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NELA Cough from the book “How AI Can Democratize Healthcare” by Michael Ferro and Robin Farmanfarmaian

NELA Cough

About NELA Cough Website NELA is a telemedicine platform and device that monitors patients in their home and other residential environments. The monitoring is to help healthcare professionals like physicians with diagnoses and treatments. Specifically, the NELA Cough system uses ambient monitoring to capture and categorize coughs. How It Works Two microphones and…

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Respira Labs from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

Respira Labs

About: Respira Labs Website Respira Labs is a startup working on revolutionizing COPD management with a wearable device. The device is secured to the chest and uses acoustic sensors to monitor lung function. By identifying when a patient’s lung function has changed slightly, the patient and healthcare team can intervene before it becomes…

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Nonagon from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

Nonagon

About Nonagon Website Nonagon’s N9 medical device cleared the FDA in March of 2021. The N9 is a “nine-in-one” clinical grade home device and secure cloud-based software that works with a smartphone and is available by prescription. N9’s nine different functions include a stethoscope, otoscope, pulse oximeter, and temperature monitor, in addition to leveraging the…

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eMed from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

eMed

eMed Website eMed is a digital point-of-care platform for remote diagnostic testing using certified virtual guides who verify and validate the person’s identity, that the diagnostic test was taken correctly, and then validates the test result. With positive test results, eMed can immediately initiate a telehealth visit to take an action, such as getting…

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Babylon Health from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

Babylon Health

About Babylon Founded in 2013 by serial healthcare entrepreneur and engineer Ali Parsa, Babylon Health is an AI-based symptom checker app, video telemedicine platform, and digital self-care tools platform. In the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare", we used Babylon as an example of a SPAC. UK-based AI digital health startup Babylon Health announced plans…

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