The healthcare industry is in desperate need of nurses — and fast. Chances are this isn't news to you. You've seen the countless headlines covering the impact the pandemic has had on nurses, and how that nursing shortage has impacted employment numbers, healthcare facilities, and patient care.
Nurses are burnt out. They're stressed, exhausted, and struggling to find adequate mental health support. But the pandemic isn't the only issue to blame. Experts are predicting that over 1 million RNs
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Kahun Taps MediOrbis to Offer AI-Powered Digital Intake and Triage Services
What You Should Know:
- MediOrbis, a multi-specialty telehealth company today announces a strategic partnership with Kahun, the clinical reasoning tool that performs dynamic clinical assessments at scale.
- The strategic partnership will enable MediOrbis to offer Kahun’s proprietary AI-driven digital intake tool as a part of its comprehensive telehealth platform.
- By offering Kahun’s proprietary AI-driven digital intake tool as a part of its comprehensive
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Merck Invests in Gesund, Launches Medical AI Platform on AWS
What You Should Know:
- Gesund, the company ensuring that medical artificial intelligence (AI) is safe and effective for all, today announced the securing of a strategic investment from Merck as well as a launch of a new commercial platform on Amazon Web Services Marketplace.
- While terms of the investment are not being disclosed, the news signals support for the company's approach as it launches a first of its kind commercial platform on Amazon Web Services Marketplace, immediately
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Unlock the Full Potential of Inpatient Bed Capacity with AI
Every day, hospital staff do the best they can to navigate the daily chaos of bed management by making educated guesses as to what is going to happen over the course of the day. Relying on team huddles throughout the day, staff pore over Excel or paper spreadsheets to predict how many beds will open up and when. They try to estimate demand for those beds by the time of day, unsure when to deploy “surge capacity.” On some days, this method works out well. However, more often than not, the staff’s
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Walgreens Find Care Offers Dementia Patients with Personalized Playlists
What You Should Know:
- Music Health Inc. announced that its music wellness app, Vera, is now available through Walgreens Find Care® to provide people living with different forms of dementia with convenient and affordable access to personalized music from their computers and smart devices.
- Vera is a new app that supports caregivers by offering the person in their care a custom-made “soundtrack of their lives” that can
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Patient Financial Experience: 40% of Americans Confused by Medical Bills
What You Should Know:
- AKASA™, a developer of AI for healthcare operations, released findings from a new survey conducted on its behalf by YouGov.
- The survey findings highlight uncertainty looms among patients about what is included in a bill and if they can pay - two factors that drive the most confusion on medical bills. However, there are strategies healthcare organizations can take to be proactive and prevent billing surprises from trickling down to patients.
Understanding
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Anumana & Pfizer Partner on Amyloidosis AI-ECG Algorithm Development
What You Should Know:
- Anumana, an AI-driven health technology company and portfolio company of nference, today announced a multi-year agreement with Pfizer for Anumana to develop an investigational artificial intelligence electrocardiogram algorithm (AI-ECG) designed to enable the early identification of patients who may be at risk of cardiac amyloidosis.
- Anumana will conduct a clinical validation trial and pursue De Novo classification for the algorithm as a
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Violet Partners with Ontrak Health to Improve Inclusive Care
What You Should Know:
- Violet, a health equity platform, announced that it has partnered with Ontrak Health, an AI and technology-enabled behavioral health company, to offer better-personalized support and treatment through identity-centered care.
- Through the partnership, Ontrak Health will implement Violet’s continuing education for care coaches learning how to better support every health plan member served by their
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Half of Infusion Centers Struggling to Keep Up with Demand
What You Should Know:
- LeanTaaS, Inc., an AI-based predictive and prescriptive analytics company in healthcare operations, today announced its The State of Cancer Centers in 2022 Special Report, stemming from a survey conducted in partnership with The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) in mid-2022.
- With responses from nearly 100 cancer center leaders, hailing from hospitals and health systems across the country, the survey focuses on the operational challenges that infusion
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Ibex Study Finds AI Highly Accurate in Cancer Identification
What You Should Know:
- The latest study from Ibex Medical Analytics and the Institut Curie, published in Nature, demonstrates how AI implementation across pathology labs can significantly improve the outcome of cancer care.
- The study analyzed Ibex’s AI-based quality control solution for breast biopsy review on over 15,000 slides over a diverse cohort. The study found the AI algorithm achieved high accuracy in identifying various types of cancer and 51 different morphological features of
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