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- Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), a platform for smarter and more resilient supply chains, today unveiled a suite of new data and AI-powered innovations at its annual GHX Summit. These new capabilities are designed to help healthcare organizations transition from reactive operations to proactive resilience amidst growing fragility in the global healthcare supply chain.
- GHX data reveals a concerning 31% increase in order delays compared to pre-COVID levels,
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Cohere Health Secures $90M to Expand AI-Powered Platform Transforming Health Plan Clinical Decision-Making
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- Cohere Health®, a leader in clinical intelligence solutions tailored for health plans and risk-bearing providers raises $90M in a Series C funding round led by Temasek, with continued strong support from existing investors including Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners. This latest round brings Cohere Health's total funding to an impressive $200M.
- The infusion of new capital is earmarked to
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Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent Launches in Canada to Reduce Physician Admin Burden
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Oracle announced that its AI-powered clinical assistant, the Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent, is now available to health systems across Canada. The multimodal voice and screen-driven assistant is designed to significantly reduce the time physicians spend on administrative tasks, allowing them to dedicate more focus to direct patient care.
This expansion into the Canadian market follows successful implementations in the United States, where organizations using
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OhMD Launches Nia: A Human-in-the-Loop AI Voice Assistant
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- OhMD, a leading patient communication platform for physician practices, today announced the launch of Nia, a groundbreaking AI voice assistant. The new offering is powered by Twilio's innovative ConversationRelay service and is designed to streamline patient interactions for medical practice teams.
- The announcement was made from the floor of Twilio's SIGNAL event, the premier industry gathering for developers, innovators, and technology leaders.
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Sanford Health to Deploy Cedar’s AI-Powered Payment Tools to Enhance Patient Financial Experience
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- Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States and Cedar, the leading patient financial experience platform for healthcare providers announced a significant partnership.
- The collaboration will see Sanford Health, which serves over 2.4 million patients, leverage Cedar's innovative technology to deliver a simpler, more transparent payment experience across its extensive network. The strategic initiative underscores a growing recognition
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Veradigm Launches AI-Driven GLP-1 Dataset from EHR Data
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- Veradigm, a provider of healthcare data and technology solutions, today announced a significant advancement in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to scale the generation of real-world evidence (RWE) for the increasingly prevalent GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), including widely used medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide.
By deploying AI algorithms on deidentified electronic health record (EHR) data within the extensive Veradigm
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Mentaily Secures $3M for AI-Powered Mental Health Assessment Tool, LIV
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- Mentaily, a company developing AI-powered tools for mental health assessment, triage, and the diagnosis of mental disorders secures $3M seed funding round led by a US-based family office and Israeli family offices, with significant participation from impact funds The Rashi Foundation and Sheatufim, alongside prominent digital health angel investors.
- Founded in 2024, Mentaily is focused on addressing complex mental health needs, particularly those emerging in
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Ethical Implementation of AI in Mental Healthcare: A Practical Guide
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in mental healthcare presents transformative opportunities to enhance patient care while raising important ethical considerations.
As mental health providers increasingly adopt AI tools to improve their practice efficiency and patient outcomes, understanding how to implement these technologies ethically becomes crucial. The road to implementing AI can feel daunting and the options overwhelming, which is why it’s
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AI Study Challenges Fears of Racial Bias in Prostate Cancer Care
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- Artera, a company developing multimodal artificial intelligence (MMAI)-based prognostic and predictive cancer tests, today announced the publication of a significant validation study in the JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics.
- The study rigorously assessed Artera's MMAI model and confirmed its ability to perform similarly across different racial subgroups using data from diverse prostate cancer clinical trials.
Addressing the Challenge of AI Racial Bias
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AI Shows Promise in Detecting Overlooked Breast Cancers Between Screenings, UCLA Study Reveals
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- Artificial intelligence (AI) could play a crucial role in identifying breast cancers that develop between routine screening mammograms, potentially detecting them before they become more advanced and challenging to treat, according to a new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- The research suggests that integrating AI into breast cancer screening practices could lead to earlier treatment and improved
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