What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today has released its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategic Plan, outlining a comprehensive vision for how AI can transform healthcare, human services, and public health.
- The HHS AI Strategic Plan serves as a call to action for the healthcare industry, encouraging stakeholders to embrace AI's potential while prioritizing ethical considerations and equitable access.
HHS AI Strategic Plan
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MultiCare VC Arm Invests in AI-Powered Chart Review Platform Layer Health
What You Should Know:
- MultiCare Capital Partners, the venture arm of large health system MultiCare, today is announcing a strategic investment in Layer Health, a healthcare AI company specializing in automating chart review.
- The investment will accelerate Layer Health's growth and expand the reach of its innovative platform across the healthcare industry. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
AI-Powered Chart Review
Chart review, a critical task
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Atropos Health Collaborates with Merck to Accelerate Real-World Evidence Generation
What You Should Know:
- Atropos Health, a pioneer in real-world evidence (RWE) generation, announced a collaboration with Merck to leverage its innovative platform for rapid insights and analytics from real-world data (RWD).
- The strategic partnership will enable Merck's data science and RWE teams to conduct advanced analyses and generate publication-grade studies in less than 48 hours.
- The collaboration follows Atropos Health's recent launch of ChatRWD™, a groundbreaking
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PHTI Launches AI Taskforce to Improve Healthcare Efficiency
What You Should Know:
- The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) announced the formation of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Taskforce dedicated to evaluating and improving the administrative performance of AI technologies in healthcare.
- The initiative brings together leaders from major U.S. health systems, AI solution providers, and industry experts to address the growing need for efficient and effective AI implementation in healthcare operations.
Focus on Operational
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Innovaccer Secures $275M to Accelerate AI Innovation in Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer Inc., a healthcare AI company, announced today a $275M Series F funding round.
- The latest investment, combined with primary and secondary funding, includes participation from prominent investors such as B Capital Group, Banner Health, Danaher Ventures LLC, Generation Investment Management, Kaiser Permanente, and M12.
Focus on AI-Powered Solutions
Innovaccer plans to introduce multiple AI copilots and agents to its comprehensive suite of
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Qure.ai Appoints Jim Mercadante as Chief Commercial Officer
What You Should Know:
- Qure.ai, a global provider of AI-powered healthcare solutions, announced the appointment of Jim Mercadante as its new Chief Commercial Officer.
- Based in New York, Mercadante will lead the company's global sales and business development strategy, driving further expansion and market penetration.
Mercadante Bio/Background
Jim Mercadante brings extensive experience in commercial leadership, sales, business growth, and strategic marketing within the
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Duke Health, Abridge Partner to Improve Clinician Efficiency and Patient Care
What You Should Know:
-Duke Health and Abridge, a developer of generative AI for clinical conversations, have established a strategic partnership to collaboratively explore new health care AI innovations.
-As a component of this partnership, Duke Health has implemented Abridge’s AI-powered clinical documentation platform to key clinical teams. The Abridge real-time ambient AI platform will be available to 5,000 Duke Health clinicians at more than 150 primary and specialty clinics.
Duke
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OMNY Health Partners with Scipher Medicine to Advance Precision Immunology
What You Should Know:
- OMNY Health, the leading healthcare ecosystem for compliant real-world data insights at scale, and Scipher Medicine, which has the world’s largest immunology clinico-transcriptomics data set and is focused on advancing precision medicine with proprietary AI network biology solutions, today announced a partnership to advance precision medicine efforts for immunology.
- This collaboration marks a significant leap forward in the fight against autoimmune diseases,
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Q/A: Cedar Exec Talks The Untapped Potential of AI in Healthcare Call Centers in 2025
What if AI could dramatically reduce call volume, improve patient satisfaction, and empower your call center staff? In this exclusive interview, Dugan Winkie, Head of Commercial Strategy at Cedar, sheds light on the often-overlooked opportunity of leveraging AI in healthcare call centers.
Winkie explores the unique challenges and opportunities AI presents for providers, highlighting the potential for increased efficiency, improved patient experiences, and significant financial gains. He
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XO Health Launches Next Gen Value-Based Care and Benefits Platform
What You Should Know:
- XO Health launches operations of its value-based care and benefits platform, serving self-insured employers, level-funded plans and third-party administrators (TPAs). This launch will enable XO Health to bring their value-based provider network and comprehensive benefits administration offerings to customers in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Minneapolis.
- XO Health is redefining how healthcare is delivered and paid for by dramatically expanding access to
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