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- NVIDIA launched the UK’s fastest supercomputer -- Cambridge-1, the world’s first collaborative, industry-wide system dedicated to accelerating healthcare and digital biology research using powerful combination of AI and simulation.
- At the virtual inauguration, NVIDIA CEO and founder Jensen Huang discussed what NVIDIA’s $100 million investment will mean for the UK. He said the system will enable research breakthroughs at a scale and speed previously impossible with
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6 Key Ethical Principles for The Use of AI for Health – WHO
- The World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first ever global report on: Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health.
- While new technologies that use artificial intelligence hold great promise to improve diagnosis, treatment, health research and drug development and to support governments carrying out public health functions, including surveillance and outbreak response, such technologies, according to the report, must put ethics and human rights at the
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EchoNous Closes $60M for AI-Assisted Handheld Ultrasound Device
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- EchoNous, a Redmond, WA-based portable AI-guided ultrasound tools and platform, announced it has raised $60 million in funding from Kennedy Lewis Investment Management (“Kennedy Lewis”).
- The investment from Kennedy Lewis combines senior secured debt and equity and builds on the support of KKR, which has been EchoNous’ principal investor since 2015. Kennedy Lewis' funding will help further the development of and grow adoption for the Kosmos platform, which is
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XSOLIS Raises $75M for AI-Driven Precision Utilization Management Platform
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- XSOLIS, a healthcare technology firm focused on improving healthcare operations announced it has raised $75M in minority growth investment from Brighton Park Capital ("Brighton Park"), a research-driven investment firm.
- XSOLIS is an artificial intelligence-based software platform that helps national health systems and payers streamline the utilization management process.
- XSOLIS' suite of data-driven solutions leverages insights from proprietary machine
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Hospitals Can Teach Life Science Companies a Thing or Two About Patient Engagement
The efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine focused the world’s attention on the pharmaceutical industry. Before the pandemic hit, very few people outside of the healthcare industry understood what it takes to develop a new drug. Nor did they consider the complexities of administering the various medications that require a regimen that goes beyond “take one pill each morning.”
The biopharmaceutical industry is massive, accounting for more than $1.3 trillion in economic output, representing four
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Providence-backed Tegria Acquires Digital Health AI Platform KenSci
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- Providence-backed Tegria today announced the acquisition of KenSci, a leader in artificial intelligence platforms and apps for healthcare, with roots in Microsoft's Azure4Research program and the University of Washington. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Founded in 2015, KenSci's digital health AI platform helps organizations bring the power their data and improve health outcomes with advanced analytics. KenSci's customers,
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AI + Human Intelligence — A More Effective Solution for the Healthcare Payment Lifecycle
Much has been written about the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the healthcare payment lifecycle, but has it been oversimplified? The straightforward answer is yes.
Many articles have characterized AI as the end-means antidote that will solve all revenue cycle management (RCM) issues and easily streamline the reimbursement process from beginning to end. In fact, many of the products in today’s marketplace promise a complete solution based almost entirely on AI. But, looking at this
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Cognoa Awarded FDA Authorization For AI-Based Autism Diagnosis Aid
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- Cognoa, a pediatric behavioral health company developing diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for children living with behavioral health conditions, has been granted FDA authorization to market the company’s first-of-its-kind, AI-based autism diagnosis aid – Canvas Dx.
- Canvas Dx is the first diagnosis aid designed to help physicians to diagnose autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in
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UPMC Spins Out Realyze Intelligence for AI-Based Clinical Intelligence Platform
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- UPMC has launched Realyze Intelligence, a company that uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to identify precise patient populations with chronic diseases and cancer to ensure they receive the most beneficial treatments.
- Founded by Gilan El Saadawi, M.D., Ph.D and Aaron Brauser founded in conjunction with UPMC Enterprises, the innovation and commercialization arm of UPMC.
- The U.S. healthcare industry spends
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Olive, ASUS Partner to Bring AI-Assisted Medical Coding to 775+ Hospitals
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- Olive and ASUS announced their partnership to bring AI-assisted medical coding to over 775 U.S. hospitals. Olive will bring ASUS Miraico, the AI medical coding assistant, to healthcare providers via the Olive Helps platform.
- The addition of Miraico to the Olive Helps system will allow the AI to analyze clinical terms in medical records
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