Welcome to the Digital Health Digest! In today's episode, we'll be covering the top digital health news stories from April that are driving innovation and shaping the future of healthcare. From partnerships and mergers…
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Researchers from Monash University’s Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health have developed a mobile app that helps personalise the sleep-wake cycle of hospital shift workers. HOW IT WORKS
The app called SleepSync entirely tailors a…
Amazon announced it would close its Halo division, notifying employees in the U.S. and Canada of layoffs and Halo users that the device and app will no longer function as of August 1. Amazon Halo…
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Surgical collaboration app Chiefy has raised $4.2m in a seed funding round to improve surgical quality by enabling virtual huddles among surgical teams. The chat and communication platform integrates with hospitals’ EHRs and allows…
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Maternity services across Suffolk and north east Essex have deployed the CardMedic communications app to improve access across the entire maternity pathway. The app is being used to improve the experiences for all those…
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Apple is developing a paid, AI-powered health coaching service called Quartz that uses the Apple Watch to encourage healthy behaviors. The company will also release a dedicated version of its Health app for the…
Surgical collaboration app Chiefy announced this week it had raised $4.2 million in a seed funding round led by LionBird with participation from Nina Capital and Emerge Ventures.WHAT THEY DO
The startup offers a chat…
Daniel Botcherby (he/him), Co-founder and CEO of Kalda, the LGBTQIA+ mental wellbeing app, shares his experience of creating Kalda and a suite of sexuality and gender affirming digital therapy programmes for all the LGBTQIA+…
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Background: Research shows that poor knowledge and awareness of menstrual and pregnancy health among women are associated with adverse reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes. Menstrual cycle– and pregnancy-tracking mobile apps are promising tools for…
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An app created for women going through perimenopause and menopause has been ranked number one by the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA).The Health & Her app scored 86% in…
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