Kyruus has announced a collaboration with IBM to integrate Watson Virtual Agent with Kyruus’ ProviderMatch to allow health systems to leverage chatbots to effectively match patients with appropriate providers and enable self-service scheduling. By enabling patients to engage with an AI-powered virtual agent (chatbot), patients will be able to easily and quickly find the best provider for their needs and then schedule an appointment at their convenience, with the click of a button. Kyruus &
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Nuance & Partners HealthCare Team Up to Accelerate Adoption of AI Apps for Diagnostic Imaging
Nuance today announced the signing of a multi-year strategic agreement with Partners HealthCare. The two organizations will optimize the process for rapid development, validation and utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) for radiologists at the point of care, and Nuance intends to make the new algorithms available through the Nuance AI Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging.The collaboration will be executed through the recently formed Massachusetts General Hospital ("MGH") and Brigham and
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Precision Health AI Launches Oncology AI Platform Driven by EMR Dataset
Precision Health AI, a healthcare technology company focused on the application of artificial intelligence to cancer care, today announced the launch of the Eureka Health Oncology AI Platform. The 60+ set of pre-trained AI solution modules will utilize Precision Health AI’s proprietary data to predict a patient’s cancer stage, treatment journey, flow through the healthcare system and survival rate.Driving the new Eureka Health Oncology AI platform is Precision Health AI’s deep, longitudinal
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Why Artificial Intelligence Could Fail Healthcare Providers in 2018
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds tremendous potential to transform care delivery by automating, augmenting and amplifying human labor in repetitive cognitive tasks. Just like any tool, however, it can be leveraged with improper or incomplete strategies and create more harm than good. This harm translates not only into mistakes that can impact an organization's bottom line, but also the lives of the patients that the organization serves.As we approach the start of HIMSS 2018 we can expect to
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Healthcare CRM: From Marketing to a Foundation for Value-based Care
For many healthcare organizations, the decision to employ a customer relationship management (CRM) solution is typically driven by the marketing department. Marketers need data-driven tools that enable them to better segment and identify high-value consumers, leverage demographics and behavioral data to personalize messages, and measure the ROI for marketing programs.Today, the potential value of healthcare CRM extends far beyond marketing, supporting myriad use cases in both clinical and
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Mount Sinai Researchers Use AI-Driven Algorithms to Help Doctors Diagnose Diseases
Researchers used machine learning techniques, including natural language processing algorithms, to identify clinical concepts in radiologist reports for CT scans, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published today in the journal Radiology. The technology is an important first step in the development of artificial intelligence that could interpret scans and diagnose conditions.From an ATM reading handwriting on a check to Facebook suggesting a photo
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ART MEDICAL Unveils AI-Based Algorithms to Save ICU Patients’ Lives
ART MEDICAL, the Israeli startup that created the first smart enteral feeding solution using sensor-based technology, today announced their advanced algorithms for the company’s sensor-based smart tubes platform, which collects new, and untapped patient data to reduce the risks of medical complications. ART MEDICAL's advanced algorithms automates the placement of feeding tubes, and detection of gastric content aspiration to improve clinical outcomes.Today when a patient enters the ICU, and
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Why AI’s Impact on Healthcare Will Be Far-Reaching Beyond Cost Savings
According to a recent report, the market for artificial intelligence in healthcare was worth over $600 million in 2014. By 2021, this figure is expected to rise by 11 times to $6.6 billion. Healthcare is widely regarded as one of the premier industries destined for AI-led transformation. The reasoning is simple: AI is widely prescribed as an antidote for healthcare’s high costs and an enabler for better health outcomes and experiences.However, the industry has been slow to realize the
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Why Did the Global Digital Health Market Strengthen During Q4 2017?
Healthcare innovation consultancy Enspektos, LLC, today released the latest edition of its quarterly study, digihealth impact trac. The report focuses on key Q4 2017 market themes and previews five digital health trends that will matter in 2018. The research reveals that telemedicine is having a far-reaching impact as adoption surges globally. Most importantly, telemedicine solutions are delivering economic benefits and re-shaping the patient-physician relationship, as clinicians learn what it
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drchrono, Nimblr Partner to Automate Two-Way Texting for Patients and Practices
Mobile EHR provider drchrono, today announced a new partnership with Nimblr, developers of Holly, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant who automates healthcare appointments in sync with a practice’s practice management platform.Holly is the first AI virtual assistant focused on front desk tasks for a physician’s practice, and through its integration with drchrono, will give healthcare providers using the practice management platform two-way conversational texting between practices and its
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