What You Should Know:
- Nuance Communications, Inc. announced that Monument
Health added another Nuance solution to their tech stack: Dragon Ambient
eXperience (DAX).
- This new solution will further enable the healthcare
facility’s physicians to focus on caring for patients and not on their
computers.
Nuance
Communications, Inc. announced that Monument
Health has chosen the Nuance®
Dragon Ambient eXperience™ (DAX™) ambient clinical intelligence (ACI)
solution to securely capture,
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Nuance Advances Virtual Assistant Tech for Customers Using Epic EHR
What You Should Know:
- Nuance advances conversational AI with Dragon Medical virtual
assistant for Hey Epic! virtual assistant in Epic Hyperspace.
- Building upon Nuance’s Dragon Medical solution already
used by more than 550,000 physicians, this integration with Hey Epic! enables
clinicians to conversationally navigate the EHR, search for information, place
orders, and seamlessly switch hands-free between voice assistant and dictation.
Nuance®
Communications, Inc., today
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Virtually or In-Person, Automation Improves The Healthcare Experience
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented shift in the way consumers view and access a variety of goods and services—and healthcare is no exception. Recent studies show that many patients, including vulnerable populations like those living with cancer, are delaying recommended care and procedures—and will continue to do so for at least several months amid fears over the safety of in-person visits. In response, reports of providers adapting to offer care virtually are all the more
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Give Your EHR a Makeover—Not a Do-Over
EHRs have long been blamed for fueling clinician frustration and burnout. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Informatics in Health and Biomedicine, 70 percent of clinicians reported experiencing stress related to the use of health information technology. In an effort to address those issues, healthcare organizations have spent countless hours and revenue to rip out inefficient clinical systems and replace them with new technologies—yet clinician satisfaction hasn’t
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Report: State of Health IT Private Equity in the Era of COVID-19
In May, as the U.S. cautiously started to reopen amid intense controversy, HGP polled hundreds of private equity funds across all stages of investment to find out how COVID-19 has impacted deal flow. Eighty respondents provided their perspective on topics ranging from an appetite for new investments to access to debt to the impact on portfolio companies.
Respondent Demographics
Effect of COVID-19 on Valuations
When asked how they expect overall and Health IT valuations to behave in
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Giving ‘Voice’ to Healthcare: The $3.5 Billion Opportunity
Whether it's asking Siri for directions to the nearest coffee shop or commanding Alexa to turn on the lights, using voice assistants has become part of daily routines. More than one-third of the U.S. population relies on these tools to make their lives easier, and they’re being embraced by more than just millennials; use among seniors, children, and teens is also on the rise.
But the home and smartphone aren’t the only domains for voice assistants. Businesses of all types – from
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Tackling COVID-19 with Telemedicine on an FHIR-Enabled Data Activation Platform
With the incidence of new COVID-19 cases expanding by the day, those in healthcare are accelerating their search for any available tools or medications that could stem the outbreak.
Modern medical organizations have used technology to track and treat viruses in the outbreaks that have occurred over the last few decades. The current COVID-19 crisis makes innovative virtual care solutions an indispensable tool as the virus spreads across communities.
The Rise of Virtual Care During the
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Chilmark Research: The Promise of AI & ML in Healthcare Report
What You Need to Know:
- New Chilmark Research report reveals artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technologies are capturing the imagination of investors and healthcare organizations—and are poised to expand healthcare frontiers.
- The latest report evaluates over 120 commercial AI/ML solutions in healthcare, explores future opportunities, and assesses obstacles to adoption at scale.
Interest and investment in healthcare AI/ML tools
is booming with approximately
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Suki Raises $20M to Expand AI-powered, Voice-Enabled Digital Assistant for Doctors
What You Need to Know:
- Today, Suki announced a Series B funding round of $20 million, led by new investor Flare Capital Partners and including top investors like First Round and Venrock.
- In just two years, Suki has established its product as a leading solution to address the urgent crisis of physician burnout and is already trusted by independent and group practices as well as leading systems like Sutter Health and Ascension.
- Suki will use the funding to expand its user base
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HHS Issues Strategies & Recommendations to Mitigate EHR-Related Clinician Burden
- HHS issues new report outlining the key sources of EHR-related burden, as well as strategies and recommendations to achieve burden reduction goals for healthcare providers.
- The HHS report reflects additional input from the more than 200 comments submitted in response to the draft strategy and recommendations.
As part of the
ongoing efforts to strengthen the relationship between patients and their
doctors, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) issued
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