What You Should Know: - Abridge, a leader in generative AI for healthcare documentation forms a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to leverage NVIDIA's cutting-edge technology and expertise to significantly improve clinician workflows and patient care through AI-powered solutions. - Abridge also secured an investment from NVentures, NVIDIA's venture capital arm, further solidifying their commitment to revolutionizing healthcare documentation Unearthing a Sea of Lost
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Nurse Shortage, Burnout Top Concerns for Healthcare Workers: AI Seen as Potential Solution
What You Should Know: - A new survey by Carta Healthcare®, a company focused on harnessing the power of clinical data, sheds light on the pressing challenges faced by healthcare professionals in the United States. - In honor of Certified Nurses Day, the survey conducted Propeller Insights in January/February 2024 among 500 healthcare workers, reveals that staff shortages and burnout are taking a significant toll on the industry. Staffing Shortages: The Root Cause of Burnout While
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Leveraging the AI Opportunity for Healthcare Unstructured Data
Unstructured data – such as medical images, scans and lab reports – opens the door to a wide range of exciting new possibilities in the world of healthcare. By deriving insights from unstructured data, healthcare organizations can deliver better patient care, as well as unlock powerful capabilities – like using AI models to streamline medical note-taking, reshape hospital billing and improve medical coding. To do these things, however, you need to be able to track and access all your
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Ultrahuman Scores $35M to Expand Smart Ring for AI-Powered Health Tracking
What You Should Know: - Ultrahuman, a pioneer in wearable health technology raises $35M in Series B funding led by prominent like Blume Ventures and Steadview Capital. - Ultrahuman is set to achieve a significant milestone by the end of 2024 – surpassing $100M in annualized revenue run rate (ARR) while remaining profitable. Building a Multi-Device Health Ecosystem Ultrahuman: A Multi-Device Ecosystem for Holistic Health Ultrahuman stands out as a leader in the health-tech
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Google Health Unveils Generative AI Progress at Check Up 2024
What You Should Know: - Google Health recently hosted its annual event, The Check Up, showcasing significant progress in applying generative AI to revolutionize healthcare. - These advancements aim to improve personalized care, radiology workflows, information accessibility, and ultimately, empower individuals to take charge of their health. Advancements in Generative AI for Personalized Care, Radiology, and Information Access Here's a breakdown of six key takeaways from Google
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GE HealthCare Integrates with NVIDIA-Powered AI Foundation Models to Advance Ultrasound Diagnostics
What You Should Know: - GE HealthCare, in collaboration with NVIDIA, has taken a significant leap forward in the field of medical imaging with the development of SonoSAMTrack. This innovative research model leverages the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline and enhance ultrasound diagnostics. - The collaboration between GE HealthCare and NVIDIA paves the way for a future of faster, more accurate ultrasound diagnostics. Transforming Traditional Methods: Foundation AI for
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Mass General Brigham Researchers Develop AI Foundation Models to Advance Pathology
What You Should Know: - Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed two powerful AI models, UNI and CONCH, that represent a significant leap forward in computational pathology (CPath). - Published today in Nature Medicine, the two new foundation models, trained on massive datasets, hold immense potential for improving diagnoses, predicting patient outcomes, and even identifying rare diseases. What are Foundation Models? Foundation models are advanced AI systems trained on vast
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Smartaly and Ambiq to Develop AI-Powered, Week-Long ECG Monitor
What You Should Know: - Ambiq, a leader in low-power semiconductors, and Smartaly, an electronics design firm, have partnered to create an artificial intelligence (AI) powered handheld ECG monitor. - The AI-powered ECG monitor device boasts not only exceptional battery life but also the power of AI for real-time health insights. Week-long Monitoring on a Single Charge Smartaly's ECG monitor leverages Ambiq's Apollo3 SoC, a third-generation system on a chip (SoC) specifically designed
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NVIDIA Healthcare Launches Generative AI Microservices for Drug Discovery
What You Should Know: NVIDIA today launched more than two dozen new microservices that allow healthcare enterprises worldwide to take advantage of the latest advances in generative AI from anywhere and on any cloud.The new suite of NVIDIA healthcare microservices includes optimized NVIDIA NIM AI models and workflows with industry-standard APIs, or application programming interfaces, to serve as building blocks for creating and deploying cloud-native applications. They offer advanced
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Hippocratic AI Secures $53M to Develop Safety-Focused GenAI for Healthcare
What You Should Know: - Hippocratic AI, a company developing a safety-focused Large Language Model (LLM) for healthcare raises $53M in Series A funding, bringing their total funding to $120M. The round was co-led by Premji Invest and General Catalyst with participation from SV Angel and Memorial Hermann Health System as well as existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health, Cincinnati Children’s, WellSpan Health, and Universal Health Services (UHS). - The company also launched
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