What You Should Know:
- Emory University has launched the Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute as part of its AI.Humanity initiative to leverage AI and big data to transform healthcare globally.
- The institute aims to use AI to discern patterns in health data, make predictions, and improve patient health outcomes in diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and more.
Precision Medicine Delivered with Empathy
Emory AI.Health aims to mitigate bias in AI-driven precision
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Philips Expands AI-Guided Ultrasound Capabilities with Bill & Melinda Gates Investment
What You Should Know:
- Philips has secured a second round of funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate global adoption of AI algorithms on its Lumify Handheld Ultrasound. The second round of funding brings a total of $60M from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- The AI technology simplifies key measurements to identify abnormalities during pregnancy, significantly reducing the training time required for ultrasound use from weeks to hours.
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AppliedVR Releases Clinical Trial Results from In-Home Virtual Reality Program for Chronic Lower Back Pain
What You Should Know:
- AppliedVR, an immersive therapeutics pioneer, conducted a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) on virtual reality (VR) therapy for treating chronic low back pain (CLBP) at home.
- Results of the study were published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health and demonstrated that AppliedVR's RelieVRx program produced clinically meaningful improvements in adults with CLBP.
- AppliedVR aims to provide a non-pharmacological and non-invasive approach to treating
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Kythera Labs Raises $20M for Wayfinder Data Technology Platform
What You Should Know:
- Kythera Labs, a healthcare technology and data analytics company, has secured $20M in Series A funding and debt financing from BIP Ventures and CIBC.
- The funding will support the growth and scaling of Wayfinder, Kythera's data-transforming technology platform, and the development and adoption of new and existing offerings. It will also be used to expand partnerships with industry leaders such as Datavant and Databricks.
WayFinder Data Technology
Kythera Labs
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23andMe Launches Prevention-Based Health Membership, Total Health
What You Should Know:
- 23andMe has launched 23andMe+ Total Health, a comprehensive prevention-based health membership.
- Total Health provides clinical-grade exome sequencing, biannual blood testing, genetics-based clinical care, and access to clinicians trained in genetics.
Comprehensive, Prevention-Based Health Membership
The offering aims to provide a comprehensive approach to prevention, enhancing patient understanding of disease risks and leading to healthier lives. Key
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Particle Health, Hona Integrate to Deliver Longitudinal Data for Informed Clinical Decisions
What You Should Know:
- Particle Health, an intelligent data platform that aggregates and delivers actionable patient data and insights and Hona have formed a strategic partnership to enhance Hona's AI-driven healthcare solution. Hona is a customizable, HIPAA-compliant artificial intelligence product that searches and converts thousands of health records into one simple patient overview for healthcare providers,
- The collaboration between Particle Health and Hona aims to simplify patient
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Withings Health, Vida Health Partner to Enhance Virtual Cardiometabolic Care
What You Should Know:
- Vida Health, a virtual cardiometabolic care provider and wearables provider Withings Health Solutions has partnered to provide Vida members with state-of-the-art remote monitoring devices, including the Withings Body Pro cellular scale and the BPM Connect Pro cellular blood pressure monitor.
- Eligible Vida members will receive Withings Body Pro cellular scales, BPM Connect Pro cellular blood pressure monitors, or both. Vida's care teams will gain access to
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Empowering Staff, Improving Patient Outcomes, and Optimizing Operations with Digital Transformation
The pandemic took a significant toll on healthcare professionals due to the increase in critical patients, decrease in staff, reduced supplies, and greater safety risks. While these challenges have plagued the industry prior to the pandemic, the effects were greatly exacerbated by the worldwide crisis. According to a recent AMN Healthcare survey focused on the ongoing impact of the pandemic, 30% of nurses say they remain likely to leave their career in healthcare and 18% say they will retire
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Emory Healthcare to Pilot AI-Powered Virtual Inpatient Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Emory Healthcare partners with Andor Health to implement virtual patient observer technology to enhance safety interventions and reduce fall risks in hospitalized patients.
- Emory Healthcare plans to pilot the virtual sitter technology at two of its hospitals, allowing for remote monitoring of at-risk patients in medical and surgical floors as well as the emergency department.
AI-Powered Virtual Inpatient Monitoring
Andor Health's ThinkAndor® leverages
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Accenture, Salesforce Partner on Generative AI for Life Sciences Companies
What You Should Know:
- Accenture and Salesforce are investing in the development of Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud, focusing on innovation, assets, and accelerators powered by data and artificial intelligence (AI) to help life sciences companies create sustainable value and drive growth.
- Building on their generative AI collaboration, Accenture and Salesforce will leverage their joint generative AI acceleration hub to develop new solutions and use cases for Salesforce Life Sciences
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