Topic

Digital health

The use of software, apps and connected devices to deliver, monitor or study medical care and health behaviour.

Current stories

productConfirmed2 publishers

Ultrahuman and Abu Dhabi's health center will spend two years validating a biological-age model

Ultrahuman signed a two-year memorandum with the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center to develop and validate a biological-age model. Its typical users are 25 to 43, a narrower group than a national rollout would reach, CEO Mohit Kumar said.

Publishers:engadget.com mezha.net techcrunch.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 28%
Operator: Operator 28%
Investor: Investor 44%

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption15
Hype gap+35
Incentives70
Confidence60

buildOne report1 publisher

TJ Parker takes the CEO job at General Medicine as a16z leads its $120M Series B

General Medicine raised $120 million in an a16z-led Series B as PillPack co-founder TJ Parker took over as full-time CEO. The round funds a test of whether one shared, priced catalog can turn medical advice into a booked appointment.

Publishers:runtimewire.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption30
Hype gap+15
Incentives70
Confidence50

leadershipOne report1 publisher

Phenomenon Studio's co-founder excludes navigation and transaction buttons from adaptation

Writing for the Forbes Tech Council, Phenomenon Studio co-founder Polina says fintech apps can adapt insights and notifications while navigation, balance placement and transaction buttons stay fixed. Her readiness test starts at a thousand monthly active users.

Publishers:forbes.com

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption: Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives68
Confidence55

scienceOne report1 publisher

Drug trials collecting wearable data climbed to 128 in 2024 from fewer than 30 a decade earlier

Researchers at Mount Sinai counted drug trials collecting wearable data on ClinicalTrials.gov, and ten years of growth turned out to be gradual, with the researchers quoted by Nature split on whether sensor capability or validation work is the holdup.

Publishers:nature.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption48
Hype gap+12
Incentives68
Confidence52

scienceOne report1 publisher

Consumer wearables hand health trials a step count shaped by a black-box algorithm

Wuyoh Sui's group swapped research-grade thigh sensors for step counts pulled from participants' own phone apps, and he told Nature that the substitution handed his lab algorithms and data handling it cannot inspect.

Publishers:nature.com

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption30
Hype gap+8
Incentives38
Confidence55