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The Deal: Ubie, a Google-backed AI healthcare platform, has announced a collaboration with Mayo Clinic to co-develop "Ubie Smart Support."The Tech: The platform aims to unify the "fragmented" digital front door by integrating chat and voice interfaces into a single access point. It uses AI to triage symptoms, route patients, and schedule appointments 24/7.The Future: Beyond scheduling, the partners plan to co-develop an add-on module for chronic disease management,
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How Open Source Collaboration Can Accelerate Medical AI Innovation and FDA Approval
Big medicine, medical startups, and much of medical academia have historically been steeped in secrecy and proprietary research. This is a direct result of the privacy in patient and medical data, but as AI supercharges everything from diagnostic medicine to patient treatment and care, it’s time to change the paradigm. By embracing the principles of open source collaborations and finding a balance between protecting privacy and sharing knowledge, the industry can
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Wellumio Raises $7.28M to Bring MRI Scans Directly to the Bedside
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The Raise: New Zealand-based Wellumio has raised $7.28M in the first close of its pre-Series A round, led by Nuance Connected Capital, to fast-track its portable stroke detection technology. The round also included participation from Icehouse Ventures, NZ Growth Capital Partners, Pacific Channel and the New Zealand Government’s Active Investor Plus (AIP) program.The Tech: The company’s flagship device, Axana, is a 50kg, battery-powered MRI scanner. Unlike traditional
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CalMHSA Deploys Eleos AI Statewide for California’s Mental Health Workers
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The Deal: The California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) has selected Eleos Health as its official AI partner. This is the behavioral health industry’s largest single deployment of AI technology to date, potentially reaching 27,000 clinicians across 27 counties.The Tech: Eleos’ AI-powered documentation tools will be embedded directly into Streamline’s SmartCare™ EHR. The system uses the new Polaris AI model (built with Google Cloud) to listen to sessions and
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Hillsboro Health to Deploy Oracle Health Foundation EHR and Clinical AI Agent
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The Switch: Hillsboro Health, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Illinois, is transitioning from legacy systems to the Oracle Health Foundation EHR to standardize clinical operations across its network.The AI: The hospital is deploying the Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent, a generative AI voice tool that automatically drafts structured notes from patient-clinician conversations, drastically reducing "pajama time" for doctors.The Network: By implementing Oracle Health
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The “Agent” Dilemma: How Blockchain Could Save Patient Privacy in a $500B AI Market
Artificial intelligence is continuing its march into most facets of our lives, and the healthcare sector is no exception. Here, the technology is being leveraged in areas like diagnostics, patient monitoring, drug discovery, personalized medicine, administrative automation, and more.
Today, this market is already estimated at $40 billion, and projected to grow up to $500 billion by 2032, with hundreds of millions of operational AI agents.
However, while AI’s promise of unprecedented
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Mira Announces Integration with Oura Ring to Combine Hormone Data with Sleep and Temperature Trends
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The Integration: Mira, the leader in at-home lab-grade hormone testing, has launched a direct integration with ŌURA, the maker of the popular smart ring.The Data Flow: Users can now view Oura’s biometric data—specifically sleep, readiness, and temperature trends—directly inside the Mira app, alongside their hormone concentrations.The Goal: The partnership aims to provide "context" to women's health data. By correlating a drop in sleep quality with a specific hormonal
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Midstream Health Partners with CommonSpirit Health to Deploy AI Financial Operations Platform
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The Deal: Midstream Health, a platform backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), has secured a strategic partnership with CommonSpirit Health. The health system isn't just a customer; its venture arm is an initial investor.The Tech: Midstream deploys "AI Agents" that scour financial data to find lost value. Unlike standard analytics, these agents are "contract-aware," proactively flagging missed rebates, pricing errors, and underpayments that humans miss.The Impact: The
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The Rise of AI Triage: Navigating Regulatory Challenges and Patient Care Workflows
Patients aren’t just experimenting with AI for health advice anymore – they’re relying on it.
A recent survey found that more than 57% of participants had a predominantly favorable view of AI in healthcare. The result? Around the globe, more than 40 million people turn to ChatGPT daily for health information.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has put a thumb on the scale as well, prioritizing conversational AI as a critical use case for early adopters of their new
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Canary Speech Partners with Intermountain Health to Study Vocal Biomarkers for Multiple Sclerosis
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The Partnership: Canary Speech, a leader in vocal biomarker technology, has partnered with Intermountain Ventures (the innovation arm of Intermountain Health) to launch a groundbreaking study.The Goal: The study aims to identify Multiple Sclerosis (MS) using vocal biomarkers. It is the first IRB-approved study of its kind to explore whether subtle vocal patterns analyzed by AI can reveal early indicators of the disease.The Impact: Current MS diagnosis is invasive and
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