Jessica Hagen

Jessica Hagen

Jessica Hagen is the Executive Editor of MobiHealthNews. She covers the growth of digital health, including the medical extended reality (XR) industry, and reports in-depth on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. As a hobby, Jessica co-hosts a podcast with Dr. Kim Bullock, a medical XR pioneer at Stanford University, about immersive technology use in psychiatric care. She received a bachelor's degree in English with a minor in Journalism from California State University, Northridge.

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By  Jessica Hagen 12:08 pm September 11, 2023
Tel Aviv-based AI-enabled computational protein engineering platform Scala Biodesign announced its launch today with $5.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by TLV Partners, an Israeli venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups.  WHAT IT DOES Scala's computational method utilizes AI, physics-based modeling and biological data analysis to engineer and improve proteins for...
Dr. Dale Okorodudu
By  Jessica Hagen 12:34 pm September 8, 2023
A diverse workforce is vital to ensuring patient populations in all communities receive an optimal and effective healthcare experience, but much still needs to be done to ensure proper racial representation in the care setting.  Dr. Dale Okorodudu, author of the book Diverse Medicine: Building a Stronger and Healthier Nation, a pulmonary and critical care physician at Dallas VA Medical Center,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:33 pm September 7, 2023
Taiwanese medical AI startup AESOP Technology announced it is collaborating with conversational and generative AI platform SOAP Health to create a new platform dubbed Precision Patient Profiles, which merges the two organizations' technologies to provide physicians with a more comprehensive view of patient information.  Precision Patient Profiles will combine AESOP's machine learning, AI-enabled...
A healthcare provider in a lab coat with a stethoscope around their neck sitting at a desk looking at a computer and waving
By  Jessica Hagen 12:52 pm September 7, 2023
Google's video platform YouTube announced today it is launching two new initiatives for healthcare content creators: AI-enabled Aloud, which dubs videos in various languages, and THE-IQ Creator Program, which expands upon the Tackling Health Equity Through Information Quality program, established last year.  THE-IQ program aimed to present videos with diverse perspectives and health information...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:08 pm September 6, 2023
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) is partnering with multinational pharmaceutical company Lupin Limited and the COPD Foundation to expand access to Tiotropium Bromide Inhalation Powder for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the U.S. COPD is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that obstructs airflow from the lungs and causes breathing problems. Tiotropium Bromide treats...
A healthcare provider with scrubs on and a stethoscope around their neck sitting at a desk while looking at a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 12:57 pm September 6, 2023
GE HealthCare announced that it has codeveloped an AI algorithm with Mass General Brigham to help with scheduling predictions, including failure to show up to appointments, neglecting to schedule follow-up appointments and predicting late arrivals.  The first application of the algorithm, geared toward predicting missed care opportunities, is used within the schedule predictions dashboard of the...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:52 pm September 5, 2023
Virtual opioid use disorder treatment company Bicycle Health is partnering with supermarket chain Albertsons to allow the telehealth company's providers to prescribe buprenorphine monthly injections for opioid use disorder that can be filled inside Albertsons pharmacies across 17 states.   Buprenorphine has been shown to reduce the risk of death after an opioid overdose.  Bicycle Health's doctors...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:38 pm September 5, 2023
London-based multinational digital health firm Babylon has sold almost all of its U.K. assets to digital health company eMed Healthcare U.K., a subsidiary of U,S, company eMed, after announcing in early August that its deal to merge with Swiss tech firm MindMaze was canceled. Babylon Healthcare Services Limited, the piece of Babylon purchased by eMed and the bulk of what remained of Babylon...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:36 pm September 1, 2023
Digital mental health company Headspace announced it is partnering with Intermountain Health’s value-based care subsidiary Castell to provide on-demand behavioral health services to select insurance plan members in Utah. Headspace will be integrated into Castell's care model, and providers in the value-based care company will be able to directly refer members to Headspace for behavioral health...
Former U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy, founder of the Kennedy Forum, and Nawal Roy, founder and CEO of Holmusk
By  Jessica Hagen 12:19 pm September 1, 2023
In part two of our two-part series, Patrick J. Kennedy, former U.S. Representative and founder of The Kennedy Forum, and Nawal Roy, CEO and founder of global behavioral health data platform Holmusk, discuss with MobiHealthNews how coverage for mental health has changed since the signing of the parity act and what steps the partners are taking to help lawmakers draft even more effective bills to...