- AI-driven digital health startup Eko raises $20M led by ARTIS Ventures with participation from 3M and Mayo Clinic.
- Funding will be used to accelerate research and development (R&D) and commercialization of Eko’s machine learning platform for cardiac screening/analysis.
- Eko’s cardiac monitor combines digital stethoscope and ECG technology both for in-clinic and at-home monitoring, which enables patients to seamlessly and consistently send cardiac data to their
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Stanford, Sutter Health to Explore Joint Cancer Care Services in East Bay
Stanford Health Care and Sutter Health have signed a letter of intent to explore opportunities to jointly provide cancer care for patients and their families in the East Bay region of the San Francisco/Oakland metropolitan area. The intent of the collaboration is to increase access to high-quality cancer care for patients as close to home as possible by building on the strength of Stanford’s leadership in cancer care and clinical research, the Stanford Medicine network and Sutter’s integrated
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Women’s Health Network to Launch AI- Enabled Digital Voice Assistant for its 1500 Physicians
National women’s health network Unified Physician Management (Unified) announced that it is teaming up with Suki to offer an artificial intelligence-powered, voice-enabled digital assistant to its national network of women’s health care providers. Suki uses a combination of voice commands from physicians and the context in which they practice to create a clinically accurate note that is then sent to an electronic health record (EHR) system.Unified LocationsUnified has medical practice
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Sutter Health, Suki to Pilot AI-Powered, Digital Voice Assistant with Doctors in Northern California
Not-for-profit Sutter Health network, today announced it is teaming up with Suki to pilot an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered voice-enabled digital assistant with doctors in Northern California. Using a combination of commands, the voice-enabled tool will help create a clinically accurate note that will integrate with Sutter’s Epic EHR system to maximize time with patients.Digital Voice Assistant Pilot Overview & BenefitsAs part of the collaboration, Sutter will initially introduce Suki
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Sutter Health Taps Qventus’ AI Platform to Manage Drug Costs Across 30 Pharmacies
Sutter Health, one of the top five large-health systems in the US, announced they are using Qventus’ artificial intelligence platform in 30 pharmacies across their system. Initially, the platform will launch at four strategically chosen hospital sites within the health system's network, then quickly roll out to 26 additional sites.With inpatient drug costs at an all-time high, Sutter will work with Qventus to better manage drug costs and help determine where a pharmacist-led intervention may be
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Sutter Health Launches $20M Innovation Center to Foster Healthcare Transformation
A Silicon Valley couple has donated to $20 million to Sutter Health to establish an innovation center focused on human-centered care. The Michael and Judith Gaulke Innovation Hatchery Endowment Fund at Sutter Health will serve as an incubator identifying innovative solutions to healthcare challenges, validating their effectiveness in real-world provider settings and integrating them into patient care as quickly and safely as possible. Sutter's Innovation Hatchery will validate innovative ideas
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Sutter Health, Validic Launch Patient-Generated Health Data Pilot Project
Sutter Health and digital health integration platform Validic has teamed up to launch a new federal pilot project to demonstrate how patient-generated health data (PGHD) can best be delivered to clinicians and researchers to improve patient care and outcomes. The pilot will focus on providing remote care and interventions using digital health devices to better manage and engage a population of individuals suffering from Type II diabetes. Results of this work will inform government policy and
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