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BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and Wellstar Health System have announced a strategic partnership to integrate AI-powered medication management across Wellstar's Georgia-based facilities.The collaboration combines BD Pyxis™ Pro medication dispensing technology with the BD Alaris™ Infusion System for a connected "pharmacy-to-bedside" workflow.The system utilizes BD Incada™, an AI-driven analytics platform that offers enterprise-wide inventory visibility and supports
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Solving the $150B No-Show Problem: The Rise of Healthcare Conversation Intelligence
Digital channels continue to expand communication between health systems and patients, but the phone remains a critical point of contact across the entire patient journey. Patients frequently call their providers for everything from scheduling and appointment changes to insurance questions, prescription issues, and urgent concerns about their care.
Calls are especially important not only for prospective patients exploring services, but also for existing
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Medisolv Acquires Health Elements AI to Automate Data Abstraction and Expand Clinical Registry Support
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Medisolv, Inc. has acquired Health Elements AI, a specialist in AI-first software that automates the capture and structuring of clinical data from medical records. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition aims to reduce the significant administrative burden of manual chart review, which currently impacts more than 4,000 abstracters supported by Medisolv.Health Elements AI reports a 96 percent accuracy rate, leveraging AI and human oversight
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Parexel Acquires Vitrana to Integrate AI-Enabled Pharmacovigilance Platform
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Parexel has acquired Vitrana, a provider of an AI-enabled, end-to-end pharmacovigilance (PV) technology platform.The acquisition allows Parexel to provide a fully integrated model where a single partner is responsible for both PV technology and services.The acquired platform is system-agnostic, integrating with any existing safety database to improve accuracy and cycle times.Key operational benefits include improved EDC-to-safety integration, streamlined Serious Adverse
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Photon Raises $16M to Modernize AI-Native Prescription Infrastructure
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Photon has secured $16 million in Series A funding led by Healthier Capital, with participation from Notation, Flare Capital, and Evidenced.The platform addresses the "information vacuum" of traditional e-prescribing, where patients choose pharmacies without knowing price, inventory, or convenience.Photon utilizes artificial intelligence as an engine to process complex, fragmented data across pharmacy networks and formularies in real time.The platform serves as an
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Viz.ai and NRHA Collaborate to Deploy AI in Rural Hospitals
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Viz.ai has partnered with the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) through its Rural Hospital & Clinic Partnership Program to help rural leaders implement AI-powered detection and coordination tools.The initiative targets a significant "adoption gap": rural hospitals are currently 25% less likely to adopt new technologies like AI than urban facilities due to funding and geographic barriers.The Viz platform analyzes medical images and clinical data in real time to
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Healthcare AI Governance: Implementing NIST Trustworthy AI and OWASP Security Guardrails
In Part 1 of this series, we covered the foundation of an AI-ready healthcare organization: an organization-appropriate governance framework, regulatory awareness, and an AI inventory.
Now, let's discuss the other essential capabilities for AI readiness: risk management and guardrails.
Apply Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to AI
AI risk must be managed like other enterprise risks:
Establish a risk framework Define your organization’s risk appetite and toleranceIdentify
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WellSky and AutoMynd Launch First Ambient AI Documentation for Personal Care Agencies
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WellSky has unveiled WellSky Ambient Documentation for Personal Care, an AI-powered solution purpose-built to automate assessment and care plan documentation.Powered by AutoMynd, the technology is embedded directly into the WellSky Personal Care platform to capture real-time clinical data during client onboarding.Early adopters report a 66% reduction in documentation time, dropping from three hours to approximately one hour per client.The solution automatically identifies
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Boehringer Ingelheim and Eko Health Launch AI Heart Murmur Detection for Dogs
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Boehringer Ingelheim and Eko Health have introduced Eko Vet+™ | CANINEBEAT® AI, a digital auscultation solution designed to detect, visualize, and grade heart murmurs in dogs.The system utilizes the Eko CORE™ Digital Attachment, which amplifies heart sounds by 40 times and offers advanced noise cancellation.The CANINEBEAT® AI algorithm boasts over 95% sensitivity and specificity in detecting murmurs associated with structural heart disease.The solution targets myxomatous
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Aidoc Secures $150M to Accelerate Enterprise-Scale Clinical AI Across 2,000 Hospitals
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Aidoc has raised $150M in Series E funding, led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, bringing its total funding to over $500M. The round included participation from General Catalyst, SoftBank Investment Advisors, and NVentures (NVIDIA's venture capital arm).Capital will be used to further develop Aidoc's CARE™ clinical foundation model and its aiOS™ enterprise platform.The company currently analyzes more than 60 million patient cases annually and is deployed
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