Key highlights- GE Healthcare is introducing Edison Datalogue, a new enterprise data management solution designed to connect disparate data sources and types into a single, secure and scalable data pool for clinicians to collect, share and store patient data across the care delivery network. - Edison Datalogue is being deployed by hospital systems including the National Consortium of Intelligent Medical Imaging (NCIMI) and it is the only tool that combines a neutral archive (VNA), analytics and
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AppliedVR, NCI Partner to Evaluate VR As Therapy for Cancer-Related Anxiety
- AppliedVR announced a collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to evaluate virtual reality (VR) as a solution to help address the underlying cancer-related anxiety. - The proof-of-concept study will evaluate AppliedVR’s virtual reality system on neuro-oncology patients’ “scanxiety,” a term used to describe the anxiety patients with cancer experience before or after medical diagnostics scans.AppliedVR, a Los Angeles, CA-based
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Geisinger Launches Solution for Women to Request, Store, and Share Breast Health Records
- Geisinger has selected Life Image’s Mammosphere solution to enhance its breast health care offering for women. - Mammosphere is a digital tool that allows women to request, store, and share their breast health records, including prior mammograms, which are essential for accurate and efficient cancer detection.- By putting women in control of their own prior images and records, Mammosphere is overcoming some of the biggest hurdles in breast health management — helping Geisinger to streamline
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BioSymetrics Launches New AI Capability to Improve Patient Outcomes
- First biomedical machine learning framework BioSymetrics introduces a new component that enables users to reduce bias, increase speed to market and improve patient outcomes.
- Augusta Architect enables data scientists in hospitals, healthcare systems, and pharmaceutical companies to perform fast, effective data pre-processing and ML.
- New component has a simple syntax that allows users to quickly process and integrate multiple, diverse datatypes and run or compare multiple ML
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Cleveland Clinic Names Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2020
- Cleveland Clinic panel of top doctors and researchers presents the 10 medical innovations with the power to transform healthcare in the next year.
Today at the 2019 Medical Innovation Summit, Cleveland Clinic today announced the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2020. The 17th annual Medical Innovation Summit is organized by Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the development, and commercialization arm of Cleveland Clinic. Led by Michael Roizen, M.D., Emeritus Chief Wellness Officer at Cleveland
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Philips, Dept. of Defense Partner to Develop AI-Algorithm to Detect Infection 48 Hours Before Observable Symptoms
- Philips and the U.S. Department of Defense are teaming up to develop an AI-algorithm to identify infection more than 48 hours before observable symptoms.
- Using large data sets & machine learning across biomarkers, innovative tech can speed time to detection, intervention & treatment, while improving outcomes & reducing the spread of disease.
- Future research is currently being planned to leverage this information as an algorithm to be integrated into a wearable device,
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McKesson, Aetion Partner on Real-World Evidence (RWE) in Cancer Research
- Aetion and McKesson announced a strategic collaboration focused on advancing the use of real-world evidence (RWE) in cancer research. - Relationship pairs Aetion Evidence Platform and McKesson’s robust oncology data sets to accelerate regulatory-grade oncology studiesAetion and McKesson, today announced a strategic collaboration focused on advancing the use of real-world evidence (RWE) in cancer research to benefit patients, regulators, the biopharma industry, and payers. The partnership will
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UCSF Launches Center for Intelligent Imaging to Accelerate AI Adoption in Radiology
- UC San Francisco launches Center for Intelligent Imaging named ci2 to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology to improve patient diagnoses and care.
- ci2 researchers will work with NVIDIA Corp. to build infrastructure and tools focused on enabling the translation of AI in clinical practice.
- The center will serve as a hub for the multidisciplinary development of AI in imaging to meet unmet clinical needs and provide a platform to measure the impact and
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Using Patient Relationship Management Tools to Improve Preventive & Chronic Care
Every year, another 1.5 million people learn they have diabetes. The number of people in the U.S. managing chronic diseases has been growing steadily for several years. In addition, there is more and more pressure on providers to help patients manage these conditions to improve outcomes and avoid complications or readmissions.
The challenge providers face is that visits are short, often just 15 minutes, and patients struggle to retain the information given to them during the appointment.
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Amazon Textract Is Now HIPAA Eligible, Extracts Text/Data From Scanned Docs
- AWS announced that Amazon Textract, a Machine Learning (ML) service that automatically extracts text and data from scanned documents, is now HIPAA-eligible.- Amazon Textract will make it easy for customers to accurately and securely process millions of documents in a matter of hours, saving time and lowering processing costs.- Cerner, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and The American Heart Association are already exploring new ways use the power of ML to automate their current workloads
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