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Headspace launches all-in-one mental health app

Digital mental wellbeing and mindfulness company Headspace has launched a new all-in-one mental health app, incorporating both its guided meditation tools and its coaching and therapy service. The app is initially being made available to Headspace’s corporate and insurer partners, but the company plans to make it available to its consumer members “over the coming quarters”.

Interview: Audrey Tsang, Co-CEO, Clue

Women’s health offers a huge opportunity for investors, with conditions like endometriosis underserved. What business models can help support this? Audrey Tsang is co-CEO at women's health app company Clue. She talks to HBI about how she thinks the gender health gap might be closed.

Three things we learned at Global Health, Riyadh

HBI attended the Global Health Exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and saw first-hand how the country is changing ahead of its 2030 transformation plan. Here are our three key takeaways from the event.

Kenyan healthcare continues to attract overseas investor interest

Global private equity firm Alta Semper is injecting millions into MYDAWA, a primary and digital healthcare platform based in Kenya. It aims to solidify the group’s position as a key player in developing Africa’s healthcare industry at a time when Kenya is attracting a lot of interest from overseas investors.

Key takeaways from the HETT 2023 London Conference

Last week, HBI joined thousands of delegates at the Health Excellence Through Technology (HETT) 2023 conference in London, where exhibiters congregated to explore how digital innovation can be leveraged to address record-level NHS waiting lists - something keynote speaker Vin Diwakar, medical director for transformation dubbed “the greatest crisis since the Second World War.”

Interview: Michal Tzuchman Katz, CEO and founder of Kahun

The possibilities of AI in medicine are seemingly boundless, with many talking about its labour saving potential. Yet concerns persist, particularly with Chat GPT, and its black box LLM (large language model) system which is designed to mimic conversation but is not always factually accurate nor able to spot signs of acuity. By their nature, black box systems also cannot explain the conclusions they reach.

Fresenius to sell Curalie after De Meo’s discreet departure

Fresenius’ digital health subsidiary Curalie is reportedly up for sale, as the conglomerate’s CEO continues to win over investors, streamline the group, and replace management. Meanwhile HBI hears former Helios CEO Francesco De Meo may be unhappy with the circumstances of his departure - and could seek legal advice.

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