory in Singapore
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 08 Nov, 2017
The Ministry of Health (MOH) intends to make it compulsory for all healthcare providers to upload data to the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR), from large hospitals all the way down...Read more
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77% of healthcare leaders believe they need to be a digital business to succeed: Microsoft Study
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 07 Nov, 2017
According to a recent survey by Microsoft in Asia, nearly 77% healthcare businesses believe that they need to transform to a digital business to enable future growth and ye...Read more
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Healthcare startup in Pakistan raises $ 1M
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 07 Nov, 2017
A complete healthcare app called AugmentCare has raised $1 million in seed capital. The app connects patients with doctors, pharmacies and laboratories. The fund raised is a remarkable feat...Read more
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Digital Health | Opinion | 0 Comment | 27 Oct, 2017
Singapore- Cigna, a global health insurance service company, launched a 2017 360o Well-Being Survey and an additional survey on Globally Mobile Individuals. Dr...Read more
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Singapore offers a new tele-consult app for patients
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 26 Oct, 2017
A new app has been recently launched in Singapore that allows patients to book appointments with doctors, and have round-the-clock tele-consultation with them. The launch event for the plat...Read more
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The Digital Transformation Imperative for Healthcare Providers in Asia Pacific
Digital Health | Analysis | 0 Comment | 25 Oct, 2017
Gabe Rijpma Senior Director of Health & Social Services, Microsoft Asia Innovation in healthcare delivery, financing and technology have brought advances in the healthcare indu...Read more
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Chinese scientists develop novel health gadgets
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 25 Oct, 2017
A group of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a magical suit fitted with large-area textile sensors which can detect temperature, pH levels, pressure and other i...Read more
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Korea to get an AI healthcare system soon
Digital Health | News | 1 Comment | 24 Oct, 2017
Samsung Medical Center (SMC) is collaborating with Microsoft Korea to build a Korean artificial intelligence (AI) precision healthcare system using Azure, a cloud platform based on Microsof...Read more
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Abbott launches smartphone compatible insertable cardiac monitor in USA
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 24 Oct, 2017
USFDA has cleared Abbott’s Confirm Rx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) which is the world's first and only smartphone compatible ICM designed to help physicians remotely identify card...Read more
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CWCF introduces app for ovarian cancer patients
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 20 Sep, 2017
The Cherish Women’s Cancer Foundation, a Brisbane-based charity, has launched a smartphone app to help women with ovarian cancer self-monitor their treatment and results. The app is s...Read more
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Siemens collaborates with Tsinghua for robotics research center
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 19 Sep, 2017
German industrial group Siemens AG has entered into a partnership with Tsinghua University, one of Siemens' center of knowledge interchange universities, to jointly set up a robotics resear...Read more
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MyDoc receives investment from UST Global
Digital Health | News | 0 Comment | 15 Sep, 2017
UST Global has made a strategic investment in MyDoc, a Singapore-based digital health platform company, to expand its digital offerings in the healthcare sector, primarily in the Asian and ...Read more
