Advances in conversational artificial intelligence are transforming basic chatbots into intelligent virtual assistants that provide comfort and utility for healthcare consumers and the healthcare organizations that serve them.
Most consumers have their minds made up about automated phone agents, and not too many people like them. Who among us hasn’t experienced the frustration of an automated phone menu when calling for a doctor's appointment or shouted “representative!” into our
Read More
AI
AI in Healthcare| AI Impact for Researchers, Clinicians| Policy, News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant
Antidote Health Secures $22M to Expand Telehealth Platform for Primary Care, Mental Health, Hypertension Care
What You Should Know:
- Antidote Health, an NYC-based telehealth provider announced it has raised $22M in Series A funding led by third-time investor iAngels, Group 11, and Flint Capital.
- The company will use the funds to support R&D activity, which includes advanced AI screening and clinical decision support system capabilities.
Quality healthcare doesn’t need to be expensive
Founded in 2020, Antidote Health democratizes access, delivering care for the whole family for a
Read More
Eko Unveils Newly Designed Heart Disease Detection App
What You Should Know:
- Eko, a digital health company advancing heart and lung disease detection, today announced the launch of its newly-redesigned Eko App, which will transform patient interactions into an opportunity to screen for cardiovascular disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and there has not been an efficient and affordable solution to screen for heart disease at the physical exam until now.
- Eko has transformed the traditional stethoscope into an
Read More
NVIDIA Launches AI Computing Platform for Medical Devices
What You Should Know:
- NVIDIA today introduced Clara Holoscan MGX, a platform for the medical device industry to develop and deploy real-time AI applications at the edge, specifically designed to meet required regulatory standards.
- Clara Holoscan MGX expands the Clara Holoscan platform to provide an all-in-one, medical-grade reference architecture, as well as long-term software support, to accelerate innovation in the medical device industry.
Clara Holoscan MGX Overview
As part
Read More
Tempus Launches Pathology-Driven AI Platform
What You Should Know:
- Tempus, a provider of artificial intelligence and precision medicine, today announced the launch of Edge, an innovative platform that allows pathologists to access developing AI models intended to identify specimens with potentially actionable biomarkers using a single hematoxylin and eosin stain (H&E) slide.
- With access to over 50 petabytes of de-identified multimodal data, Tempus is developing AI models with the aim to identify patients who would
Read More
What Healthcare Leaders Need to Do Now About Ransomware
If ransomware is not a topic of conversation around any healthcare organization’s boardroom table, directors and senior executives may be exposing the organization (and themselves) to considerable risk. Here’s a guide to ransomware trends for 2022 and steps healthcare leaders can take to help protect their organizations.
Ransomware trends in 2022
The risk of a ransomware attack in 2022 is substantial, with gangs specializing in targeting the healthcare sector. Last year saw dozens of
Read More
Top 9 Most In-Demand Medical Billing/Revenue Cycle Positions
A new AKASA survey highlights the vacant roles healthcare CFOs and financial leaders most need talent for to sustain daily operations within medical billing and the revenue cycle. The back office of healthcare is essential to keeping the doors of hospitals open by making sure the bills are paid. Yet, these teams are facing labor shortages like never before.
The survey of more than 400 healthcare financial leaders ranked the following as the roles where
Read More
physIQ, CellCarta Collaborate on Study to Revolutionize Vaccine
What You Should Know:
- Today, digital medicine leader physIQ and CellCarta, a global leader in precision medicine services announced they are collaborating on a groundbreaking study that could revolutionize vaccine development.
- The strategic collaboration advances the detailed study of early, individualized human responses to vaccinations as pharma companies race to deliver safe, effective vaccines sooner.
physIQ, a pioneer in digital medicine, and CellCarta, a global leader in
Read More
Canopy Launches Out of Stealth with $13M for Intelligent Care Platform for Oncology
What You Should Know:
- Today, Canopy announced it is launching out of stealth with $13 million in funding to work with leading oncology practices all over the country to help deliver high-quality care to cancer patients when they aren’t in the doctor’s office.
- Canopy works with leading oncology practices nationwide to drive the best possible outcomes for over 50,000 cancer patients.
Canopy, a Palo Alto, CA-based Intelligent Care Platform (ICP) for oncology, today
Read More
Day 3 HIMSS Roundup: Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT, GE Healthcare/AliveCor Integration
Venture Capital, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity
Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT® to Expand Diabetes Offerings in France
Glooko, a leading provider of remote patient monitoring and data management solutions for diabetes and related chronic conditions, today announced the acquisition of DIABNEXT, a Paris-based company whose digital health platform helps people with diabetes better manage their conditions and connects to their healthcare providers, so they can
Read More
