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Gates Foundation Awards Caption Health $4.95M Grant to Develop AI-Guided Lung Ultrasound System

by Fred Pennic 11/12/2020 Leave a Comment

Caption Health AI Awarded FDA Clearance for Point-of-Care Ejection Fraction Evaluation

What You Should Know: - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awards Caption Health a $4.5M grant to support the development of an AI-guided lung ultrasound system. - The grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be leveraged to create new AI technology that allows medical professionals without prior ultrasound experience to perform lung ultrasounds, expanding access to quality medical care. Caption Health, a leading medical artificial intelligence (AI) company, today
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Mobile Point-of-Care Ultrasound Is Now A Frontline Warrior in Pandemic

by Diku Mandavia, M.D., SVP, Chief Medical Officer at FUJIFILM Sonosite 11/11/2020 Leave a Comment

Point-of-Care Ultrasounds is Now a Frontline Warrior in Battling The Pandemic

Diku Mandavia, M.D., SVP, Chief Medical Officer at FUJIFILM Sonosite Health authorities need to prioritize delivery and the repurposing of mobile point-of-care ultrasound machines which have proven to be reliable, affordable, and effective in saving the lives of coronavirus patients.   Most Americans are familiar with ultrasound technology from the scans done to check on the status of the fetus during pregnancy.   But far fewer are aware of how valuable mobile versions of these
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Is Glucometrics The Missing Data in the Fight Against COVID-19?

by Jordan Messler, MD, SFHM, FACP, Executive Director, Clinical Practice, Glytec 09/29/2020 Leave a Comment

Is Glucometrics The Missing Data in the Fight Against COVID-19?

Jordan Messler, MD, SFHM, FACP, Executive Director, Clinical Practice, Glytec Glucometrics – the system-wide analysis of inpatient glucose data – should be of fundamental interest for hospital administrators striving to improve the outcomes of their patients. Why is this data so important? Proper glycemic control has been linked to improved outcomes and decreased length of stay time and time again across a myriad of conditions – whether it’s someone recuperating from a heart attack,
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Change Healthcare Launches New AI Model to Extract Diagnostic Data from EHRs for Case Management

by Fred Pennic 09/11/2020 Leave a Comment

Change Healthcare Launches New AI Model to Extract Diagnostic Data from EHRs for Case Management

What You Should Know: - Change Healthcare launches a new artificial intelligence model that automatically extracts diagnostic data from clinical notes to increase the efficiency of automated medical necessity reviews by over 20%. - The new Change Healthcare AI models are trained using clinical data and are honed by expert physicians. Change Healthcare unveils new innovative new Artificial Intelligence models, trained by expert physicians, which extract meaningful diagnostic
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ENvizion Raises $18M for “Waze”-Like Tool for Human Digestive Tract

by Fred Pennic 09/03/2020 Leave a Comment

ENvizion Raises $18M for “Waze”-Like Tool for Human Digestive Tract

What You Should Know: - ENvizion, the FDA 510(k) cleared leader for enteral feeding tube (EFT) navigation technology, has raised $18M for the ENvue system, its “Waze”-like tool for the human digestive tract. - ENvizion’s device enables nurses to navigate the feeding tube with the help of a real-time 3D map of the patient’s actual body, and its sensor warns if the tube has veered towards the lungs. - The company is also partnering with one of the largest private
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Super-Spreading of COVID-19 Co-Infections Reveals a Deadly Diagnostics Gap

by Oliver Schacht, PhD, CEO of OpGen 08/03/2020 Leave a Comment

Super-Spreading of COVID-19 Co-Infections Reveals a Deadly Diagnostics Gap

Oliver Schacht, PhD, CEO of OpGen Secondary bacterial or fungal co-infections in COVID-19 patients have received inadequate attention from the public. For most, co-infections pose little to no risk according to reports that an estimated 8% of patients are found to experience this during hospital admission – a relatively low number compared to the global impact of the virus. However, once a patient enters a hospital for care or becomes ventilated while in the ICU, the risk for
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How Social Determinants of Health Will Impact the Future of Benefit Coverages

by Kevin Riley, SVP and General Manager, Vlocity Health 06/18/2020 Leave a Comment

How Social Determinants of Health Will Impact the Future of Benefit Coverages

Kevin Riley, SVP and General Manager, Vlocity Health Do you have access to healthy foods, transportation to a doctor, high-speed internet for telemed appointments, or a roof over your head? These are assumptions that most of us take for granted, and are not the questions that insurers usually take into consideration. But, as they look to increase member outcomes and foster long-term customer loyalty, considering the changing needs of many consumers in the face of today’s current affairs, it’s
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Coding in Age of COVID-19: Deciphering Coding Nuances, Best Practices

by Jennifer Bishop CCS, CCS-P, CIRCC Vice President, Product Content Vitalware 05/01/2020 Leave a Comment

Coding in Age of COVID-19: Deciphering Coding Nuances, Best Practices

Without much warning, the novel Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has taken over our healthcare system. It has taxed our healthcare workers, our national stockpiles of PPE, and affected millions of Americans nationwide. In addition to healthcare workers on the front lines, the pandemic has also impacted the healthcare revenue cycle, causing major confusion, questions, and inconsistencies as coding specialists learn the latest COVID-19 codes and guidelines at warp speed. With cases rising by the tens of
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How AR and MR Technology Can Reduce Medical Vulnerability to Improve the Patient Experience

by Paul Jensen, President, Novarad 04/28/2020 Leave a Comment

How AR/MR Technology Can Reduce Medical Vulnerability for a Better Patient Experience

Paul Jensen, President, Novarad Hospitals and health systems work hard every day to deliver patient-centered care. In fact, “the patient experience” is something now being measured, monitored and discussed throughout the healthcare continuum. Yet for most patients, moments of anxiety and medical vulnerability still abound, and the conversation rarely addresses this important fact. Patients awaiting an X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan, for instance,
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EarlySign, Israeli HMO Launch AI Algorithm to Detect High-Risk COVID-19 Cases

by Fred Pennic 04/22/2020 Leave a Comment

EarlySign Unveils Commercial Availability of AI Diabetes Risk Predictors Algorithm

What You Should Know: Medial EarlySign announced the first clinical implementation of its AI-based solution to identify patients at highest risk of COVID-19 complications, with leading Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare Services. The new algorithm uses a wide range of routine medical information to objectively flag high-risk patients who should be fast-tracked for COVID-19 testing, facilitating earlier treatment to reduce severe cases, optimize treatment decisions and
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