What You Should Know:
- UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest health insurance companies in the United States, has been sued for allegedly using a faulty AI model to deny healthcare claims to elderly patients, the Register first reports.
- The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in federal court in Minneapolis, alleges that UnitedHealthcare has been using the AI model, called nH Predict, since at least 2020 to improperly deny claims for post-acute care, such as nursing home stays and home
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UHealth and Aidoc Partner on AI-Driven Care Diagnostic Imaging
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UHealth has launched a system-wide AI deployment powered by Aidoc, a pioneer in artificial intelligence. The initiative aims to support UHealth's mission of delivering high-quality, compassionate care by utilizing AI to identify suspected findings early in the care process.
UHealth will integrate Aidoc's 13 FDA-cleared algorithms and pathway-optimized workflow technologies. Aidoc's platform, the aiOS™ flags suspected acute abnormalities in patient scans, expedites
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Mercy’s AI-Powered Texting Platform Intercepts Chemo-Related Hospital Admissions
What You Should Know:
- Mercy has developed a new AI-driven texting platform called The Chen Chemotherapy Model, which is helping to keep chemotherapy patients out of the hospital by raising red flags before symptoms become severe. The model was created by Jiajing Chen, a data scientist who passed away from cancer earlier this year.
- The Chen Chemotherapy Model predicts the likelihood of outpatient chemotherapy patients experiencing symptoms that may result in hospitalization within 30
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MIT Spun Out Layer Health Launches with $4M to Build the AI Layer for Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- Layer Health, a healthcare AI company spun out of MIT, has been launched with $4M in funding from investors such as GV (Google Ventures), General Catalyst, and Inception Health.
- The company is focused on solving the information problem in healthcare by using AI to quickly perform any clinical, administrative, or research task that requires chart review from unstructured data.
Building the AI layer for healthcare — powered by large language models.
Layer
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NYU Langone Health Makes History with Successful Whole-Eye & Partial-Face Transplant
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- A surgical team at NYU Langone Health performed the world’s first whole-eye and partial-face transplant on a 46-year-old military veteran, Aaron James, who survived a high-voltage electrical accident at work.
- The 21-hour surgery was led by Dr. Eduardo D. Rodriguez, director of the Face Transplant Program at NYU Langone along with a team of more than 140 surgeons, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.. James had lost his left eye and suffered extensive facial
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Providence Pioneers Data Sharing for Value-Based Care with HL7® Da Vinci Clinical Data Exchange
What You Should Know:
- Providence has become the first health system in the United States to develop a data-as-a-service (DaaS) product driven by HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).
- This product facilitates the exchange of clinical data between providers and payers, aiming to standardize clinical data across the system.
Barriers to Data Exchange
Traditionally, one of the most significant barriers to seamless clinical data exchange has been the lack of
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Wysa’s AI-Powered Mental Health Platform Now Available at FQHC
What You Should Know:
- Wysa, an AI-guided mental health platform, has partnered with MyCHN, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with 14 locations throughout Texas.
- Wysa's integrated solution will now offer continuous and accessible mental health care support across the care journey for patients and providers.
- Wysa's partnership with MyCHN follows recent launches with three leading orthopedic hospitals: the Living Well Center of Washington University at St. Louis, the
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Classiq Launches Quantum Center for Life Sciences with NVIDIA
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- Classiq, NVIDIA, and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center have established a new initiative, the Quantum Computing for Life Sciences & Healthcare Center, to develop and implement quantum algorithms and applications in these domains.
- The center will focus on areas such as drug discovery, molecular analysis, and bespoke medical treatment strategies. It will also explore the use of quantum computing for optimizing pharmaceutical supply chains and streamlining patient
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Amazon Prime Launches One Medical Healthcare for $9 a Month
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- Amazon Prime members can now get high-quality, convenient care from One Medical for $99 per year, saving $100 on the annual membership fee. The new One Medical membership covers unlimited access to 24/7 on-demand virtual care and in-person and remote primary care services.
- Prime members can add up to five additional memberships, each costing just $6 per month (or $66 annually—up to $133 off the standard fee). Prime members can go to health.amazon.com/prime to add
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Elucid Raises $80M to Drive Commercialization of AI-powered Cardiovascular Diagnostic Tools
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- Elucid, a medical technology company providing AI-powered imaging analysis software to assess cardiovascular disease, has raised $80M in Series C funding led by Elevage Medical Technologies, with additional participation from industry strategics and existing investors.
- This funding will enable Elucid to expand its commercialization efforts, providing physicians and patients with AI-powered imaging analysis software to assess and combat cardiovascular
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