- CVS Health launches Transform Oncology Care, which includes a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind precision medicine approach to oncology management for payors in collaboration with Tempus.- Transform Oncology Care includes an innovative precision medicine strategy that increases access to broad-panel gene sequencing tests for patients diagnosed with certain advanced-stage cancers. - The program also uses CVS’ local footprint and unique assets to improve patient outcomes and lower costs every
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Philips, Paige Partner to Deliver Clinical Grade AI Apps to Pathology Laboratories
- Philips and Paige form a strategic partnership to deliver AI-based cancer assessment tools are poised to help pathologists improve speed and accuracy of cancer diagnostics, ultimately leading to better patient care. - Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution in combination with Paige Prostate aims to provide an intuitive digital & computational pathology workflow experience. Philips plans to offer the CE-marked Paige Prostate to European pathology labs in 2020.Philips today announced a
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Elevating The Hospital Room Waiting Experience: 6 Factors to Consider
We spend so much time in our healthcare facilities’ public waiting areas, so it should come as no surprise that one survey found that 63 percent of patients cite the most stressful thing about going to their doctor is waiting to be seen. Additionally, research has shown that 85 percent of people believe that wait time is either somewhat or very important to their overall patient experience. Doctor and hospital visits comprise some of the most anxiety-ridden events in our lives.
Who wouldn’t want
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Inspira Health, Philips Forms $50M, 5-Year Partnership to Standardize Patient Monitoring
- Philips and Inspira Health announce USD 50 million, long-term strategic partnership to transform patient care for residents of southern New Jersey, U.S.- The partnership agreement will make Philips solutions available to more than a dozen Inspira health facilities including training and services to maximize operational efficiency.Inspira Health (Inspira), a charitable nonprofit healthcare organization and a regional leader in physician training has formed a $50M, five-year strategic
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IBM Watson Health Unveils Imaging AI Marketplace of FDA-Cleared Solutions
- IBM Watson Health unveils two new products at RNSA 2019, Clinical Review 3.0 and The Imaging AI Marketplace. - Clinical Review 3.0, a tool recently launched in the UK that analyzes medical imaging studies and their associated reports to identify potentially missed findings, facilitating higher quality and more comprehensive care for the patient.- The Imaging AI Marketplace is a single-source solution designed to help simplify the complex process of locating, purchasing, deploying and managing
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5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Digital Pathology
- As the digital pathology market grows, facilities that rely on digital pathology will start using artificial intelligence (AI) to assist. AI could help health professionals cope with the gigantic quantities of data - Discover why healthcare facilities increasingly realize that AI could help achieve significant impacts with digital pathology.Thanks to approvals from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for applications such as primary disease diagnosis, digital pathology is rapidly becoming
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HHS Launches $1.5M Second Phase of KidneyX Prize Competition to Redesign Dialysis
- KidneyX launches the $1.5 million second phase of the Redesign Dialysis prize competition.- Redesign Dialysis Phase 2 seeks prototype solutions or components of solutions, that can replicate normal kidney functions or improve dialysis access.- The competition calls on researchers, innovators, patients, and investors with expertise in nephrology, biotechnology, bioengineering, and medical devices to submit solutions.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Society
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Artificial Intelligence’s Need for Health Data – Finding An Ethical Balance
With doctors’ time in short supply, one area in which AI-driven tools could help transform healthcare is by increasing diagnostic accuracy. AI-driven diagnostic tools, especially in areas like cardiology, have the potential to save the healthcare system money and most importantly save lives. They are developed using incomprehensibly large datasets and can, therefore, discover patterns that are invisible to the human eye.
For example, echo-based tools combined with deep clinical insight,
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Baystate Health’s Innovation Arm, Life Image Partner on AI Initiative for Cancer Research & Treatment
- Baystate Health selects Life Image to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to advance cancer research and increase treatment access. - Life Image will work with Baystate’s innovation arm, TechSpring, to develop and evaluate AI solutions to improve treatment decisions and clinical trial matching for cancer patients.Baystate Health, a Boston-based integrated health system serving more than 800,000 patients in western New England, today announced a strategic partnership with Life Image, the
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Japanese Startup AI Medical Secures FDA Approval for Real-Time Endoscopic AI Platform
Key Highlights- AI Medical Service, a Toyoko, Japan-based endoscopic artificial intelligence provider announces it has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation by the FDA. - FDA Breakthrough Device Designation expedites the traditional development, assessment, and review process, and enables medical professionals to get access to new developments quickly.- Designation will also enable the company to launch its project in the U.S. and expand to other markets across the world.AI Medical
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