Health tech firm Cera is using droid-like robots to carry out 3,000 care visits a week to elderly and vulnerable people in the UK.
The company said that it is working with social care providers…
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Mass General Brigham researchers have developed an electronic frailty index that successfully identifies older adults at higher risk of adverse outcomes. This groundbreaking tool, detailed in the Journal of the American…
I spent some time this weekend doing something that I’m sure many techie readers have done at least once. I supported an elderly relative who was having technology issues.
My particular relative is in…
How do you monitor patient health while respecting their privacy? Jamey Edwards, President & Chief Strategy Officer at Cairns Health, shares how their AI-powered assistant, Luna, is addressing this challenge head-on. By using radar…
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UK health tech firm Cera has completed a transaction of more than $150 million (£123m) to further scale its AI-led home healthcare technology.
The round was led by funds affiliated with BDT & MSD Partners…
The University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Dentistry has launched a community-based programme to detect oral health diseases among the elderly using mobile AI. WHAT IT’S ABOUT
The Dental AI Community Care Project features an AI-powered…
Twin brothers Xing and Yang Su have shaped their careers around each other and have long wanted to start a company together. As they were deciding what to build, their three living grandparents—who had…
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Concerns have been raised that the government’s NHS digital and data plans could exacerbate health inequalities for older adults who do not have access to technology.
In October 2024, the Department of Health and Social…
A multi-sector partnership involving the National Healthcare Group and Nanyang Technological University is building voice AI and a community intervention programme to detect an early form of depression among the elderly. The three-year project also…
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Deep learning algorithms have demonstrated remarkable efficacy in various medical image analysis (MedIA) applications. However, recent research highlights a performance disparity in these algorithms when applied to specific subgroups, such as exhibiting poorer predictive…
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