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AI in healthcare

AI in Healthcare: Enhancing Risk Models to Predict the Future Cost of Care

by Fred Pennic 07/09/2019 Leave a Comment

AI in Healthcare: Enhancing Risk Models to Predict the Future Cost of Care

Traditionally, providers and health systems have relied on claims-based risk models, such as the CMS-HCC, ACG, and DxCG, which were built to forecast the risk of populations, but not at an individual level. While these models give a fairly good estimation of the risk of the population, they exhibit unsatisfactory estimation if used to predict the risk at an individual level.Innovaccer Inc., a healthcare data activation company, has taken a major step towards revolutionizing the way we identify
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Can Artifical Intelligence Solve The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemic?

by Girish Nadkarni, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, at Mount Sinai, and Co-Founder of RenalytixAI 06/25/2019 Leave a Comment

Can Artifical Intelligence Solve The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemic?

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing epidemic worldwide. Currently, there are 850 million individuals suffering from CKD globally, with 40 million in the United States alone. Of these individuals, 96 percent are not aware of having CKD, as kidney disease often exhibits no symptoms until it has progressed to a late stage. As this epidemic continues to grow, healthcare providers and organizations are working to determine how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to analyze electronic
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IBM Watson Health Invests $50M in AI to Tackle Public Health Issues

by Jasmine Pennic 02/13/2019 Leave a Comment

IBM Watson Health

IBM Watson Health announced plans to make a 10-year, $50 million investment in joint research collaborations to advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle public health issues. Brigham and Women’s Hospital – the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School – and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been selected as joint research partners. AI Research Focus AreasThe initial areas of study are expected to include the use of AI to improve the utility of electronic health records
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Infographic: Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Improving Healthcare

by Jasmine Pennic 12/17/2018 Leave a Comment

Accenture: Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Market to Reach $6.6B by 2021

The artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare market is expected reach $6.6 billion by 2021, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40 percent over the next five years, according to a report from Accenture. AI in health represents a collection of multiple technologies enabling machines to sense, comprehend, act and learn so they can perform administrative and clinical healthcare functions. Unlike legacy technologies that are only algorithms/ tools that complement a human, health AI
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Don’t Let The Hype Fool You—AI in Healthcare Is Far From Perfect

by Erica Garvin 11/14/2017 Leave a Comment

Don’t Let The Hype Fool You—AI in Healthcare Is Far From Perfect

Medicomp Systems’ Dr. Jay Anders explains what needs to change for machine learning to make a profound impact for providers and patients.Ever since IBM Watson wowed audiences with its superior knowledge on Jeopardy, the buzz around the potential and power of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) has grown across industries worldwide. However, Medicomp Systems’ Dr. Jay Anders says don’t let the hype fool you—AI in healthcare is far from perfect.“The sad truth is that there is a long,
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Backed by Premera Blue Cross, Cardinal Analytx Raises $6.1M for Predictive Analytics Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 09/27/2017 Leave a Comment

Backed by Premera Blue Cross, Cardinal Analytx Raises $6.1M for Predictive Analytics Platform

Cardinal Analytx, a Palo Alto, CA-based digital health startup using machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve care and reduce healthcare costs for patients has raised $6.1 million in Series A funding. Spun out of Stanford University, Cardinal Analtyx Solutions was founded by Stanford professors Drs. Arnie Milstein and Nigam Shah, who created the company with lead investor Cardinal Partners. Other investors include the Stanford-StartX Fund and Premera Blue Cross, which also
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Buoy Health Lands $6.7M to Expand AI-Powered Symptom Checker to Providers, Payers

by Jasmine Pennic 08/09/2017 1 Comment

Buoy Health

 Buoy Health, a Boston, MA-based digital health startup has raised $6.7M in Series A funding led by F-Prime Capital Partners and an undisclosed strategic investor. The round also included participation from FundRx, Jack Connors, and other angel investors.Formed out of the Harvard Innovation Laboratory in 2014, Buoy Health’s artificial intelligence-powered online symptom and cure checker leverages an intelligent algorithm backed by medical data to diagnose patients. Designed to resemble an
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Ayasdi Launches New AI Platform That Turns Health Systems Into AI App Incubators

by HITC Staff 06/21/2017 Leave a Comment

Ayasdi Launches New AI Platform That Turns Health Systems Into AI App Incubators

Ayasdi, a provider of machine intelligence software and AI apps, has announced the release of Ayasdi Envision, a new framework enabling health systems to become AI app incubators.  Starting today, health systems will be able to easily build their own apps on top of an enterprise-class Artificial Intelligence platform. The Envision framework will enable healthcare organizations to quickly create and consume intelligent apps that are purpose-built to solve a broad array of clinical and business
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Salesforce Survey: AI in Healthcare Causes Both Optimism & Concerns

by Fred Pennic 06/07/2017 Leave a Comment

Salesforce Survey: AI in Healthcare Causes Both Optimism & Concerns

74% of baby boomers are worried about artificial intelligence (AI) providing an incorrect diagnosis vs. their doctor’s recommendation -- something only 60% of millennials were worried about, according to recent findings from the Salesforce 2017 Connected Patient Report. Conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Salesforce from May 4-8, 2017, the survey reveals that AI in healthcare is an area of both optimism and concern among baby boomers and millennials. When asked about currently available
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8 Technologies Poised to Disrupt US Healthcare in 2017 and Beyond

by Erica Garvin 02/14/2017 1 Comment

Moving Beyond The Pill: The Future of Health Apps

Technology is about change just about everything in healthcare—here’s how. The future of healthcare is happening right now. While that future is just barely forming, we are beginning to see how technology is now scratching the surface of an entirely different landscape when it comes to healthcare delivery both within and outside of the U.S.According to PwC Health Research Institute’s annual report, 2017 is the year to prepare for the arrival of several technologies poised to disrupt the
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