Yesterday Council Health announced it will be acquired by Oura and explained how the integration is going to work going forward: Members can start from an Oura insight or immediately chat with Counsel’s medical AI to get personalized medical advice. When needed, the conversation can escalate to a board-
Last week in Down The Cost Ladder, The End of The Health Tech Market? I pointed out that LLMs enabled anyone to build the perfect product for their needs and then raised two questions: Today, thanks to technology, anyone can build any software for the cost of a dinner for
A few days ago GE Healthcare launched a new ceiling-mounted intervention suit called Allia Celeo. What’s interesting about it is that it’s already CE-marked, while FDA approval is still pending. A little research on the internet confirmed this was not the exception. Major EU-Developed MedTech
A few hours after I published yesterday’s article, where I wondered if we are on the cusp of a significant market change, Heidi announced they are cutting 18% of their workforce. In a report by AFR, CEO Thomas Kelly points out Heidi’s current trajectory is falling short: “The
The cost of launching a tech company has been going down for decades. What used to cost a couple of million euros now costs a few hundred. And with every step down the cost curve - or down the cost ladder - it became easier and cheaper to launch new companies. Initially
Effectiveness is about doing the right things. Efficiency is about doing things faster and producing more of something. For static and consistent tasks, such as booking doctor appointments, writing documentation and billing codes, it’s all about improving efficiency, because there is nothing new to them. This is where AI
As a paid subscriber since October 2017, Stratechery has greatly influenced my thinking and writing. The latest interview with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar is a perfect example of why this is: although not explicitly healthcare-focused, it provides deep insights, which translate seemlessly to healthcare. I’ll only put two
From Fierce Healthcare: Oura is pushing further into clinical healthcare research with its first clinical trial to study the link between smart ring data and obesity treatment outcomes. The company is collaborating with UC San Diego Health on the clinical trial, called SMART-BMI. The multi-year study will investigate
My main focus on this blog is health tech, but the overlap with drug development is getting increasingly bigger. From Deutsches Ärzteblatt (translated): Göttingen – Laboratory services provider and pharmaceutical supplier Sartorius sees particular opportunities in the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The technology helps customers develop more drug candidates in
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