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Nuance Communications, Inc., a Microsoft Company, today announced the general availability of Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX™) Copilot, formerly known as DAX Express.Serving as an AI copilot for automated clinical documentation, the application uses conversational, ambient, and generative AI to enable more physicians to significantly streamline the creation of medical documentation, improving clinical efficiency, reducing burnout, and freeing their time to
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M&A: Tendo Acquires MDsave for $150M
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- Tendo, a digital health company committed to creating seamless healthcare experiences for patients, clinicians, and caregivers announced it has acquired MDsave, a leading healthcare marketplace that democratizes care access for all for $150M
- The strategic acquisition extends Tendo’s platform and applications to include MDsave’s marketplace, enabling patients to easily seek, schedule, pay for, and manage healthcare with transparent pricing through one
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Sentara Expands Deployment of Regard’s AI Copilot Across Enterprise
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- Sentara Health, one of the largest health systems in the mid-Atlantic and southeast expands its partnership with Regard, an AI-powered copilot that helps clinicians diagnose medical conditions.
- The expansion will provide clinician access to Regard's AI technology in all 12 of Sentara's hospitals, and automate clinician note-taking, improve diagnostic accuracy, elevate patient care, and optimize financial outcomes within the healthcare system.
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10 Secular Trends That Will Define the U.S. Healthcare System
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- Trilliant Health, a healthcare industry’s analytics and market research firm announced it has published its 2023 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report. The 147-page report is a fact-based national analysis of 10 data-driven trends that will define the landscape, and subsequent challenges, for all players in the health economy.
- Previous editions of the Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report concluded that healthcare is a negative-sum game and that
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M&A: Virgin Pulse and HealthComp Merge in $3B Deal
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– Virgin Pulse, a global digital-first health, wellbeing, and navigation company announced its intent to merge with HealthComp, a next-generation benefits and analytics platform valued at $3B.
The blockbuster merger will create a technology and data-powered health platform-as-a-service organization poised to tackle some of the industry’s biggest challenges. Together, the combined entity will aim to improve health outcomes and lower costs for members and
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Holon Solutions, HealtHIE Nevada Partner to Improve Information Sharing in Nevada
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Holon Solutions, the leading human-centric healthcare technology company, and HealtHIE Nevada, the nonprofit health information exchange (HIE) that provides electronic connection among Nevada physicians, hospitals, labs and other health care organizations, today announced a collaboration to radically improve open information sharing across the healthcare sector. This initiative will enable care teams to improve care coordination and quality, while providing
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Augmedix Launches Gen AI Mobile App for Automated Medical Notes
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- Augmedix, a provider of ambient medical documentation and data solutions, announced the early access release Augmedix Go, a clinician-controlled mobile app that uses generative AI to instantaneously create a fully automated draft medical note after each patient visit.
Augmedix Go harnesses proprietary natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), and structured data sets, key components of Augmedix’s tech stack. This powerful technology is
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Chatbot Care Managers? Why ACOs Should Be Cautious in AI Adoption
Given Artificial Intelligence’s potential to improve patient care and reduce costs, it’s no surprise that AI applications are gaining momentum in health care. As your organization explores the benefits of AI in your journey towards Value-Based Care, however, you need to carefully assess the implications, for better and worse.
Evaluating AI implications can be tricky. Healthcare AI varies widely, with clinical technology paving the way for advancements in diagnostics and treatment. But
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COTA Launches EHR Dataset to Advance Generative AI Models for Cancer Care
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- COTA, a real-world oncology data and analytics company announced the launch of Vista, a large-scale automated EHR dataset to accelerate cancer research and the deployment of trusted generative AI in cancer care.
- Vista will provide biopharmaceutical companies with timely insights from real-world data sources to bring life-saving therapies to market faster. Vista uses automated data abstraction techniques, machine learning algorithms, and medical expert
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CirrusMD Expands VA Health Chat, Improving Care Access for Veterans
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CirrusMD, a leading provider of scalable virtual care announced a national expansion of ongoing work with the United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). This continuing work includes the expansion of VA Health Chat, which is provided to Veterans by CirrusMD on behalf of the VA, through its agreement with the prime contract holder, Iron Bow Technologies.
VA Health Chat is now available to more than 5.1 million Veterans, representing
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