...by B Lab as meeting their standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. It’s doubtful that will carry over to Cityblock. MedCityNews, FierceHealthcare, Becker’s, Cityblock’s CEO Toyin Ajayi blog post Biggar, Scotland senior housing environmental sensor-based technology test saves thousands, but across Scotland could save millions. The test at the retirement home Langvout Court, part of Bield Housing & Care, was of environmental and activity sensors developed and implemented by Glasgow-based technology company Archangel and the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre, funded by the UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology through the Glasgow City Region... Continue Reading
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News roundup #2: Function Health’s jumbo $450M raise from General Catalyst, Hinge Health’s $105M Cylinder buy, and Throne Science’s $10M Series A
...Capital, Cosmic Venture Partners, Offscript, V1.VC, and Morrison Seger. Throne Science has developed an AI-assisted toilet sensor for $399 (plus $5.99/month membership) that monitors for bathroom habits, specifically monitoring patterns around hydration and gut health. Last month, they launched the beta version of their Gut Health AI coach which allows users to query the app about their data. The fresh funds will be used for further R&D for the next generation of the device targeting early detection of colon and urinary tract cancers. Interestingly, one of the founders is John Capodilupo, formerly CTO at the previously mentioned WHOOP. Release, Mobihealthnews... Continue Reading
Catching up to Masimo’s ‘unfinished’ business: Danaher completes $9.9B acquisition of Masimo. $634 million damages from Apple upheld, but Kiani lawsuits continue
...markets while Masimo is primarily US/Canada based. There is also diagnostic segment overlap with Beckman Coulter Diagnostics. It also expands Danaher’s offerings in sensor-based technologies and overall to integrated delivery networks, or IDNs. Other Danaher products within Diagnostics are Leica Biosystems and Cepheid. Given Danaher’s extensive and existing footprint in diagnostics and a legitimate fit, Masimo may get some long-overdue capital development and real management attention. Courtesy of Editor Ted Green at Strata-Gee, in closing out the Masimo/Sound United file at his consumer electronics/AV custom integrations business newsletter here, this is how Danaher’s current products and Masimo’s complement each other... Continue Reading
News roundup: Withings Medical Group service launches, MPs urge cancellation of NHS/Palantir FDP contract, IKS closes TruBridge buy for $557M, ATA comments on prelim CMS PFS for telehealth, Philips’ AI-powered…toothbrush
...and spatially aware guidance to track brushing. There’s a 12-segment “Mouth Map” on the handle, with a light ring that gives real-time visual feedback on your coverage, pressure, and scrubbing habits. For those of us who like to press down, the SenseIQ sensor automatically adjusts intensity so we aren’t so bad. It has eight modes and three intensities, a bit more than their top-of-the-line existing Sonicares. And it comes in five premium colors! Well, well…as a faithful user of my Philips Sonicare toothbrush since a rather extensive dental ‘remodeling’ a few years ago, and guilty of sometimes being a bit... Continue Reading
Midjourney Medical audaciously promises a revolution in whole-body scanning, powered by Butterfly Network chips. Can the reality ever match the hype?
...his article, there is already an FDA-cleared water/sensor array for USCT used as a diagnostic adjunct for dense breast mammography–SoftVue, developed by Delphinus Medical Technologies of Novi, Michigan. So there is precedent, one already in place and accepted in mainstream medical practice. A device that every woman would accept as standard instead of current. However, breast scanning does not go through bone (e.g. ribs) nor gas (lungs), which is USCT’s drawback. At present, when ultrasound is used, a trained technician has to work the device between the ribs a millimeter at a time to gain an unblocked view, not in... Continue Reading
US Senate Committee on Aging hearings on senior safety 20 May–available online (updated for reports)
...in Saratoga Springs, NY. Those of us who have worked in the field know that senior falls more often than not point to other health and safety issues. Having the data to proactively assess fall risk and to help prevent those falls before they happen is a key factor for maintaining healthy and independent living. Laura Mitchell of GrandCare, one of the earliest pioneers in tech-based telehealth, health monitoring, and socialization for senior care, reached out to this Editor. She will be presenting how technology utilizing data-driven information can be integrated into support, with accessible housing, services, and sensor-based technologies.... Continue Reading
News roundup 22 May: an inflight ‘save’ and AliveCor’s KardiaMobile, rolling out the VA/Oracle EHR in ‘waves’, Fuze Health formed from LetsGetChecked/Truepill, hacking and ransomware 92% of PHI data breaches
...fixes and patches, in a process that seems like it started in 1900 (actually 2018), one can understand the consternation of Veterans Affairs committee member Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC): “I’m still dumbfounded at the billions and billions and billions of dollars that have been poured into an EHR that should have never been done in the first place. It’s not a system that should be used for the largest healthcare system in the country.” Healthcare Dive Fuze Health launches–phase 2 of a merged LetsGetChecked and Truepill ‘arranged marriage’. The merger of the two last October with digital/mail order pharmacy Truepill... Continue Reading
News roundup #1: UHG-Amedisys extended, NeueHealth going private in NEA’s ‘deal deal’, Commure buying Memora Health, VA resuming Oracle rollouts–now mid-’26
...of funding in April 2023, making this another investor-arranged deal. Commure’s primary products are the Strongline duress systems for worker distress and patient elopement and the Patient Keeper EHR, with Athelas in revenue cycle management and sensor-based remote patient monitoring. The combined company now features AI-aided workflows, RCM, duress systems, and a software development platform accessible to outside vendors. What Memora is primarily known for is automating practice follow-up texts before and after procedures. The Memora acquisition is positioned as reinforcing CommureOS’ clinical documentation, RCM, and real-time location services (RTLS). In October, Commure closed their acquisition of Augmedix, an AI-assisted... Continue Reading
Short takes: Stryker to buy Care.ai, Masimo W1 medical watch clears FDA for oxygen, heart monitoring, Create Health Ventures forms $21M fund
Medical/surgical device giant Stryker snapping up Care.ai. Price and financing are not disclosed. Orlando-based Care.ai specializes in sensor-based smart room technologies for hospitals and post-acute care facilities along with virtual care data analysis and workflows. Timing of the closing is based upon the usual regulatory approvals and Care.ai will operate separately until then. After that, it’s projected that it will be integrated into Stryker’s 2022 acquisition Vocera Communications’ platform and devices. Care.ai may be just the first deal for Stryker’s second half, as their CEO Kevin Lobo promised on the Q2 investor call a “very active deal pipeline” of tuck-in... Continue Reading
Two debuts of note: Samsung’s Galaxy Ring, Watch upgrades; Alivecor’s InstantQT+KardiaMobile 6L Europe launch
Samsung’s big reveal at Unpacked in Paris today was the new Galaxy Ring device and health enhancements to the Galaxy Watch. Lots of health tracking features powered by Galaxy AI are packed into both that work best (of course) in the Samsung Health ecosystem, such as ring and watch together with Galaxy phones. General availability is 24 July. A topline review: Galaxy Ring –Accelerometer, optical heart rate sensor (including green, red, and infrared LEDs), and skin temperature sensor –Sleep monitoring: movement during sleep, sleep latency, heart and respiratory rate. Quality of sleep analysis. –Menstrual cycle via skin temperature tracking. –Heart... Continue Reading
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