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Patient engagement startup Parakeet Health launches its generative AI voice platform for health system contact centers and raises $3 million in seed funding.
Luma Health announces AI products for healthcare call centers: a…
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WVU Medicine implements an AI-powered search system that allows employees to search for content that is contained in internal documents, such as clinical protocols, how-to guides, and tip sheets. It plans to…
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Microsoft releases a major enhancement to Copilot that adds conversational capabilities, a virtual news presenter that will read headlines, webpage history recall, and the ability to answer questions about the text and images on…
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The New York Times covers physician use of Epic’s In Basket Art to create draft responses to patient questions that have been submitted using MyChart. Some major health systems decided not to use the…
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An 18-month study by Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital finds that its use of the Chartwatch AI system that predicts patient deterioration was associated with a 26% drop in unexpected deaths. The system was developed…
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Apple announces Apple Intelligence, which will add AI capabilities to the latest models of IPhones, MacBooks, and IPads with the launch of IOS 18 later this month. It will include:
Writing tools that can rewrite…
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A legal advisor recommends that doctors not use AI to respond to patient complaints. She says that AI’s responses may use country-specific laws (most likely from the US), generate misleading statements, and ask for…
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Medscape launches a free AI scribe for US physicians that can summarize a patient visit in SOAP, H&P, or POMR format.
Researchers find that about only about half of the 500 AI-powered medical devices…
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Epic R&D SVP Seth Hain, MS gives UGM attendees an idea of how the company is thinking about AI use cases. His example was an AI-initiated outreach call to a recovering wrist surgery patient…
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Google launches the Pixel Watch 3, whose health-related features include workout biometrics, cardiac tracking, planning and guiding tools for runners, and loss-of-pulse detection that can contact emergency services. The watch costs $350 for the…
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