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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently released its Fentanyl Study Dashboard, an innovative tool that utilizes data from the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC), to track and monitor nonfatal overdose trends associated with fentanyl. The dashboard, “Fentalog Study: A Subset of Nonfatal Suspected Opioid-Involved Overdoses with Toxicology Testing” went live in May of 2023 aims to provide vital insights to healthcare
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Lessons From Oncology – How We Can Better Utilize AI for GI
Oncology is seen as an early adopter of machine learning in healthcare, and as a doctor who has been working in medical oncology for over a decade, I have seen firsthand how technology has advanced the field. Now, I work at a computer vision company that is using artificial intelligence (AI) in gastroenterology and although these areas of medicine differ, I am struck by the similarities in opportunities that technology has to help advance care and improve outcomes for patients afflicted by
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Syntax Health Launches with $7.5M to Accelerate Value-based Care Alignment for Healthcare Plans and Providers
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Syntax Health, Inc., an NYC-based enterprise SaaS-based solution for health plans and providers that accelerates alignment in value-based care (VBC) launches out of Redesign Health with $7.5M in initial funding.Syntax Health’s new dynamic platform removes friction in the contracting process using analytics, infrastructure and a collaborative Virtual Workspace. The team-centric enterprise solution drives transparency, collaboration and consistency, and facilitates
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Google Cloud, Mayo Clinic Partners on Generative AI Focused on Enterprise Search
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Today, Google Cloud announced a collaboration with Mayo Clinic to transform healthcare with generative AI, starting with enterprise search. Enterprise Search on Generative AI App Builder (Gen App Builder) is designed to improve the efficiency of clinical workflows, make it easier for clinicians and researchers to find the information they need, and ultimately to help improve patient outcomes. In addition, Google Cloud announced today that its Enterprise Search
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Care.ai Partners with Samsung to Power High-Fidelity Virtual Care Experiences
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care.ai, an advanced Smart Care Facility Platform partners with Samsung to bring the highest quality graphics and display to care settings, elevating the patient experience by transforming hospitals, nursing homes and care facilities with smarter, more responsive care environments. care.ai can deliver an elevated experience for both clinicians and patients by offering health systems integrated solutions combining care.ai's Smart Care Facility Platform with
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Wolters Kluwer Health Acquires AI Drug Diversion Detection Company Invistics
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Wolters Kluwer Health today announced the acquisition of Invistics Corporation (Invistics), a U.S.-based provider of cloud-based, AI-enabled software for drug diversion detection and controlled substance compliance. Invistics will join the company’s Clinical Surveillance, Compliance & Data Solutions unit, part of Clinical Solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Invistics’ solution, Flowlytics, uses predictive analytics to detect
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NYU, NVIDIA Collaborate on Large Language Model to Predict Patient Readmission
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Researchers at NYU Langone Health, the academic medical center of New York University, have collaborated with NVIDIA experts to develop a large language model (LLM) that predicts a patient’s risk of 30-day readmission, as well as other clinical outcomes.
The LLM was deployed in the healthcare system’s six inpatient facilities, the NYUTron model — featured today in the scientific journal Nature that will provide doctors with AI-driven insights that could help
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Improving Physical Therapist and Patient Experiences with Technology Innovation
Today’s physical therapists are exhausted and drowning in debt from school loans. Looking at the physical therapy (PT) profession as a whole, there is an average turnover rate of 13.6%, a significant portion of the current healthcare industry’s staggering rate of 100.5% turnover, over the last 5 years, according to Daily Pay’s Healthcare Turnover Rates [2022 Edition]. What’s even more concerning is that 1 in 3 rehab professionals describe themselves as burnt-out.
What’s contributing to such
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Know Labs Reveals Prototype for Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring
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Know Labs, an emerging developer of non-invasive medical diagnostic technology, revealed the next stage in the development of its proprietary Bio-RFID™ technology – the Generation (Gen) 1 Device. Gen 1 incorporates Know Labs’ Bio-RFID sensor – which has been proven as technically feasible and stable in delivering repeatable results in measuring blood glucose when used in a lab environment – in a portable device.Currently, there are no medical-grade, commercially
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6 Digital Business Card Use Cases to Enhance Patient Experience
The healthcare industry is undergoing digital transformation in every aspect, with more innovative approaches replacing outdated, manual practices. Healthcare’s digital overhaul includes changes that improve the overall patient experience by prioritizing convenience and access to care. However, digital transformation in healthcare doesn't solely improve the patient experience — it has also improved the experiences of healthcare professionals.
One tool changing the industry that caters
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