Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to hold the spotlight in healthcare transformation, promising everything from predictive care to streamlined administrative processes. Visionary use cases include anticipating patient deterioration, optimizing care coordination, accelerating prior authorizations, and unlocking insights from clinical notes that would otherwise remain buried.
But despite the promise, adoption remains uneven. Many organizations have piloted AI initiatives only to struggle
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MaineHealth Deploys First AI Nursing Agent for Behavioral Health
What You Should Know:
- MaineHealth Behavioral Health at Spring Harbor (MHBHSH) has licensed Acuity Behavioral Health’s Behavioral Health Operations Intelligence (BHOI) platform and BHAI software for its inpatient psychiatric units.
- The goal is to eventually implement the platform across the entire MaineHealth system. As a national leader in the innovation of care for mental illness, MHBHSH will use the BHOI platform to improve the care and safety of patients and nursing
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Sage Growth Partners Report: Healthcare C-Suite Acknowledges AI Potential but Lacks Trust
What You Should Know:
- A new report from healthcare consultancy Sage Growth Partners has revealed a growing disconnect between the potential of AI in healthcare and the preparedness of hospital and health system leaders to implement it.
- The report, The Healthcare C-Suite's Take on AI, is the first in a three-part series based on an annual survey of 101 C-suite leaders from various integrated delivery networks, academic medical centers, and independent hospitals.
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Philips Unveils Cardiovascular Ultrasound System with 26 AI Apps
What You Should Know:
- Global healthcare technology leader Philips has announced the release of Transcend Plus, the next generation of its EPIQ CVx and Affiniti CVx cardiovascular ultrasound systems.
- The new system features major advancements in image quality and artificial intelligence (AI), including new FDA-cleared 2D and 3D image quality enhancements and an expanded suite of AI-enabled clinical applications. Transcend Plus is designed to help cardiology teams work smarter, not
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Barti Software Secures $12M Series A to Expand AI-Powered EHR for Eye Care
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- Barti Software, a AI-powered company that provides innovative electronic health records (EHR) and practice management software built for eye care practices, announced a $12 million Series A investment led by Five Elms Capital.
- This partnership will enable Barti to scale its go-to-market efforts, grow its team across key functions, and accelerate development of new AI capabilities and workflow automation as Barti expands into ophthalmology. The company will
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Cleveland Clinic and Dyania Health Partner to Accelerate Clinical Trial Recruitment with AI
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- Cleveland Clinic and Dyania Health have announced a collaboration to integrate Dyania's Synapsis™ AI platform across Cleveland Clinic’s clinical research enterprise.
- The partnership, which follows successful pilot programs in cardiology, oncology, and neurology, aims to accelerate clinical trial recruitment by using medically trained large language models (LLMs) to speed up and scale patient identification for research studies. The ultimate goal is to provide more
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Sleep.ai Raises $5.5M to Lead AI-Powered Sleep Intelligence Market
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- Sleep.ai, formerly known as SleepScore Labs secures $5.5M in venture funding led by Treasure Coast Ventures, with participation from Nurture Ventures, the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York, Supermoon Capital, and several other investors.
- The funding will help Sleep.ai accelerate commercialization, expand its partner integrations, and extend its reach across health, wellness, insurance, and other sectors.
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AI Is Supercharging Phishing Scams – Are Hospitals Ready?
Hospitals and healthcare systems are facing a growing cyber threat, one that’s being greatly accelerated by generative AI. While much of the public conversation around AI has focused on job displacement or deepfakes, AI’s role in cybercrime has expanded. Phishing attacks, in particular, have become more effective and easier to launch, posing serious risks to healthcare organizations, which already operate under intense operational pressure.
In the second half of 2024, phishing incidents
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Carna Health & Siemens Healthineers Partner to Advance AI-Powered CKD Screening
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- Carna Health, a digital health company focused on kidney care, has announced a strategic agreement with Siemens Healthineers. The collaboration aims to accelerate the adoption of Carna's AI-enabled chronic kidney disease (CKD) platform and bring point-of-care testing systems to emerging markets.
- This will help improve early detection and CKD management for high-risk and underserved populations by integrating Carna Health’s digital platforms with Siemens
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Inovalon and Google Cloud Partner to Launch AI-Enabled Prior Authorization Solution
What You Should Know:
- Inovalon, a provider of solutions that empower data-driven healthcare, has announced a new collaboration with Google Cloud to develop an AI-enabled solution designed to address administrative burdens in the healthcare industry.
- The partnership will combine Inovalon’s extensive data solutions and subject matter expertise with Google Cloud's advanced AI and machine learning capabilities to tackle time-consuming prior authorization processes.
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