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IBM Watson Health Integrates with MedyMatch’s A.I. Platform to Help Doctors Identify Head Trauma and Stroke

by Jasmine Pennic 03/17/2017 Leave a Comment

IBM Watson Health Integrates with MedyMatch’s A.I. Platform to Help Doctors Identify Head Trauma and Stroke

IBM Watson Health has inked a licensing agreement with Tel Aviv-based startup MedyMatch to integrate its MedyMatch’s A.I.-based clinical decision support app to help doctors identify instances of intracranial bleeding as a result of head trauma and stroke. As part of the integration, IBM Watson’s Health Group will distribute the MedyMatch brain bleed detection application globally through its vendor neutral sales channels.  Both companies have future plans to develop further interoperability
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A.I. For Hospital Operations Company analyticsMD Rebrands As Qventus

by Jasmine Pennic 03/03/2017 Leave a Comment

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analyticsMD, an AI-based software platform that solves operational challenges across the hospital including emergency departments, perioperative areas, and patient safety has rebranded as Qventus to reflect the company's rapidly growing product offerings. The new name was inspired by the belief that emerging technology can power the winds of change in healthcare. It underscores the company's mission to simplify how healthcare operates so that hospitals and caregivers can focus on providing the
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Epic, Nuance Partner on Artificial Intelligence to Transform Disabled Veterans Access to Accessibility to Health IT

by Jasmine Pennic 02/21/2017 Leave a Comment

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Epic and Nuance are joining forces to leverage artificial intelligence to revolutionize disabled veterans accessibility to health information technology. The partnership will bring access and job opportunities for disabled persons scheduling medical appointments powered by Nuance’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology and Epic’s EHR system, which include a hands-free virtual assistant.There are nearly 20 million military veterans in the U.S., and 4 million have service-connected disabilities.
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Emanate Wireless Launches AI-based Temperature Sensors for Hospitals, Clinics

by Fred Pennic 02/21/2017 Leave a Comment

Cleveland, Ohio-based Emanate Wireless, a builder of solutions that continuously monitor the operation and productivity of key clinical assets at healthcare facilities unveiled new AI-based temperature sensors for its PowerPath™ Temp Solution. Emanate has created this solution for hospitals and clinics that dread the decades long challenge of having to monitor clinical assets such as refrigerators manually to maintain the safety of vaccines and medicines.This ultra-low temperature sensor allows
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Medivo Rebrands as Prognos to Leverage AI for Earlier Disease Detection

by Jasmine Pennic 01/09/2017 Leave a Comment

Medivo Rebrands as Prognos to Leverage AI for Earlier Disease Detection

 After six years of research and development exploring the potential of clinical diagnostic assets, Medivo has rebranded as Prognos. The new artificial intelligence-focused company mission is to help payer, life sciences and diagnostics organization track and predict disease earlier through advanced analytics and artificial intelligence techniques. The company is supported by a $23M investment from Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (GHIF).Prognos has already
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Orbita Unveils Amazon Echo-based Tool for Home Health Applications

by HITC Staff 12/12/2016 Leave a Comment

Orbita Unveils Amazon Echo-based Tool for Home Health Applications

Orbita, a provider of innovative software solutions for connected home healthcare has unveiled a new tool for creating and managing intelligent voice-powered home health assistants based on the Amazon Echo voice platform. Orbita’s new Voice Experience Designer showcased this week at the Connected Health Conference is a graphical tool for creating and managing voice assistants to support and enhance the care of individuals at home.Amazon Echo-based Home Health Tool OverviewWith the Amazon
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VA, Flow Health To Build AI-Powered Med Knowledge Graph for Veterans

by HITC Staff 11/30/2016 Leave a Comment

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has signed a five-year deal with San Francisco, CA-based Flow Health to build a medical knowledge graph with deep learning to inform medical decision-making and train artificial intelligence (AI) to personalize care plans. Flow Health is building the world’s largest knowledge graph of medicine and genomics from over 30 petabytes of longitudinal clinical data drawn from VA records on 22 million veterans spanning over 20 years. All patient information
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Chinese Search Engine Launches AI-Powered Bot for Doctors & Patients

by Fred Pennic 10/11/2016 Leave a Comment

Chinese search engine Baidu Inc., today launched Melody the Medical Assistant, an AI-powered conversational bot that helps doctors gather information from patients about their medical conditions. Baidu Melody is designed to save doctors and patients time in online discussions and provide relevant, contextual information to doctors to assist with recommendations and treatment options. The announcement was made at a Baidu Health and AI Workshop held today in Beijing. Melody is available
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Can Artificial Intelligence Reduce “Notification Overload” for Clinicians?

by Robert Rowley MD 08/15/2016 Leave a Comment

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One of the unintended consequences of moving healthcare onto EHRs has been an increase in time spent reviewing a much-increased volume of messages for the clinician. EHRs were supposed to simplify and streamline the in-office and in-hospital workflows, but what has happened instead has been “notification overload.” A recent article published in JAMA showed that, for primary care physicians, managing EHR notifications costs about an extra hour of work per day. In a fee-for-service environment,
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Can AI Reduce The Prior Authorization Burden in Healthcare?

by Robert Rowley MD 07/11/2016 Leave a Comment

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One of the most frustrating elements of the current healthcare environment is the administrative burden of prior authorizations for medications and procedures. It is a frustration for providers, for patients, and for payers. Is there any way to solve this dilemma?For physicians, an estimated 20 hours per week is spent in prior authorization activities, costing an average of $83,000 in excess annual overhead per physician. Is there an actual benefit for this effort? Most physicians say that
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