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Laudio, the management solution for healthcare, today announced partnerships with new health systems including Northwell Health and Nebraska Medicine.This rollout will add more than 15,000 frontline leaders across clinical and operation functions to the Laudio platform, empowering them to do the best work of their lives, all while improving retention, labor productivity, service, quality, and safety.
AI-Driven Partnerships Focused on Improving Healthcare
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Innovaccer, Arcadia, Epic Named Most Considered Population Health Vendors
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As more healthcare organizations start to leverage population health management (PHM) technology in their journey toward offering value-based care, they are sometimes uncertain about how well vendors can fulfill their unique needs, as PHM programs vary in breadth and complexity.A new KLAS report provides an overview of several PHM offerings to help readers understand (1) what types of organizations typically use the solutions, (2) what the customer experience
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Health Systems Lose $3.1B in Physical Therapy Revenue
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Health systems lose an estimated $3.1 billion in revenue from physical therapy referral leakage across the 3.9 million commercially insured patients studied in a new national report by Luna, the leading provider of in-home, in-person physical therapy.In the report based on 2022 national data, 60% of patients referred to physical therapy by their health system opted for a local clinic provider, equating to a loss of $2,000-$3,000 per patient.
Analysing the Burden
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Dandelion Health Launches Pilot to Evaluate Healthcare Algorithm Bias & Equity
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Dandelion Health, Inc., a startup offering a healthcare data platform that specializes in artificial intelligence and precision analytics, announced today the launch of a new public service to rigorously evaluate the performance, fairness and equity of health algorithms.The pilot program will focus on algorithms that make predictions for cardiology, using electrocardiogram waveforms, and measure their performance and bias across key racial, ethnic and geographic
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Alfie Health Raises $2.1M for AI-Powered, Virtual Obesity Clinic
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With 42 percent of Americans now struggling with obesity, doctors and their patients are looking for a sustainable approach to weight loss. Currently, prescription medications known as the GLP-1 class of anti-obesity medications (such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, etc.) are becoming extremely popular as a way to lose 10-15 percent of body weight on average. However, these drugs can come with significant issues and downsides.Now a new virtual clinic for patients with
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Iodine Software, OpenAI Partner to Resolve Revenue Leakage
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Iodine Software, a pioneer in healthcare AI technology, today announced an expanded relationship withOpenAI, an AI research and development company.As part of this collaboration, Iodine will gain access to OpenAI’s cutting edge artificial intelligence technologies, including its powerful language model GPT-4.
AI-Driven Clinical Automation Tools
Iodine Software has a deep-rooted history in AI technology, having developed sophisticated, industry leading
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New AI ECG Algorithm Beats Standard Approaches for Detecting Heart Attacks
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A new machine learning model uses electrocardiogram (ECG) readings to diagnose and classify heart attacks faster and more accurately than current approaches, according to a study led by University of Pittsburgh researchers that published today in Nature Medicine.The model was developed by co-author Ervin Sejdić, Ph.D., associate professor at The Edward S. Rogers Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto and the Research
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Verana Health Launches RWE-Driven Solution for Clinical Trial Site Selection
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Verana Health®—a digital health company elevating quality in real-world data (RWD)—today announced the launch of VeraSite, a solution for identifying potential clinical trial sites.The new subscription-based tool offers clinical trial sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) a secure way to quickly identify practices with clinical expertise and potential patient populations matched to unique study protocols. This data can guide site selection, ensuring
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Zocdoc Integrates With Elation Health for Seamless Online Schedule
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Zocdoc, a healthcare marketplace that makes it easy to find and book in-person or virtual care across over 250 specialties and more than 18,000 insurance plans, today announced its partnership with Elation Health, the clinical-first healthcare technology company powering innovation in primary care. Now, any healthcare provider or practice using the Elation EHR can seamlessly integrate its calendar with Zocdoc to automatically surface their real-time appointment
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New Generative AI App Measures Vital Signs Through A Selfie
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Dr. Renee Dua and Nick Desai — who previously founded and built visionary doctor house call company Heal — today introduced Together by Renee, the first app to use generative AI to complete and manage cumbersome healthcare tasks for aging adults, those with chronic diseases and their overwhelmed caregivers.Together requires no typing or data entry and uses just the smartphone camera and AI to “magically” remove the myriad obstacles — such as medication refills,
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