What You Should Know: - Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the first in the
nation to deploy FDA-cleared AI-guided ultrasound by Caption Health, including
measurement of ejection fraction – the most widely used measurement to assess
cardiac function. - Caption Health's AI-guided cardiac ultrasound enables clinicians – including those without experience – to accurately perform diagnostic-quality exams -- accelerating the availability of information and saving lives. - Caption AI has been
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Mayo Clinic Launches On-Demand Diagnostic Testing Platform for COVID-19
What You Should Know: - Mayo Clinic and Safe Health Systems launch a new health and connected diagnostics platform to lower costs and streamline access to care. - The SAFE platform enables the rapid implementation of custom digital health applications, which combine digital provider services, artificial intelligence-based care automation, and remote point of care diagnostics. Mayo Clinic and
Safe Health Group, Inc. announced the formation of Safe Health Systems, Inc.,
a
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AstraZeneca, Eko Collaborate to Advance Innovation Around Heart Failure
What You Should Know: - Eko today announced a global collaboration with
AstraZeneca to accelerate the development of digital health tools for the
earlier screening of cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure. - Through the collaboration, AstraZeneca and Eko will explore accelerating the development of Eko algorithms, enhancing clinical trials with Eko technology, and potentially building new heart failure detection solutions. Eko, a digital health company
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Caption Health AI Awarded FDA Clearance for Point-of-Care Ejection Fraction Evaluation
What You Should Know: - Caption Health AI is awarded FDA 510(k) clearance for
its innovative point-of-care ejection fraction evaluation. - Latest AI ultrasound tool makes it even easier to
automatically assess ejection fraction, a key indicator of cardiac function, at
the bedside--including on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Caption Health, a Brisbane,
CA-based leader in medical AI technology, today announced it has received FDA
510(k) clearance for an updated version of
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Eko Awarded $2.7M NIH Grant for Heart Murmur & Valvular Heart Disease Detection Algorithms
What You Should Know: - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted next-generation
cardiac AI company Eko an award totaling $2.7 million to support continued
collaborative work with Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute - The grant will focus on validating algorithms and help
more accurately screen for heart murmurs and valvular heart disease during
routine office visits with Northwestern Medicine. - By incorporating data from tens of thousands of
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Cardiology Improving Safety, Technology and Gender Equality
Women currently comprise more than half of all students enrolled in medical school, but gender inequality continues to mar some areas of medicine. In our field of interventional cardiology, men outnumbered women 95 to 5 as recently as 2019, but new technology, shifting attitudes and strategic recruiting have led to an influx of females in interventional cardiology that will alter the evolution of a field historically stunted by traditionalism. Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause
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FDA Grants Eko Emergency Use Authorization for Low Ejection Fraction AI
What You Should Know: - The FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization to Eko for an ECG-based algorithm that screens for low ejection fraction, as part of an assessment of cardiac complications and co-morbidities associated with COVID-19. - This ECG-based deep learning algorithm, developed on a large clinical dataset in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, can help efficiently identify signs of possible heart failure in patients. Eko, a digital health
company building
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How Do We Make Dignity the Animating Principle in Healthcare?
Dignity-focused organizations are not easy to define, but also not hard to recognize. Justice Stewart It’s all about the patient. Well, unless that patient has been to particular hospitals for treatment and is having trouble paying the ensuing bills. Then it’s about the hospital and collections agents and wage garnishments and such. For this approach to providing care, the Lown Institute, a nonpartisan think tank advocating for bold healthcare ideas, honored a group of what they clearly
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FDA Clears Eko’s AFib, Heart Murmur Detection Algorithms for AI-Powered Stethoscope
- StartX company, Eko, announced today that the FDA has cleared Eko’s AFib and heart murmur detection algorithms, making it the first AI-powered stethoscope to screen for serious heart conditions. - Eko’s algorithms alert clinicians to the presence of heart murmurs and atrial fibrillation (AFib) during the physical exam, converting the classic stethoscope into a powerful early detection tool. Eko, a digital health company applying artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against heart disease,
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3 AI Trends for 2020: Moving Beyond Dazzle to High-Impact Collaboration
From the first artificial skin to driverless cars that navigate busy streets with ease, 2019 brought a dazzling array of artificial intelligence (AI) discovery. In 2020, the progress made toward AI-fueled collaboration will be as critical as AI innovation—especially in healthcare.
We’ve reached a point where AI has proven its utility. In radiology, for example, AI is well-oriented to interpret diagnostic imaging studies, with FDA approval given to AI algorithms that diagnose a collapsed lung or
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