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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Catholic Medical Partners Taps Innovaccer to Deliver Value-Based Care to IPA
- Innovaccer has recently partnered with Catholic Medical Partners (CMP), the largest Independent Physician Association (IPA) in Buffalo, New York to empower the IPA to deliver value-based care and help healthcare care as one.
- CMP is the largest network of physicians in the entire region, comprised of nearly 1,000 primary and specialty care providers in Erie and Niagara counties.
- With Innovaccer as their latest partner, CMP will have new access to unique, longitudinal patient 360
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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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Dedalus to Acquire Agfa’s HCIS Business: Impact on European EMR Market
Yesterday Agfa announced it had entered exclusive negotiations with Dedalus Holding to sell part of its Healthcare IT business, specifically the business tied to its EMR and Integrated Care offerings. The facts are:- In May 2019 Agfa stated it would explore selling its Hospital IT and Integrated Care (HCIS) solutions business.- This process was brought a step forward towards the conclusion yesterday with the announcement that the deal (valued at €945M) would be completed during Q2 2020, and
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National Health IT Week: Embracing Non-Clinical Data Insights for Improved Patient Care
There’s a crispness in the air that marks fall’s arrival. But autumn’s appearance isn’t the only thing on calendars across the U.S. this week: September 23-27 marks National Health IT Week. The 2019 theme focuses on supporting healthy communities, and what better way to support communities than to learn more about the people in them?
Decision-makers who analyze healthcare data have a habit of focusing on numbers, pouring over pages of claims and diagnostic codes. Yet disease diagnoses are often
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HMS Acquires Population Health Analytics Company VitreosHealth for $36M in Cash
- HMS Holdings Corp acquires VitreosHealth, the first Insights-as-a-Service delivery model for advanced population health analytics for $36M in cash. - HMS is currently using VitreosHealth’s technology as the predictive analytics engine for HMS’ Elli, a risk intelligence solution that is part of the company’s integrated Population Health Management (PHM) portfolio.HMS believes the integration of VitreosHealth will enhance our predictive modeling and analytics capabilities within its PHM
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4 Areas Where Big Data is Transforming Healthcare Right Now
Leveraging technology in the right ways can make or break the future of healthcare. One of the ways that healthcare will become more efficient, more affordable, and save more lives is through the use of big data.
What is Big Data?
Big data refers to a large amount of information being digitized, consolidated, standardized, analyzed and modeled. In healthcare, big data uses specific statistics from a population or an individual to research new advancements, reduce costs, and even cure or prevent
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Top 5 Factors Impacting the US Population Health Management Market
The North American Population Health Management (PHM) reached the $4 billion milestone for the first time in 2018, despite growth slowing for the second consecutive year. With the US provider market consolidating and vertical integration increasing, vendors are having to adapt their offerings to keep up with changing needs. Here is our take on the five trends that will impact market growth over the coming years:
1 – A Market Still Maturing
As the market has evolved, providers are taking
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Can AI Transform Patient Care from Reactive Craft to Strategic Art?
Personalized Analytics is becoming essential in healthcare, stemming from the movement from fee-for-service to a value-based market. The need to preempt and prevent disease on a more personal level, rather than merely reacting to symptoms, has created a significant opportunity for machine learning-based applications. This “analytics of one” approach (using advanced mathematical models and artificial intelligence techniques) is already impacting several key areas:
1. Medical imaging is utilizing
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Analysis: Philips’ Evolution to a Pure-play Healthcare Technology Vendor
The last two-to-three years we have seen Philips complete its transformation into a pure-play healthcare technology vendor. It has reduced its interest in its remaining non-healthcare business Philips Lighting/Signify (now owning only a 16.5% share), made 16 healthcare technology acquisitions since the start of 2017 and organized its internal business units into three core healthcare technology segments, Personal Health, Diagnosis & Treatment and Connected Care. A few weeks ago, several of
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