AI-based drug discovery firm BenevolentAI cuts SPAC deal
UK artificial intelligence specialist BenevolentAI has said it will float on the Amsterdam Euronext exchange in what is being touted as Europe’s largest ever special […]
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Nuance Launches Precision Imaging Network for AI-Powered Imaging Insights
What You Should Know: Nuance launches Precision Imaging Network, a new AI-powered cloud-based platform for radiologists. Nuance® Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) launched the Nuance Precision Imaging Network, an AI-powered […]
New private equity investment makes Iodine Software the latest healthcare unicorn
Advent International, a private equity firm, is investing an undisclosed amount into Iodine boosting its valuation beyond $1 billion. The hope is that the company’s […]
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Packaging Congress (PHARMAP 2022)
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Packaging Congress (PHARMAP 2022) is held on June, 20-21, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. The Congress gathers pharmaceutical companies, CMOs and CDMOs, governmental […]
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing And Packaging Congress 2022 Connects Pharma Leaders
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Packaging Congress (PHARMAP 2022) covers the current state of the pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging industry. The Congress gathers pharmaceutical companies, CMOs and […]
Second FDA okay for Therapixel’s AI-based mammography tool
France’s Therapixel has secured a second FDA approval for MammoScreen, its artificial intelligence-powered software for detecting cancerous lesions in mammogram images. MammoScreen was approved last […]
How IVAs is Helping Care Providers and Patients Deal with Delta Variant
Callan Schebella, EVP, Product, Five9 Communicating clearly and effectively with patients is a hallmark of good patient care. However, as the Delta Variant defines the […]
Cardiologs Awarded FDA Clearance for Pediatric Use of Algorithm
What You Should Know: Cardiologs announced today that the FDA has cleared their algorithm to be used for the pediatric population – younger than 18. […]
Chinese tech giant Baidu licenses mRNA algorithm to Sanofi
Sanofi has bolstered its push into mRNA-based therapies with a new licensing deal – but not as might be expected with some up-and-coming biotech company. […]
Sanofi makes $270M bet that a startup’s AI tech can boost its cancer drug R&D
The sum represents Sanofi’s equity investment in Owkin, plus a payment to begin a research partnership covering four types of cancer. Meanwhile, Owkin said the […]
Artificial Intelligence: Healthcare’s Most Powerful Weapon
Ashley Mehta, CEO & President of Nolij Consulting The Advent of the ‘Digital CRISPR.’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace has transformed how healthcare professionals […]
Generate Bio adds $370M for big push toward programmable protein medicines
Generate Biomedicines applies artificial intelligence and machine learning to protein analysis, which it uses to program its protein therapies for particular applications. The startup now […]
AI specialist Owkin snares $270m alliance with Sanofi in oncology
Sanofi has made another investment in artificial intelligence, taking a $180 million equity stake in Franco-US startup Owkin with another $90 million in funding for […]
Respira Launches AI Wearable for Lung Function for COPD, COVID, Asthma
What You Should Know: – Today, Respira is introducing its AI wearable technology to monitor for certain very serious lung conditions. According to the Institute […]
A preview of MedCity INVEST 2022: A return to in-person conferences
INVEST, scheduled for March 28-30, 2022 in Chicago, marks a return to in-person events for MedCity News. The conference, held in partnership with Mid-America Healthcare […]
‘Digitally native’ pharma Valo Health and Khosla scrap merger plan ahead of vote
Flagship Pioneering’s Valo Health and Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. abandoned their SPAC merger on the eve of a scheduled shareholder vote on whether to approve […]
FDA clears GE Healthcare AI algorithm for patient intubation
An artificial intelligence algorithm developed by GE Healthcare that helps with the placement of endotracheal tubes (ETTs) has been approved by the FDA. The new […]
Neurotech startup Beacon Biosignals scores $27M to bring AI to EEG analysis
Beacon Biosignals technology analyzes EEGs to find insights brain activity. The company will use its new Series A financing to build alliances with more biopharmaceutical […]
AppliedVR Secures $36M to Scale Therapeutic Virtual Reality Platform for Pain Management
What You Should Know: – AppliedVR, a Los Angeles, CA-based company advancing the next generation of immersive therapeutics, today announced $36 million in series B […]
Rad AI Nabs $25M to Automate Radiology Impressions, Save Time, Reduce Burnout, Improve Patient Care
What You Should Know: – Rad AI, a Berkely, CA-based radiologist-led AI company, today announced $25M in Series A funding led by ARTIS Ventures with […]
Notable Labs Launches by Acquiring Rights to Volasertib – Will Use Data, AI to Fast-Track Cancer Treatment
Thomas Bock, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Notable What You Should Know: – Coming out of stealth, Notable Labs, a pioneer and developer of predictive precision medicines, […]
Reshaping Imaging: 4 Areas Enhancing Provider Workflows & Patient Care
Paul Shumway, co-founder at Novarad Ever since Wilhelm Roentgen created the first X-ray image in 1895, few technologies have had more influence on medicine than […]
CRISPR-editing biotech Arbor Bio adds $215M for liver, CNS disease therapies
Arbor Biotechnologies raised new cash to keep up the pace in the chase for new genetic medicines. The MIT spinout applies artificial intelligence and machine […]
Sirona Medical Secures $40M for Cloud-Native Radiology Operating System
What You Should Know: – Sirona Medical, a San Francisco, CA-based cloud software company for radiologists taking on legacy technology, announced $40 Million in Series B funding led by GreatPoint Ventures and joined […]
Caption Health, Ultromics Partner for AI-Powered Heart Disease Detection
What You Should Know: – Caption Health and Oxford University spin-out Ultromics have teamed up to empower a broader set of healthcare providers and put […]
Medicare prices AI-based screening for diabetic retinopathy
The agency set a national payment amount for AI-based screenings for diabetic retinopathy in its 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule. It would also […]
Notable raises $100M to automate administrative tasks
The workflow automation startup has struck partnerships with large health systems, including Intermountain Healthcare and CommonSpirit Health.
Alphabet’s DeepMind forms AI drug discovery unit Isomorphic Labs
Google parent Alphabet has drawn on its DeepMind artificial intelligence division to form a drug discovery unit that it calls Isomorphic Labs. The UK-registered company […]
Mount Sinai Uses Machine Learning to Improve Postpartum Hemorrhage Risk Prediction
What You Should Know: – Sema4, an AI-driven genomic and clinical data intelligence platform company, recently published two studies demonstrating the utility of machine learning to […]
Collective Medical, Nuance Launches PowerShare to Provide ED Physicians Real-Time Notifications
What You Should Know: – Today, Collective Medical, a PointClickCare Company, was chosen for a collaboration with Nuance with the launch of Naunce PowerShare Image Aware. – […]
Origami Therapeutics developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases with ML and computational chemistry
Beth Hoffman, Origami Therapeutics CEO, talks about how the company’s platform enables the discovery and development of protein degraders and conformation correctors to match the […]
Synbio startup GRObio gets $25M to work with new building blocks for protein drugs
Harvard University spinout GRO Biosciences has technology offering the potential for protein therapies that are safer and more effective than currently available biologic drugs. The […]
Notable Secures $100M to Expand Intelligent Automation in Healthcare
What You Should Know: – Notable, a San Mateo, CA-based leader in healthcare intelligent automation, today announced it has raised $100M in Series B funding led […]
U of Florida to Deploy DreaMed AI Solution for Type 2 Diabetes
What You Should Know: – DreaMed Diabetes AI, developer of the AI-powered Advisor Pro Clinical Decision Support System and expert-care platform for diabetes, announced today […]
Personalized Screening is Key to Breast Imaging AI Market Reaching $205M by 2025
Dr. Sanjay M. Parekh Ph.D. , Sr Market Analyst at Signify Research Ltd. As October draws to a close, so does Breast Cancer Awareness Month […]
Improving automation in healthcare CX: insights and examples
There are a few things healthcare organizations need to do automated self-service well: a cloud-based communication platform built on composable infrastructure, reliable EHR data, and […]
How Healthcare NLP has Evolved from 2020 to 2021
David Talby, CTO, John Snow Labs Few industries have embraced natural language processing (NLP) as openly as healthcare. With the ability to identify new variants […]
MedCity Pivot Podcast: Why Julia Hu of Lark Health is betting on a 100% conversational AI platform
Lark Health is betting on a texting platform that if 100 percent driven by conversational AI to help patients manage their chronic conditions better.
Clinical decision support guidance tops FDA’s agenda for 2022
At the top of the Food and Drug Administration’s agenda for the next 12 months: […]
The role of AI in advancing neuromodulation treatment for epilepsy
Vagus nerve stimulation devices still have a long way to go, but the therapeutic potential of the vagus nerve, the advent of AI and machine […]
Which startups will present at INVEST Pop Health Pitch Perfect?
The six companies taking part in the contest November 16 will present technologies addressing chronic conditions such as kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes as […]
It’s Time More Healthcare Companies Break Through Data Silos
Derik Ciccarelli, a Healthcare Fraud Analyst at Codoxo Unifying health records remains a challenge, but the benefits of integrating disparate data could transform the industry […]
Northwell Health, Aegis team up to launch AI-focused joint venture
The health system and startup studio’s new joint venture will develop and launch companies that use artificial intelligence to address healthcare problems, including disparities in […]
Arine Raises $11M to Scale AI-Driven Medication Optimization Platform
What You Should Know: – Arine, a San Francisco-based AI-driven platform that optimizes medication management, reduces costs and improves outcomes for health plans and providers […]
INVEST Pitch Perfect winner spotlight: Strados Labs and its ‘Holter for the lungs’
Strados Labs has developed a wearable device that senses lung sounds in patients with asthma, COPD, and other respiratory disorders. The startup, which has FDA […]
Healthcare Data & Analytics Platforms: Shifting from Siloed Capabilities
Bradley Hunter, Research Director at KLAS Research Ryan Pretnik, Research Director at KLAS Research Lois Krotz, Research Director at KLAS Research Historically, analytics capabilities for […]
CommonSpirit, Vital Expand Partnership After Successful Pilot to Improve Patient Experience in ED & Patient Care Delivery
What You Should Know: – Today at HLTH 2021, CommonSpiritHealth announced the results of its pilot with Vital, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software improving patient […]
Hackensack Meridian Health deploys Google Chrome OS devices, uses Cloud AI for screenings
The New Jersey-based health system initially partnered with Google in 2019. It has now migrated to Google Workspace, providing thousands of Chrome OS devices to […]
ShouTi secures $100M to hit biologic and peptide targets with small molecules
ShouTi Pharmaceuticals, a startup that brings computational techniques to drug discovery, has raised $100 million in Series B financing. The clinical-stage biotech designs small molecules […]
Blue Shield of California, Google Cloud to develop real-time claims processing platform
The companies will build its claims processing platform on Google Cloud’s infrastructure, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. The goal of the collaboration is […]
Mayo, General Catalyst lead $24M investment in data-sharing company
They led an investment in TripleBlind, a Kansas City-based startup looking to support collaboration between healthcare companies without the need to share raw data.
HLTH21: Roche, Ibex Medical Partner to Develop AI-Powered Digital Pathology Apps
What You Should Know: – Ibex Medical Analytics, the pioneer in AI-based cancer diagnostics, today announced that it has signed a deal with Roche, the […]
HLTH21: Olive Launches Universal Marketplace for Digital Healthcare Solutions
What You Should Know: – Today at HLTH, $4B healthcare automation company Olive announced the launch of The Library, a healthcare solution marketplace that will […]
Heard at HLTH: Can we get Ironman’s J.A.R.V.I.S. in the world of drug development?
A panel of data and biopharma experts at the annual HLTH conference in Boston tried to answer questions about where AI can be best used […]
Four big pharma companies team up in AI initiative focused on drug R&D
A new startup initiative in Israel aims to create and invest in startups that use artificial intelligence to address challenges in drug discovery and development. […]
Can Predictive AI Fully Inform Patient Care Decisions?
Laura Coughlin, RN, BSN, MBA VP, Clinical Innovation and Development, Change Healthcare In recent years, the healthcare industry has fully embraced the potential for artificial […]
Proscia touts study showing digital pathology software detected melanoma
The startup shared results of a prospective study showing its deep learning software detected melanoma with 93% sensitivity and 91% specificity.
Lark Health nabs $100M to pour into AI health coaching platform
The company, which offers an AI platform that provides personalized health coaching for chronic disease patients, will use the new funds to invest in research […]
University of Michigan Health-West Deploys Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience
What You Should Know: – Today, Nuance and the University of Michigan Health-West (UMHW), a 208-bed hospital in Wyoming, MI, announced that UMHW has expanded […]
Get Ready for Deepfakes
By KIM BELLARD The Tom Cruise TikTok deepfakes last spring didn’t spur me into writing about deepfakes, not even when Justin Bieber fell so hard […]
Lessons Learned: The Impact of COVID-19 on Infusion Center Scheduling
Ashley Joseph, VP, Client Services – Infusion at LeanTaaS Over the past year, COVID-19 brought new stresses to hospital scheduling, given limited resources, physician availability, […]
Mount Sinai Launches First-Ever Dept. of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
What You Should Know: – The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched its first-ever department dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence (AI) to […]
The need for ethical data models for comprehensive data sharing
It is imperative for health systems to form data sharing partnerships that allow for the analysis of de-identified clinical data, while effectively and comprehensively protecting […]
Don’t settle for less. What we should be striving for in healthcare price transparency
A robust price estimator should incorporate AI into its pricing calculations by recognizing that any estimate should automatically “link” and merge the hospital facility fee, […]
Allied with Amgen and backed by $500M, Neumora brings data science to brain drugs
Neumora Therapeutics unveiled $500 million in capital and a research partnership with Amgen. The startup analyzes neurological data to inform its drug research and development; […]
SOM’s AI-discovered drug shows promise in Huntington’s disease
A drug originally developed for high blood pressure could find a new use in the treatment of Huntington’s disease, thanks to an artificial intelligence-based drug […]
AI specialist Exscientia raises $510m in upsized IPO, placing
Exscientia’s artificial intelligence-based drug discovery engine is still largely unproven, but that hasn’t stopped the company raking in funding from investors keen to back its […]
AI powered and now publicly traded, Exscientia adds $464M to fuel drug R&D
Exscientia’s IPO and private placement raised $464 million to support its artificial intelligence-based approach to discovering and developing new drugs. In addition to partnerships with […]
Why contracts play a key role in overcoming the pharma industry’s data challenges
Modern technology can now be used to extract critical information from contracts through the use of an AI-enabled Contact Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, an intelligent […]
Covid-19 PTSD in healthcare workers is real—and technology can help mitigate the impact
As the Delta variant surges on, we understand trauma for healthcare providers isn’t over, but we are hopeful that technology can make a small impact […]
Health2047’s new company plans to use AI, research access to improve clinical decision making
Called RecoverX, the company will leverage AI to mine evidence-based research, medical charts, patient conversations and test results and provide clinical insights for clinicians in […]
UltraSight, GE Healthcare Partner to Bring Wireless Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound
What You Should Know: – Today UltraSight, a digital health pioneer, announced a new partnership with GE Healthcare that will bring AI-assisted wireless, cardiac ultrasound […]
Learning from Financial Fraud Detection to Tackle Opioid Abuse Amid COVID-19
Dr. Gidi Stein, MD, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO of MedAware Despite falling from its prominent place in the headlines, America’s opioid crisis is still raging. […]
Vital Raises $15M to Expand AI-Powered Emergency Department Platform
What You Should Know: – Vital, an Atlanta-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution improving patient experience and follow-up visit loyalty in hospital emergency departments (ED) and […]
P360 Boosts ZING SMS Communication Module with Multimodal Enterprise-Grade Features
Innovative new UCaaS platform powers sales teams with compliant SMS text messaging, call triggering, asset delivery, activity tracking and more P360, a leading developer of […]
How Machine Learning Is Helping Consumers Take Action on Their Health
Craig Wigginton, Chief Technology Officer at Icario For years machine learning (ML) has been touted as a way for health plans to leverage the mounds […]
YonaLink, TrialJectory get $1m grant for patient recruitment tool
Two digital health companies – YonaLink and TrialJectory – have received a grant to develop a tool designed to make it easier and quicker to […]
Memorial Sloan Kettering spinout gets first FDA clearance for AI to detect prostate cancer
Paige received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for a clinical decision support tool to flag potential prostate cancer cases for radiologists to review.
Spotting and rooting out bias in AI algorithms for healthcare
Algorithms are everywhere and so are the biases behind them. As algorithms find greater use in healthcare, a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health […]
FDA clears AI-powered prostate cancer detection software
Software that can help pathologists detect prostate cancer from slides of biopsies more effectively has been approved by the FDA. The software – called Paige […]
Sensitivity vs. specificity: The eternal AI debate
Which is more important when working with healthcare AI detection: that it never misses something on a patient scan, or that it never identifies something […]
RwHealth, the Artificial Intelligence provider for the NHS, promises to transform healthcare
RwHealth, the leading provider of Artificial Intelligence to the healthcare industry, has today reported 160 per cent year-on-year growth as its data-led solutions are increasingly […]
Clinicians Believe Telehealth Will Make Up Majority of Future Patient Care, Report Finds
What You Should Know: – 76% of patient-facing clinicians believe telehealth will make up a majority of patient care in the near future, according to […]
Healthcare Automation Most Urgent Need to Improve Patient Care, Report Finds
What You Should Know: Half of the healthcare administrative staff report seeing an increase in the amount of manual data entry in the past 12 […]
Leveraging Technology to Optimize Staffing Shortages Post-Pandemic
Bryan Dickerson, Sr. Director of Healthcare Workforce Solutions at Hospital IQ Chronic understaffing and nurse burnout are two of the greatest and long-standing challenges within […]
Sorcero Raises $10M for AI-Powered Medical Language Intelligence Platform
What You Should Know: – Sorcero, a provider of medical and technical Language Intelligence (LI), today announced the close of a $10M Series A financing […]
Caresyntax Raises Additional $30M for Digital Surgery Platform
– Caresyntax, a digital surgery platform, today announced a $30M extension to its Series C funding round included participation from BlackRock, ProAssurance, and Harmonix. In […]
Flywheel raises $22M, buys competitor
After closing a series C round led by 8VC, Flywheel used a portion of the funds to acquire St. Louis-based Radiologics. Both have platforms to […]
Swift Medical Launches AI Digital Wound App to Support Clinical Trials
What You Should Know: Global digital wound care provider Swift Medical, today announced the launch of a new application specifically designed to help pharma and […]
Edifecs Acquires Talix to Expand Risk Adjustment Solution
What You Should Know: – Edifecs, a global health IT provider announced it is acquiring Talix, a SaaS IT company, to expand Edifecs’ reach in […]
AI aims to prevent unneeded treatment for deep vein thrombosis
Researchers in the UK are working on an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to help diagnose deep vein thrombosis (DVT) from ultrasound images – and potentially […]
Coalition formed to represent patient interests in digital health
Not enough is being done to ensure that patient voices are included in policymaking around digital health, says a new patient organisation in the UK, […]
IncludeHealth strikes partnership with Google, Ohio-based health system for virtual PT
Cincinnati-based IncludeHealth launched a virtual physical therapy program using pose-estimation models developed by Google. It plans to offer this software to healthcare providers, starting with […]
AI as Business Leverage in Pharma & Life Sciences
If there was an AI solution in the Life Sciences field, able to represent a real opportunity in terms of Customer Engagement and Digital Transformation, […]
Evidence lacking for AI-based breast cancer screening
A review of 12 studies about AI systems used to screen patients for breast cancer found that they lacked evidence to prove that they would […]
Eleos Health Raises $6M to Expand VoiceAI-Powered Behavioral Health
What You Should Know: – Eleos Health, a digital health startup transforming behavioral healthcare with voice-based AI insights, today announced the close of $6M in […]
Chatbots in Healthcare: A More Humanized, Patient-Oriented Approach
Bent Philipson, Founder of Philosophy Care The adoption of chatbots and virtual assistants, coupled with the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, has […]
Corti Receives $27M to Expand AI-Powered Patient Consultations Platform
What You Should Know: – Corti.ai, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based AI-powered patient consultations platform today announced it has raised $27M in Series A funding led by […]
Cedars-Sinai Cancer Launches ‘Molecular Twin’ Initiative for Precision Cancer Treatment
What You Should Know: – Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Tempus, a provider of artificial intelligence and precision medicine, are harnessing the power of big data and […]
Startup A-Alpha Bio sets out to solve a major protein problem facing big pharma
A-Alpha Bio’s technology analyzes millions of protein-protein interactions simultaneously, a capability that speeds up drug discovery research. Biotech industry partners are already using the technology […]
Mayo Clinic, Google develop AI algorithm to enhance electrical brain stimulation
The algorithm maps interactions between different areas of the brain, which can help guide the placement of electrodes for stimulating devices to treat brain diseases, […]
AI ‘could help diagnose lung cancer a year earlier’
An artificial intelligence algorithm was able to detect signs of lung cancer on CT scans a year earlier than with traditional methods, according to a […]
Stryker Acquires Med Device Company Gauss Surgical
What You Should Know: – Stryker today announced the acquisition of Gauss Surgical, a Menlo Park, CA-based medical device company that has developed Triton™, an […]
Startup Modulus embraces AI to design better NK cell therapies for cancer
Modulus Therapeutics recently emerged from stealth with technology from various disciplines and seed funding that the startup is using to develop better cell therapies. Natural […]
AI could be used to guide drug therapy for heart failure
UK researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a way to identify patients with heart failure who would benefit from treatment with beta blockers, […]
AI breast cancer screening ‘not accurate enough to replace humans’
There is not enough evidence yet to allow artificial intelligence based breast cancer detection to be fully integrated into screening services, says a UK study. […]
Italian ‘chatbot’ predicted COVID-19 spikes, says study
An online tool used by people in Italy to manage their potential exposure to COVID-19 using a simple chat interface has shown that it can […]
Clinical Trials: 4 Strategies to Maximize Patients Referrals
Jai Singh, SVP of Growth at Reify Health Clinical trials were front and center in 2020, as pharma companies raced to develop and prove the […]
Real-world study suggest AI may improve atrial fibrillation screening
An artificial intelligence algorithm already shown to be able to detect atrial fibrillation (AF) in clinical testing has also shown its worth in a real-world […]
Ellipsis Health Secures $26M to Power AI-Powered Voice Biomarker for Mental Health
What You Should Know: – Ellipsis Health, a San Francisco-based pioneer of the first voice vital sign to quantify and manage depression and anxiety at […]
Osso VR Launches VR-based Surgical Proficiency Assessment Tool
What You Should Know: – Osso VR, a San Francisco, CA-based virtual reality-based surgical training company, today announced the launch the of its VR-based multimodal […]
How AI Helped Companies Survive COVID-19: 5 Tips for Resilience
Tim Lawes, Sr. Manager for Solutions Consulting at Symphony SummitAI As the coronavirus pandemic transformed workplaces and workflows, it cast a spotlight on service management […]
DeepMind has unlocked protein-based medicine – what does that mean for drug patents?
One of science’s great puzzles is being solved by artificial intelligence and the answers shared freely on the internet. How can life sciences companies make […]
Cooper University, Nuance Expand Dragon Ambient eXperience Deployment to 475 Physicians
What You Should Know: – Nuance Communications and Cooper University Health Care announced a strategic collaboration to expand Cooper’s deployment of the Nuance Dragon Ambient […]
Sanas’ Accent-Matching Solution for BPOs Launches with $6M
What You Should Know: – Today Sanas.ai – which has been operating under stealth for a couple of years – is launching and announcing seed […]
Healthcare automation company Olive launches venture studio
The company currently has two incubating startups, Violet, a bank to help people with medical bills, and Rotera, an AI consulting firm for health systems.
Antidote Health nabs $12M in seed round to grow AI-driven virtual HMO
The company offers clinical triage via an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot and unlimited virtual visits through a majority of its plans. Inspired by the Israeli healthcare […]
A biotech startup’s hunt for elusive disease targets scores $60M for drug R&D
Atavistik Bio is one of several companies discovering and developing drugs that work by allostery, binding to less obvious sites of a target protein. Acting […]
Jasper Health Integrates BioIntelliSense’s RPM and COVID-19 Screening Solution for Members
What You Should Know: – Today, BioIntelliSense announced it has formed a strategic collaboration with Jasper Health, an emerging leader of digital engagement for people […]
Olive Launches In-House Venture Studio for Digital Health Startups
Olive Launches In-House Venture Studio for Digital Health Startups What You Should Know: – Olive, the $4B healthcare automation company, today announced Olive Ventures, a […]
Mayo, Verily strike two-year partnership to build decision support tools
They plan to commercialize the decision support software, which would surface relevant patient records and recommendations from Mayo Clinic specialists. To start, they will focus […]
J&J lung cancer initiative will use Optellum’s ‘digital biomarker’ tech
Three years ago, Johnson & Johnson set up a wide-ranging initiative with Boston University to try to improve lung cancer survival rates through prevention and […]
Covera raises $25M for software to spot diagnostic errors
The company makes software to spot diagnostic errors in radiology and route patients to centers of excellence.
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Engagement, Interoperability, and the Future of the Healthcare Tech Stack
Jeff Fuller, Vice President, Analytics Solutions at CipherHealth For all of the advanced clinical technology hospitals across the country leverage to stay on the bleeding […]
Zip codes have become a better predictor of health outcomes than genetic codes. Technology may be ready to fix that.
Consider this scenario. Two 60-year old women live 10 miles apart in the Washington DC […]
Connect America Acquires Remote Patient Monitoring Platform 100Plus
What You Should Know: – Connect America LLC, a provider of digital health and connected care for seniors and vulnerable populations, today announced it has […]
I am Dr. Groot
By KIM BELLARD The healthcare world is abuzz with Dr. David Feinberg’s departure from Google Health – another tech giant is shocked to find healthcare […]
Dosis Expands Dosing Platform to Personalize Anemia Management
What You Should Know: – Dosis, the AI-powered precision dosing platform on a mission to transform healthcare, has announced the release of its Strategic Iron […]
Optellum, Johnson & Johnson Collaborate on AI-Powered Lung-Health Initiative
What You Should Know: – Optellum, a lung-health medtech startup that is pioneering the use of AI to improve diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making announce a strategic […]
Provider Adoption of Automated Revenue Cycle Operations On The Rise
What You Should Know: – 78 percent of health systems are currently using or are in the process of implementing automation in their revenue cycle […]
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BMS buys into AI-designed immune drug from Exscientia
Bristol Myers Squibb has exercised an option on an immune-modulating drug candidate developed by UK artificial intelligence specialist Exscientia, paying $20 million for the buy-in […]
Sentara Healthcare Taps Sensyne to Deploy Clinical Algorithms for CKD & CHF
What You Should Know: – Sentara Healthcare, a health system in NC and VA, just partnered with Sensyne Health to drive clinical research with ethical […]
How transparent design helped a startup win CMS’ AI challenge — and $34M in funding
ClosedLoop.ai, an Austin-based healthcare startup, raised new funding after being picked by CMS as the winner of its AI Health Outcomes Challenge. The company’s secret? […]
5-Step Guide to Hiring AI Talent for Digital Health, Biotech & Life Sciences Companies
Michael Delisle, VP, Practice Leader for Digital Health at GattiHR Artificial Intelligence (AI) will disrupt healthcare’s destiny for good. Here are five steps digital health […]
ClosedLoop.ai Raises $34M to Expand Healthcare Data Science Platform
What You Should Know: – ClosedLoop.ai., an Austin, TX-based healthcare data science platform, today announced it has raised $34 million in Series B financing led by […]
Global regulators seek permanent working group on AI
Rapid advances in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and medicines development are at risk of outstripping current regulatory frameworks, according to a […]
HiberCell’s Genuity buyout brings $100M, plus alliances with Ionis and AbbVie
Startup HiberCell has acquired Genuity Science, a marriage that brings together two companies that apply AI and machine learning to drug research. HiberCell says Genuity […]
Eko Launches Next Generation DUO ECG + Digital Stethoscope for Frontline Clinicians
What You Should Know: – Eko, a cardiopulmonary digital health company launches its next-generation Eko DUO, an FDA-cleared cardiac assessment tool that functions as an electrocardiogram […]
Ultromics Raises $33M for AI-Enabled Echocardiograms to Help Clinicians Diagnose Heart Disease
What You Should Know: – Today, Ultromics, an Oxford, England-based health-tech startup announced it has raised $33M in Series B funding led by Blue Ventures, […]
AI firm XtalPi swells its coffers with another $400m financing
Artificial intelligence (AI) specialist XtalPi has chalked up a second big financing in the space of a year, raising $400 million and taking its valuation […]
How AI is Enabling Next-Generation Insights from Biomedical Data
Alastair Blake, MD – VP of Clinical & Commercial Partnerships at nference COVID-19 caught the world off-guard, sending governments, populations, and the entire healthcare community […]
Olive Selects AWS as Its Preferred Cloud Provider to Create the Internet of Healthcare
What You Should Know: – Olive, the AI healthcare company, announced today the adoption of Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider, […]
Kareo Acquires RPA-Powered Medical Billing Provider PatientlySpeaking
What You Should Know: – Kareo, a provider of cloud-based clinical and business management software solutions for independent healthcare practices and billing companies, today announced […]
Nanox Acquires Medical Imaging Platform Zebra Medical Vision for $200M
What You Should Know: – Nanox, the innovative medical imaging company, today announced the acquisition of Zebra Medical Vision, the deep-learning medical imaging analytics company. […]
Sensyne, Oxford University deploy AI to find asthma targets
Oxford University and UK clinical artificial intelligence (AI) company Sensyne Health will partner on a project to find new drug targets for people with hard-to-treat […]
Cambridge team says AI could diagnose dementia with one scan
Researchers at Cambridge University in the UK are trialling an artificial intelligence system that they think could spot the signs of dementia after a single […]
GE Healthcare Unveils AI-Enabled, Cloud Imaging Solution
What You Should Know: – GE Healthcare unveils its next-generation, cloud-based Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS) designed to address the acute shortage of radiologists […]
Rad AI Startup Sirona Medical Emerges from Stealth with $22.5M, Partnerships
What You Should Know: – Sirona Medical, a San Francisco, CA-based company founded on a deep understanding of both the practice and business of radiology, […]
Eli Lilly joins $30M Series A financing for startup bringing AI analysis to endoscopy
The artificial intelligence-based technology of Iterative Scopes brings computer vision analysis to endoscopic images. The startup’s technology was initially developed to assist gastroenterologists in finding […]
Risk Mitigation: Strengthening Trust in AI for Healthcare
Joachim Roski, Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton Kathleen Featheringham, Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton Better clinical decision support, population health interventions, patient self-care, and research […]
Abbott bags FDA okay for AI-based heart imaging software
The FDA has approved an artificial intelligence-based imaging software developed by Abbott that is used to help physicians carry out procedures like implanting stents to […]
Medtronic Awarded FDA Clearance for 2 AI Algorithms for Cardiac Monitoring
What You Should Know: – Medtronic announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for two AccuRhythm™ AI algorithms for use with the LINQ II™ […]
AI-driven Deep Genomics gets $180M to turn biology into informational medicines
Softbank led the Series C round of funding for Deep Genomics, a startup that applies its artificial intelligence technology to all aspects of discovering and […]
Harnessing machine learning to enhance Emotional Intelligence in healthcare
Emotional AI has broad applications across mental health, remote monitoring (through voice and other biometrics e.g. blood pressure, heart beat) and telehealth.
Medicare navigation platform Connie Health raises $13M in Series A round
The company — which has raised $16 million in total since its inception in 2019 — will use the new funds to enhance its health […]
Veda snags $45M to scale AI data processing platform for payers
The company’s data processing platform can help payers comply with the law banning surprise billing, which requires insurers to process all provider directory updates in […]
Discovering biomarkers to find new ways to treat diseases of unmet need
Blending computational biology and AI-based methods, the goal is to identify new targets, pair these with effective chemistry, and define biomarkers to optimally position novel […]
Google’s DeepMind puts human proteome online for free
The most complete database of protein structures ever assembled, developed with the help of Google’s artificial intelligence unit DeepMind, has been made freely available to […]
Bon Secours Mercy Health invests in Trilliant Health as part of larger push into analytics
The health system has invested an undisclosed amount in Trilliant Health, which provides a predictive analytics platform giving users insights into market dynamics. Bon Secours […]
Sema4 goes public via SPAC merger
With a goal of making precision medicine the standard of care at health systems, Sema4 struck a nearly $800 million deal with CM Life Sciences […]
Crowdsourced science refines AI prediction of clinical trial outcomes
Think of the R&D dollars that could be saved if artificial intelligence (AI) modelling could tell you at an early stage whether a drug was […]
Study shows skewed dermatological datasets result in less accurate models
Research conducted by the MIT Media Lab and Scale AI found that lighter skin tones vastly outnumber darker skin tones in the two of the […]
OM1 gains $85M to expand clinical data networks, AI models
Led by Kaiser Permanente, the Series D financing round will enable OM1 to expand its data networks into chronic disease areas, including rheumatology and behavioral […]
Startup turns smartphone camera to wound care
Swift Medical, a startup building an app to help nurses identify and better care for wounds, recently raised $35 million in funding.
Hospital precision dosing is ramping up
Artificial intelligence and predictive models are making it increasingly easier for physicians and pharmacists to select the right treatment for the right patient at the […]
INVEST Precision Medicine winner spotlight: Nia Therapeutics
The FDA has yet to approve a therapy for memory loss. Nia Therapeutics is developing a medical device that stimulates the brain to bring it […]
VisiQuate nabs $50M for RCM analytics, automation tech
The company will use the funds to develop new solutions and tools that can identify and correct anomalies in providers’ revenue cycle processes and automate […]
AI-driven ‘clock’ predicts aging-related illness and mortality
Scientists in the US have developed an artificial intelligence-powered ‘clock’ that can estimate a person’s chance of developing an illness or dying based on the […]
Startup making AI tools to assist radiologists gets $66M
Aidoc, a Tel Aviv-based startup building a suite of decision support tools for radiologists, raised $66 million in funding. The company plans to use the […]
Israeli Startup Aidoc Raises $65M for AI-Powered Medical Imaging Platform
What You Should Know: – Aidoc, a Tel Aviv-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for medical imaging, announced it has raised $65M in Series […]
Johns Hopkins spinoff building risk prediction tools emerges with $15M
Bayesian Health, a startup created by a machine learning researcher at Johns Hopkins, is building models for sepsis detection, patient deterioration and bedsores. The company […]
Taking steps towards a data-driven future for health and social care
A new policy paper promises to make it easier for innovators and developers to build and deploy tech and AI solution. So, will it help […]
Provider-owned Innovation Lab partners with Olive to build automation tools
Innovation Lab, an incubator owned by six nonprofit health systems, is joining forces with Olive to co-develop technology that will automate operational and clinical workflows. […]
Gates Foundation backs COVID R&D at AI firm Exscientia
Artificial intelligence-based drug discovery company Exscientia is stepping up its search for new COVID-19 medicines, thanks to an award by the Bill & Melinda Gates […]
Zebra-Med Becomes First Company to Receive AI CPT Code for Radiology
What You Should Know: – Zebra Medical Vision announces it has received the first-ever AI CPT code for radiology, for its VCF detection from CT […]
How chatbots can help us beat Covid-19
Where chatbots really excel is in rapidly delivering reliable content in response to the recipient’s actual needs, questions, or concerns. That allows AI tools to […]
NVIDIA Launches UK’s Fastest AI Supercomputer for Healthcare Research
What You Should Know: – NVIDIA launched the UK’s fastest supercomputer — Cambridge-1, the world’s first collaborative, industry-wide system dedicated to accelerating healthcare and digital […]
6 Key Ethical Principles for The Use of AI for Health – WHO
– The World Health Organization (WHO) launched its first ever global report on: Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health. – While new technologies […]
The Dynamic Duo: How virtual scribes and artificial intelligence can reduce physician burnout and improve patient satisfaction
AI-powered automation tools, when combined with specialty trained virtual scribes, become a dynamic duo that acts as an extension of the clinician’s care team.
Olive passes $4B valuation with new funding round
Olive, which automates redundant tasks in healthcare, recently raised $400 million in a funding round. Since the start of the pandemic, the company has raised […]
INVEST Precision Medicine Pitch Perfect Health IT and Life Science tracks (video)
Video from the Health IT and Life Science tracks of our Pitch Perfect contest at INVEST Precision Medicine is now available to view.
Texas Children’s, PeriGen bring AI-powered maternal-fetal monitoring system to Malawi
In collaboration with PeriGen, Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women is deploying the PeriWatch Vigilance automated early warning system in a hospital in Malawi, Africa. The […]
EchoNous Closes $60M for AI-Assisted Handheld Ultrasound Device
What You Should Know: – EchoNous, a Redmond, WA-based portable AI-guided ultrasound tools and platform, announced it has raised $60 million in funding from Kennedy […]
CareAlign, fixing that physician workflow–demo & interview
By MATTHEW HOLT I recently interviewed Subha Airan-Javia, the CEO of CareAlign. CareAlign is a small company that is working to fix the clinician workflow […]
XSOLIS Raises $75M for AI-Driven Precision Utilization Management Platform
What You Should Know: – XSOLIS, a healthcare technology firm focused on improving healthcare operations announced it has raised $75M in minority growth investment from […]
INVEST Pitch Perfect winner spotlight: Systems Oncology’s AI tech yields trove of cancer drugs
Systems Oncology has used its its artificial intelligence to discover small molecules in development under partnerships with large pharma companies. The R&D of the company, […]
Deep 6 AI: the smart software breathing new life into clinical trials
Wout Brusselaers has spent his life on a quest to achieve one career goal—to work with smart people on a meaningful project that makes a difference to […]
Confronting the Problem of AI Bias
When thinking of artificial intelligence (AI), many people rely on cultural touchstones from science fiction films and TV. They might think of HAL, the calm-voiced […]
Northpond, 5AM Ventures lead $45M funding for CAMP4’s trek to new RNA therapies
CAMP4 Therapeutics is developing a new kind of RNA therapy that treats disease by upregulating gene expression. The startup has raised $45 million as CEO […]
Exscientia buys Allcyte to add patient sample testing to its AI platform
UK-based artificial intelligence pioneer Exscientia has made a play to stay at the forefront of the field, acquiring Austrian rival Allcyte with the help of […]
ConcertAI strikes five-year collaboration with FDA as part of real-world evidence push
The startup will work with the FDA to evaluate the efficacy and safety of current cancer treatments in different groups of cancer patients.
INVEST Precision Medicine Day 3: A look at the state of precision medicine, non dilutive funding
On the final day of INVEST Precision Medicine, a panel with Caris Health, CVS Health, and Intermountain Healthcare will share assessments of precision medicine’s progress […]
AI-drug discovery biotech Valo Health is going public via a $2.8B SPAC merger
Valo Health is going public in a SPAC merger. Less than nine months removed from its formal launch, Valo is now revealing more about its […]
Robots could one day work alongside human caregivers
Caregivers should look forward to how bots can help support them while knowing they still play the most important role of all: and that’s providing […]
FDA authorizes machine learning software to help diagnose autism
The system, developed by digital health startup Cognoa, uses information from questionnaires and videos to help pediatricians diagnose autism. It received marketing authorization from the […]
UPMC spins out AI-driven analytics company focused on chronic disease patients
Realyze Intelligence, incubated at and funded by UPMC Enterprises, provides a platform that uses EMR data to identify chronic disease patients and help clinicians link […]
Lessons from advertising: How AI can empower better self-care
It’s time to gear our machine learning tools to this data so that people with chronic illnesses—and especially, complex chronic conditions—can get the same kind […]
Cognoa Awarded FDA Authorization For AI-Based Autism Diagnosis Aid
What You Should Know: – Cognoa, a pediatric behavioral health company developing diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for children living with behavioral health conditions, has been […]
UPMC Spins Out Realyze Intelligence for AI-Based Clinical Intelligence Platform
Aaron Brauser, Realyze President & Chief Executive Officer Gilan El Saadawi, M.D., Ph.D., Realyze Chief Medical Officer What You Should Know: – UPMC has launched Realyze Intelligence, […]
FDA faces big questions as it takes a closer look at AI regulations
An action plan shared by the FDA earlier this year showed how the regulator is thinking about future regulations for AI and machine learning in […]
AdventHealth, Sema4 partner to launch precision medicine program
The collaboration will build on AdventHealth’s existing genomics and personalized health program, leveraging data to predict disease progression and response to treatments. Sema4’s Centrellis data […]
Olive, ASUS Partner to Bring AI-Assisted Medical Coding to 775+ Hospitals
What You Should Know: – Olive and ASUS announced their partnership to bring AI-assisted medical coding to over 775 U.S. hospitals. Olive will bring ASUS Miraico, the AI medical coding assistant, to healthcare providers via the Olive Helps platform. – The addition of Miraico to the Olive Helps system […]
MedCity Pivot Podcast: The stakes are high for getting AI right in healthcare, says Duke Forge director
It’s important for clinicians to consider AI recommendations with a critical eye, the same as they would for any other test, said Dr. Erich Huang, […]
Bayer backs Ada Health’s symptom checker app in $90m financing
Ada Health has received another endorsement for its app to help patients diagnose conditions from symptoms, raising an impressive $90 million in funding from investors […]
Engine Biosciences revs up $43M for AI tech that yields targeted cancer therapies
Engine Biosciences closed a $43 million Series A financing that the startup will apply to its artificial intelligence-based technology for drug discovery. The company analyzes […]
As India battles COVID, Qure.ai deploys AI diagnostic for hard-pressed doctors
Indian digital health company Qure.ai is making an artificial intelligence-driven diagnostic app available to doctors scrambling to cope with escalating COVID-19 cases and deaths. With […]
Docbot CEO highlights how AI can be applied to gastrointestinal image analysis
Docbot CEO Andrew Ritter talked about how the predictive analytics business seeks to shake up how clinicians diagnose gastrointestinal disease by changing the way medical […]
Why federated learning is the right solution for healthcare AI
Federated learning is the right solution for healthcare AI. It allows connecting data from different data silos while not requiring any movement of patient data. […]
BMS embraces AI drug discovery with $1.2bn Exscientia alliance
Exscientia has signed up another big pharma partner for its artificial intelligence (AI) based drug discovery platform, this time attracting a $50 million upfront buy-in […]
Google unveils tool for checking skin conditions
Google is making its first foray into patient-facing healthcare tools with a dermatology symptom-checker. Users take an image of the spot they’re concerned about and […]
Health Innovators: Teresa Arroyo-Gallego, nQ Medical
In this episode of our Health Innovators series, Paul Tunnah is joined by Teresa Arroyo-Gallego, chief data scientist at artificial intelligence technology company nQ Medical. […]
Biogen taps Envisagenics’ AI to speed up RNA splicing R&D
Biogen has made a further push into RNA-based drug discovery via a collaboration with Envisagenics, which applies artificial intelligence RNA sequencing data to discover new […]
Backed by $92M, startup Interline aims to shed new light on protein communities
Interline Therapeutics has technology that shows how proteins interact as communities, paving the way for the discovery of new drugs. CEO Zachary Sweeney, a Denali […]
Exscientia starts trials of AI-designed Alzheimer’s drug
Exscientia has advanced a drug candidate for Alzheimer’s disease into human testing, the third clinical-stage project for the UK specialist in artificial intelligence (AI) based […]
