Clinical and business intelligence

GE HealthCare diagnostic imaging machine
By  Nathan Eddy 04:35 pm November 29, 2023
GE HealthCare is leveraging AI and data integration technologies to help tackle the rapidly increasing volume of patient data and working to optimize the application of these two tech tools in patient care in announcing 40 new innovations at RSNA23.  The company's central strategy is to integrate AI into its precision care framework, encompassing smart devices, targeted therapies, disease-...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:40 pm September 27, 2023
Virgin Pulse, a mobile-first employee wellness and engagement company, announced its intent to merge with HealthComp, a benefits and analytics platform, to create a technology and data-enabled healthcare service for employers.  The reported $3 billion deal, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, will form a combined entity that utilizes technology and an AI-enabled data platform to deliver...
Healthcare provider standing in a hospital room wearing a pink stethoscope while holding a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 12:42 pm August 24, 2023
Real-world data platform Atropos Health announced it appointed a life science advisory board and moved into the life sciences sector, offering AI innovations, data evaluation, evidence generation and analytics augmentation.  Atropos' app helps physicians access real-world evidence to guide clinical decisions and research.  The California-based company also offers its Green Button for clinical...
A smartphone displaying the Kahun chatbot and a laptop showing the assessment provided to clinicians.
By  Emily Olsen 01:56 pm September 29, 2022
Israeli startup Kahun, which has developed AI-backed clinical reasoning tools for physicians, raised $8 million in seed funding.  The round was led by LocalGlobe, with participation from the European Innovation Council Fund as part of the EIC Accelerator program and the Founders Kitchen. The seed brings the company's total raise to $13 million. WHAT IT DOES Kahun's first product is a clinical...
A piggy bank next to a pile of coins and a stethoscope.
By  Emily Olsen 12:57 pm August 1, 2022
Diagnostic Robotics, which offers AI tools for population health management and triaging patients to the best care site, announced last week it had raised $45 million in Series B funding. The round was led by StageOne investors with participation from investors including Mayo Clinic, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and Berkshire Partners cofounder Bradley Bloom. The startup said the...
A healthcare professional using an Eko stethoscope with a patient
By  Emily Olsen 11:37 am July 20, 2022
Smart stethoscope company Eko last week announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for an algorithm that detects and characterizes heart murmurs in adult and pediatric patients.  Eko Murmur Analysis Software, which officially received the green light in late June, is a machine learning algorithm that uses heart sounds, phonocardiograms and ECG signals (when available) to detect murmurs and...
A worker holding a box of his belongings.
By  Emily Olsen 05:03 pm July 19, 2022
Healthcare automation startup Olive is laying off about 450 workers, according to an email sent by CEO Sean Lane to employees on Tuesday.  Lane wrote the company had grown quickly over the past several years, hiring new staffers and launching new tools. But the "realities of today's economy" are pushing the automation company to pull back from that strategy.  Going forward, Olive will focus on...
Two doctors looking at data on a laptop
By  Emily Olsen 10:23 am July 19, 2022
Anumana, a joint venture between EHR data company nference and the Mayo Clinic, announced last week it had entered a strategic partnership with pharma giant Novartis to develop artificial intelligence tools to detect cardiovascular diseases. The collaboration will focus on deploying AI algorithms that analyze ECGs to find left ventricular dysfunction, which can lead to heart failure, and...
Woman checking glucose level with a remote sensor and mobile phone.
By  Emily Olsen 10:27 am July 18, 2022
The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) on Monday revealed four toolkits to help healthcare and life science organizations use data from sensors like wearables and remote patient monitoring systems at scale.  The four toolkits are based on resources derived from the society's Sensor Data Integrations project, which includes organizations like Amazon Web Services, Oracle, the Moffitt Cancer Center,...
A doctor sitting at his desk using a tablet
By  Emily Olsen 11:33 am July 13, 2022
New York-based health system Northwell Health is partnering with Google Cloud to use cloud technology and artificial intelligence to automate administrative workflows and identify patient risk factors for early intervention. The collaboration will use Google's tech for scheduling, automating contact with payers and creating summaries of patient medical information. It will also use machine...