Last week Agfa announced its Board of Directors would investigate the sale of part of Agfa HealthCare, specifically, the business tied to its EMR and integrated care offerings. The facts are:· In March 2019, Agfa initially stated that it would further extend the independence of Agfa HealthCare.· It has now expanded on what this could potentially look like, stating it will explore selling is Hospital IT and Integrated Care solutions.· In terms of its reportable business this is largely the
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Stanford Spinout Cardinal Analytx Lands $22M for AI-Enabled Health Insights
Cardinal Analytx Solutions, an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled health insights company has raised $22 million in Series B funding round led by John Doerr including participation from GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation, Blue Shield California and Premera Blue Cross.Getting Ahead of High Cost EventsHealth insurers, accountable healthcare providers and other health industry stakeholders recognize that U.S. health care spending growth and shortfalls in treatment outcomes are not sustainable.
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Alegeus Unveils Smart HSA Solution to Bolster Healthcare Spending and Saving Decisions
Alegeus, the market leader in consumer-directed healthcare (CDH) solutions, today announced that the industry’s first Smart HSA that features machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) was presented for the first time during the 2019 Alegeus Client Conference. Smart HSA: A New Approach to CDH Account SolutionsThis next generation of the existing Alegeus solution provides broader support for the benefits lifecycle and greater influence across the full spectrum of healthcare benefits. It
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Zebra Medical Vision Granted FDA 510k Clearance for AI Chest X-Ray Triage
Zebra Medical Vision, an Israli-based deep learning imaging analytics company, today announces that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for HealthPNX – an AI-powered alert for pneumothorax (PNX), based on chest X-rays.FDA 510(k) Clearance DetailsReceived in May 2019, the FDA 510(k) clearance focuses on an AI alert for “stat” (urgent) findings of pneumothorax and demonstrates a promising potential to substantially reduce turnaround time and increase the radiologist’s confidence in making this
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Clinical Operations Makes Highest Use of Artificial Intelligence, Tufts Study Finds
Clinical operations function makes the highest use of artificial intelligence (AI) (61%), followed by pharmacovigilance/safety/risk management (57%), and information technology (IT) (55%), according to an analysis recently completed by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. The analysis, summarized in the May/June Tufts CSDD Impact Report, reveals the pharmaceutical industry is adopting artificial intelligence (AI) on numerous fronts, from discovery and clinical development to risk
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UCSF, The Doctors Company Partner to Address Patient Safety Challenges in the Digital Health Era
The Doctors Company—the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer—and UC San Francisco (UCSF), today launched a new partnership at the intersection of digital medicine and patient safety. The Doctors Company’s commitment to advancing the practice of good medicine will be expanded through a $1 million collaboration that will enable leading UCSF researchers in evidence-based patient safety practices, safety, and information technology–related policy, and artificial intelligence
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Analysis: 5 Trends Shaping The Future of The Global Radiology IT Market
Against the backdrop of artificial intelligence in medical imaging and other hyped healthcare IT technologies, market trends in core radiology IT software and services can easily be overlooked. Many of the largest markets in North America and Western Europe have reached saturation, with few new “greenfield” opportunities. Instead, the dynamics of much of the global radiology IT market revolve around long procurement cycles, replacement or contract roll-on and an entrenched customer base.However,
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Designation to RenalytixAI for AI-Enabled Diagnostic for Kidney Disease
RenalytixAI, a developer of artificial intelligence-enabled clinical diagnostics for kidney disease, today announced that it has been granted Breakthrough Device designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for its lead diagnostic, KidneyIntelX™. This is the first such designation for an AI-enabled diagnostic for kidney disease publicly announced by any company.FDA Breakthrough Devices Program OverviewThe FDA’s Breakthrough Devices Program is a voluntary program for certain
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Accenture Launches AI-Driven Solution to Tackle Elderly Loneliness
Accenture has released a groundbreaking new project that uses a unique
conversational
artificial intelligence to address the challenges of elderly loneliness. The
project named Memory Lane is being used by Accenture Interactive and Stockholm Exergi, one of Sweden’s largest energy suppliers to provide an
innovative social solution which allows people, particular the elderly, to
capture memorable stories for future generations while also providing
companionship.
Project Memory Lane
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NASSCOM, GE Healthcare Partner to Co-Create Digital Health Solutions in India
NASSCOM and GE Healthcare have formed a strategic partnership to foster healthcare innovation to bring digital health solutions to the market in India. NASSCOM CoE-IoT is India’s largest deep-tech Innovation hub for startups that provides a platform for collaborative innovation.Strategic Partnership DetailsThrough NASSCOM’s Center of Excellence-Internet of Things (CoE-IoT), GE Healthcare will work with India-based startups to co-create solutions for real-world healthcare challenges in the areas
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