clinical decision support

Healthcare provider wearing a lab coat with a stethoscope around their neck while looking at a computer
By  Nathan Eddy 11:12 am October 6, 2023
Global clinical technology company Wolters Kluwer Health announced it added generative AI capabilities to aid collaboration for its clinical decision support (CDS) solution UpToDate. The platform, designed to offer evidence-based CDS, is viewed 1.7 million times a day by healthcare teams globally to help provide better care, Greg Samios, president and CEO of clinical effectiveness at Wolters...
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...
Surgeons analysing a brain scan.
By  Adam Ang 01:43 am July 27, 2023
Researchers from the faculties of Engineering and IT at Monash University have come up with an AI algorithm that can judge another AI algorithm's annotation or label in a medical scan, mimicking the process of seeking a second opinion. FINDINGS They created a dual-view AI system where one part labels medical images while the other judges the quality of the AI-generated labelled scans by...
A doctor explaining a patient's findings from a reading by the Us2.v1 software.
By  Adam Ang 01:20 am June 9, 2022
Singapore-based medtech company Us2.ai is expanding to Europe after receiving a CE mark for its automated decision support tool for echocardiography. The Us2.v1 software is an automated clinical workflow solution that identifies and analyses two-dimensional and Doppler echo images for the diagnosis, prediction, and prognosis of heart disease and pulmonary hypertension. The company claims that its...
Artrya Salix AI decision support tool for diagnosing coronary heart disease
By  Adam Ang 10:41 pm May 8, 2022
Australia-listed medtech firm Artrya has disclosed that its subsidiary in the United States has signed a clinical partnership with Alabama-based Huntsville Heart Center. According to a media release, an initial agreement between the companies involves a study to determine the efficacy of Artrya's AI technology for diagnosing coronary heart disease. WHY IT MATTERS The Artrya Salix is an AI-powered...
Doctors analysing a CT scan
By  Adam Ang 10:40 pm May 2, 2022
Fujitsu has teamed up with Southern Tohoku General Hospital in Fukushima, Japan for a joint research project to come up with an AI solution that detects pancreatic cancer from CT scans at an early stage. According to a press release, the project will use Fujitsu's AI tech, which has been trained with over 300 anonymised CT images of pancreatic cancer patients at Southern Tohoku General Hospital,...
AI Medical Service's logo over an endoscope
By  Adam Ang 10:34 pm April 28, 2022
Japanese medtech firm AI Medical Service has raised 8 billion yen ($70 million) in a Series C funding round led by Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Vision Fund 2, along with other existing investors Globis Capital Partners, World Innovation Lab, and Incubate Fund. AIM develops an AI decision support tool for endoscopists who are screening for abnormalities, including signs of gastrointestinal cancer, in...
A patient checks their blood glucose level through a smartphone app
By  Adam Ang 04:30 am March 28, 2022
Hitachi has collaborated with the University of Utah Health and the non-profit health informatics research organisation Regenstrief Institute to develop and test a new AI method that supports care for patients with type 2 diabetes who require complex drug treatment. WHAT IT'S ABOUT In a study, the novel AI method analysed EHR data across Utah and Indiana in the United States and learned...
 Harrison.ai's flagship product Annalise CXR
By  Adam Ang 02:05 am December 2, 2021
Healthcare AI startup Harrison.ai has raised A$129 million ($97 million) in a Series B funding round and teamed up with listed medical diagnostics provider Sonic Healthcare to create new AI tools in pathology. WHAT IT DOES Founded in 2018, Harrison.ai is known for its flagship product Annalise CXR, an AI-based clinical decision support tool that reads chest x-rays. The device detects 124 findings...
UpHill
By  Sara Mageit 07:59 am September 13, 2021
Lisbon-based digital health startup, UpHill, which develops software to guide clinical decisions, has raised €3.5 million in a seed round to scale up its product within healthcare institutions worldwide. The seed round was led by Brighteye Ventures and MSM. A month ago, the company also received €1 million European funding to lead an R&D project on clinical pathways implementation.  WHY IT...