New Delhi: An increased focus on health, especially on digital health, is creating new roles in the healthtech sector. “Healthtech is leading the wellness charge in 2024, witnessing explosive growth. Leadership is in high demand for this segment,” says Somdutta Singh, Founder and CEO of Assiduus Global Inc. CIEL HR’s Health Tech Sector Employment Trends … Read more
Mumbai: India’s healthcare technology sector is witnessing steady expansion due to the increasing adoption of digital technologies, rising healthcare spending, government initiatives, and growing demand for quality healthcare products. The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the adoption of healthcare technology solutions in India. The nation has seen the emergence of numerous health technology startups offering innovative … Read more
New Delhi: Healthtech startup THB Friday said it has raised $20 million in a growth-stage and equity-based funding round led by Filter Capital and Edelweiss Discovery Fund Series-I. Other investors included Cornerstone Venture Partners Fund (CSVP) and Healthquad, the statement said. THB, which stands for technology, healthcare and big data analytics, said it will use … Read more
New Delhi: Reveal HealthTech on Thursday said it had raised $4 million in seed round from W Health Ventures, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies. Reveal HealthTech provides cross-functional technology services to healthcare companies with its engineering, clinical, and strategic support, and aims to partner with US-based healthcare organisations to maximize … Read more
By Arvind Vaishnav New Delhi: Today, we see healthcare leaders refocusing on several new and existing priorities, from addressing staff shortages, to extending care delivery, to leveraging big data and predictive analytics, as they navigate new realities in care delivery. Added to this is the rising expectations of patients, evolving with rapid changes in technologies. … Read more
Delhi: The increasing disease burden, spiralling costs and demand for quality healthcare services have placed tremendous pressure on healthcare resources. As healthcare providers strive to bring in operational efficiencies, enhance service delivery and improve health outcomes, technology is finding greater application across the value chain. With this background, Grant Thornton Bharat and the Association of … Read more
San Francisco: US-based Nomad Health, a healthcare staffing start-up, has laid off 17 per cent of its workforce this week, amid tough macroeconomic conditions. Co-founder and CEO Alexi Nazem confirmed the company’s headcount had gone from 691 to 572 employees a reduction of 17 per cent, reports Forbes. “Nomad, like so many other companies in … Read more
Waterloo: Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been developed by engineers at the University of Waterloo to determine whether chemotherapy before surgery would be beneficial for people with breast cancer. The open-source Cancer-Net initiative’s new AI system could help unsuitable candidates avoid the harmful side effects of chemotherapy and improve surgical outcomes for those who are … Read more
London: Researchers have leveraged artificial intelligence (AI) technology to identify genes critical to a cancer cell’s survival, and could help deliver personalised cancer patient treatments, according to a new study. They analysed different types of cancer cells to understand different gene dependencies for identifying the genes, the study said. Researchers at the University of Sussex, … Read more
New Delhi: Indian-origin Dr Sumbul Desai, Vice President of Health at Apple, will be in India next month to share her thoughts on how healthtech is transforming the healthcare sector globally. Desai, who recently served as Vice Chair of Strategy and Innovation in the Department of Medicine at Stanford Medicine in the US, will participate … Read more