👛👩🏼⚕️ Johnson & Johnson launches AI Fund together with NVIDIA and AWS
🧫 Plus: Catalio's $400M+ Fund to Fuel Biomedical Innovation
Howdy Digital Health Friend,
welcome, welcome, welcome to the weekly dose of your Digital Health Fix.
In this weeks newsletter you’ll learn about new big corporate powerhouse alliances as you saw in the headline, a total of $93.5M funding news in digital healthcare and jobs at Apple, Oracle or Flatiron Health as well as eye opening insights such as the automated eye scanning in the UK.
Let’s explore what’s new and what’s next together. 🔭
Welcome to a new episode of “The Digital Health Fix”!
Worldwide News on Digital Health 📰
👩🏼⚕️🤖 Johnson & Johnson Launches AI Fund for Surgery to Advance Data-Driven Healthcare
💊 Ochsner Health Scales AI Tool After Its Cuts Prior Authorization Time to Just 4-5 Minutes
🤝 Suki Integrates Ambient AI Solution with MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR
🛣️ PathAI Receives FDA Clearance for AISight® Dx Platform for Primary Diagnosis
𝌭 LLM for functional medicine developed in Malaysia
🕵🏼♂️ Agentforce: How AI Agents Are Integrated into Healthcare
🧠 FDA clears Sora Neuroscience's brain mapping software
🎙️ Podcast (30min): VR and genAI are driving the golden age of nurse training
👁️ Can AI Help Save Sight? UK Weighs Automated Eye Screening
Noteworthy Use-Cases 🌟
🦸♀️ Use Case Spotlight: Senior Living Tech Adoption
AI for Predictive Care & Staffing Efficiency
Senior living operators are increasingly turning to AI to streamline operations and improve resident care. Top use cases include predictive analytics to anticipate resident health needs (used by 70% of early adopters) and AI tools to optimize staffing, easing workforce shortages while maintaining care quality.
Data Standardization to Unlock Value-Based Care
With value-based care on the horizon, senior living communities are prioritizing high-quality, standardized health data. While fewer than 26% report alignment today, organizations investing in data standardization position themselves to integrate with broader healthcare ecosystems—and access future financial incentives.
The full 2025 Argentum Technology Report is available here and provides deeper insights into these trends and opportunities.
Would your organization be ready to scale these solutions, or are interoperability gaps holding you back? 🤔
🧑⚖️ Use Case Spotlight: AI-Powered Compliance for Global MedTech Markets
The medical device sector is facing a regulatory tsunami with over 15 landmark regulations and 100+ technical amendments have reshaped the global landscape in just five years.
Traditional Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs (QARA) methods are buckling under the pressure, especially when launching products across multiple markets. To keep pace, forward-thinking MedTech companies are adopting AI-powered dynamic data systems that transform compliance from a reactive task into a competitive edge.
These AI-driven platforms harvest live regulatory updates, streamline submission tracking, and enable predictive compliance models. The result? Faster market access, fewer delays, and improved patient safety through proactive risk management. With emerging markets like India and Brazil overhauling frameworks and established regions enforcing new guidelines, organizations leveraging real-time regulatory intelligence will be best positioned to navigate complexity, without sacrificing speed or quality.
Digital Healthcare Jobs 👩💻
Medical Affairs Specialist, Digital Health, Apple (Cupertino, CA, USA)
Sr. Medical Excellence Manager, Digital, Takeda (Berlin, Germany)
Lead Growth Strategist – Healthcare Markets, Oracle Health and AI (Berlin, Germany)
Clinical Data Specialist, Flatiron Health (Remote)
Medical Information and Communication Director, Nordberg Medical (Remote)
Senior Manager Digital Health, Sopra Steria (Germany)
Vice President, Digital Health & Enterprise Solutions, Ambry Genetics (Remote)
Digital Health Data Scientist, Rice University (Houston, TX, USA)
Funding Updates 🤑
🩻 Adiposs Raises CHF 4M to advance cancer imaging tool
💆♀️ Handspring Secures $12M to Expand Youth Mental Health Virtual Therapy
💵 Catalio Capital Management Closes $400M+ Fund IV to Fuel Biomedical Innovation
💊 MIT Spinout Syntis Bio Secures $33M for a Novel Approach to Treating Obesity and More
🧰 Escala Medical raises $4.5M for pelvic organ prolapse medical device
📊 Provider data intelligence startup Certify nabs $40M
Extra Insight 😻
⌚️ Extra Insight: Beyond Diabetes: Who Really Benefits from OTC Glucose Sensors?
The arrival of over-the-counter continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) like Abbott’s Lingo and Dexcom’s Stelo is shaking up the healthcare market, but not without controversy.
At the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions, experts clashed over whether CGMs designed for wellness use truly benefit adults without diabetes. Supporters like Diana Isaacs of the Cleveland Clinic argue that OTC CGMs can empower individuals, especially those with prediabetes or gestational diabetes, by offering affordable, accessible insights that may prompt healthier choices or early medical intervention.
But concerns are mounting. David Ahn, endocrinologist at Hoag Hospital, cautioned that without medical guidance, CGM data could confuse users, trigger anxiety, or even contribute to disordered eating. The devices also differ significantly from prescription CGMs, offering narrower glucose ranges, less frequent readings, and no hypoglycemia alerts. Of course, that is raising questions about accuracy and meaningful interpretation, especially for the wellness-focused crowd.
With government leaders like HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushing for widespread health wearables, the debate over CGMs for the general public is just beginning.
What do you think are consumer CGMs the next frontier in personalized health, or is the tech racing ahead of the evidence? 🤔
Whoop Whoop! 🙌
That’s it for this week.
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Thank you and have an awesome rest of the week!