What You Should Know: - Hackensack Meridian Health and Google today announced the two organizations are expanding their relationship to improve patient care. Hackensack Meridian Health recently migrated to Google Workspace and will be one of the first health systems in the world to use Chrome OS devices across clinical and business environments. - In addition, Hackensack Meridian is partnering with Google Cloud to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in key
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Augmedix Partners with Google Cloud to Rehumanize the Patient-Clinician Interaction
What You Should Know: - Augmedix, Inc., a provider of virtual medical documentation and live clinical support, today announced that it has partnered with Google Cloud to optimize and integrate automated speech recognition (“ASR”) technology for use in real-world clinical settings. ASR technology is a critical component in the Augmedix technology stack, and Augmedix is now integrating Google Cloud Speech-to-Text into its Notebuilder technology platform, which provides natural language
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Google Shuts Down Health Division After VP Joins Cerner
What You Should Know: - Google is eliminating its health division after VP, David Feinberg, MD, joins Cerner as its newest President and CEO, according to an internal memo, Insider first reports. In an internal memo sent by Jeff Dean, head of Google’s research division to employees stated Google Health will no longer function as a unit. Formed in 2018, Google Heath which included artificial-intelligence research teams Google Brain and DeepMind, as well as health teams from Nest Labs, the
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Cerner Appoints Dr. David Feinberg as New President & CEO
What You Should Know: Today, Cerner announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. David Feinberg as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Oct. 1. Dr. Feinberg succeeds Brent Shafer, who previously announced his decision to transition from chairman and CEO. - Dr. Feinberg will serve as a member of the Board of Directors. Cerner’s current President, Donald Trigg, will leave Cerner. Cerner’s Board of Directors also announced that it will separate the roles of
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HIMSS21 Day 1 Roundup: Google Cloud, Salesforce, Zoom, Philips, GE Healthcare, GoodRx
Google Cloud Unveils New Research examining COVID-19’s Acceleration of Innovation in Healthcare Google Cloud revealed new research unveiling the impact of COVID-19 on reshaping technology’s role in healthcare. This research is the second phase of research that Google Cloud published in July, showcasing how critical data interoperability is in improving patient outcomes. The research reveals healthcare organizations accelerated technological upgrades over the course of the pandemic. After
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Google Cloud Research Reveals COVID-19 Accelerates Innovation, Tech Adoption Still Lags
What You Should Know: - Google Cloud revealed new research unveiling the impact of COVID-19 on reshaping technology’s role in healthcare. This research is the second phase of research that Google Cloud published in July, showcasing how critical data interoperability is in improving patient outcomes. The research reveals healthcare organizations accelerated technological upgrades over the course of the pandemic. - After a year shaped primarily by the COVID-19 pandemic, use of telehealth
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HCA Healthcare Taps Google Cloud to Create New Health Data Analytics Platform
What You Should Know: - HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, is partnering with Google Cloud to help create a secure health data analytics platform. - The partnership will leverage HCA Healthcare’s 32 million annual encounters to identify opportunities to improve clinical care. Note that privacy and security are guiding principles of the partnership, and Google Cloud will not have
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UPMC Health Plan Launches Virtual Concierge for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant Devices
UPMC Voice Assistant Alexa 3 - Fine_Cut_0322 - UPMC Health Plan What You Should Know: - UPMC Health Plan announced today the launch of a Virtual Concierge that will assist commercial plan members with some of their most frequently asked questions related to their benefits and coverage and how to access care and services. - The Virtual Concierge is available 24/7 to provide audible responses and can even send helpful links via messages. - The Virtual Concierge tools directly
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Google Cloud Expands Intelligent Vaccine Impact Solution to Support Vaccine Equity
What You Should Know: - Google Cloud today launched an expanded virtual agent as part of its Intelligent Vaccine Impact solution (IVIs). People will be able to schedule vaccine appointments and ask common questions through a virtual agent, Contact Center AI. - Contact Center AI (CCAI), one core component of the Intelligent Vaccine Impact solution, scales call center human operations with intelligent virtual agents that understand, interact and can talk with people 24/7 in real-time,
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Next-Generation Cloud Storage: Enabling Collaboration & Analytics for Pharma Research
Pharmaceutical companies today are distributed, global organizations, with research centers, manufacturing facilities, and regulatory management hubs spread all over the globe. To develop new treatments and bring them to market, all of these different functions need to collaborate more closely than ever. Using traditional, on-premises storage technologies, however, makes it difficult to share data quickly and securely, especially given that the research and manufacturing process can generate
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