- UK startup Healx lands $56M, led by Atomico to build an AI-driven clinical-stage portfolio for rare diseases, including treatments for fragile X syndrome, the leading genetic cause of autism.
- Healx’s Rare Treatment Accelerator program is a new initiative launched in close partnership with patient communities to identify clinic-ready treatments for rare diseases within 24 months.
Healx, a Cambridge, England-based AI-powered and patient-inspired technology company specializing in
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The Health IT Staffing Shortage Is a Problem Morphing Into a Crisis
Staffing shortages have plagued the healthcare industry for years, and this year hospital IT departments are feeling more pain than ever. The shortfall in physicians and nurses understandably gets the most press attention, but two phenomenons are pushing scarcity of specialized IT workers into the stratosphere: computer and IT jobs across all industries are projected to grow 12% from 2018 to 2028, and healthcare is projected to add 3.5 million jobs during the period, about one-third of all new
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California Physician Practices to Use Apple Watches to Advance Physician-Patient Communication
- Healthcare services company for physicians Altais partners with Notable Health to use intelligent automation to enhance the patient experience.- Notable Health’s A.I.-driven platform uses Apple Watches and smartphone devices to advance physician-patient communications and streamline administrative tasks.- Notable’s AI-powered platform is a game-changer for clinicians previously spending hours on redundant administrative tasks. The platform—which seamlessly integrates with legacy EHR
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UCSF Launches Center for Intelligent Imaging to Accelerate AI Adoption in Radiology
- UC San Francisco launches Center for Intelligent Imaging named ci2 to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology to improve patient diagnoses and care.
- ci2 researchers will work with NVIDIA Corp. to build infrastructure and tools focused on enabling the translation of AI in clinical practice.
- The center will serve as a hub for the multidisciplinary development of AI in imaging to meet unmet clinical needs and provide a platform to measure the impact and
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Amazon Textract Is Now HIPAA Eligible, Extracts Text/Data From Scanned Docs
- AWS announced that Amazon Textract, a Machine Learning (ML) service that automatically extracts text and data from scanned documents, is now HIPAA-eligible.- Amazon Textract will make it easy for customers to accurately and securely process millions of documents in a matter of hours, saving time and lowering processing costs.- Cerner, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and The American Heart Association are already exploring new ways use the power of ML to automate their current workloads
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Parkland Hospital Saves $17M With AI-Powered Predictive Model to Prevent In-Hospital Adverse Drug Events
- Parkland Hospital delivers over $17M in savings preventing in-hospital adverse drug events using an AI-powered predictive model developed by the Park Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI).- The program, Patients at Risk for Adverse Drug Events (PARADE) demonstrated positive results combating ADEs, a problem that impacts more than 450,000 patients nationwide and increases the risk for re-admissions lengthen the stay of patients by 2 to 3 days and adds almost $4B in extra hospital costs
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BrainCheck Nabs $8M for Cognitive Health Tracking for Seniors and Families
- BrainCheck closes $8M in Series A funding round to empowers physicians with a better way to assess cognitive impairment & dementia. - Comprehensive cognitive health solution transforms assessment and treatment of patients with cognitive impairment, including the 10% of seniors with dementia, and enables physicians to deliver personalized treatment plans. - BrainCheck will utilize the new funds to grow its footprint among physician groups and continue to expand into enterprise healthcare
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Cerner CEO Unveils New Next-Generation Cognitive Platform, Project Apollo
- Cerner CEO Brent Shafer unveils their next-generation cognitive health platform named Project Apollo to bring a cognitive approach to practicing medicine.
- Project Apollo will leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure to accelerate the speed that innovations are integrated by removing manual steps for clients.
- CEO also introduced new predictive modeling to reduce opioid abuse, free Cerner Learning Network for clients, and Cerner Seamless Interoperability to give
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CareSelect Imaging Now Uses Change Healthcare AI in EHR Workflow
- CareSelect Imaging now uses Change Healthcare AI in EHR workflow to help physicians streamline imaging orders. - The new AI capabilities will help healthcare providers using EHR systems enhance workflow efficiency, improve patient safety, provide higher-value care, and meet pending regulatory requirements governing Medicare patients.Change Healthcare, today announced that its artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been added to the CareSelect™ Imaging decision support solution. The new AI
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Nuance Expands AI-Powered Clinical Guidance for Dragon Medical Advisor
- Nuance Communications has expanded Clinical Guidance for Dragon Medical Advisor (DMA), an AI-powered documentation service accessible through Dragon Medical One, a voice assistant tool trusted by more than 500,000 clinicians worldwide and 90 percent of U.S. hospitals.- This expansion addresses the causes of burnout head-on by saving time and alleviating the administrative burden placed on physicians. - DMA enables doctors to focus on what they do best – care for patients – rather than fill out
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