ORLANDO – According to experts, financial return on investment is not the only aspect that should be considered when examining the implementation of virtual care technologies.
"Sometimes there is no pathway to return on investment, the pathway is blurry or assumptions are made," Chad Ellimoottil, professor and medical director of virtual care at the University of Michigan told an audience at...
Health is standing on the cusp of a revolution, and augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies are at the forefront, transforming everything from surgical training to patient mental health care.
The technologies are not just changing the game; they are redefining the playing field, offering unparalleled precision, immersion and connectivity. This article explores the...
Magentus taps Google Cloud for genAI
Magentus has engaged Google Cloud to help it build a "centralised and secure" foundation for customer data in the cloud, leveraging generative AI solutions and large language models.
The health IT provider intends to assist clinicians in easily accessing information and simplifying the way they extract insights from complex, unstructured medical data, which...
Nuance Communications, a Microsoft company, announced today that WellSpan Health, an integrated healthcare system based in Pennsylvania, will be adding Nuance’s Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) to its group of patient experience-centered solutions.
DAX is a solution that automates and accelerates the creation of clinical documentation during exam room and telehealth visits for immediate entry...
Health system Mass General Brigham is teaming up with clinical decision support company AvoMD to help rapid response teams identify patients at risk of fatal respiratory or cardiac arrest outside of the ICU.
AvoMD transforms PDF guidelines and static decision-tree protocols into actionable digital tools that can be made available in the clinical workflow via electronic health record (EHR)...
Australia-based not-for-profit organisation Crohn’s Colitis Cure (CCCure) has recently launched subscription-based access to its registry of data on patients dealing with inflammatory bowel diseases.
The IBD-focused charity claims to have one of the world's largest databases of real-time patient-reported and clinical data on IBD, including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and IBD-undetermined...
Editor's note: This article has been updated with a quote from b.well Connected Health's CEO.
b.well Connected Health, a health management platform, announced it closed a $40 million Series C growth round led by Leavitt Equity Partners.
Andrew Clark, managing partner at Leavitt; Ryan Howells, principal at Leavitt and executive director of the CARIN Alliance; Dr. Hon Pak, head of digital health...
Best Practice integrates genAI
Practice management system brand Best Practice Software is set to introduce a new transcription tool run by generative AI.
The company recently partnered with Lyrebird Health to integrate the Lyrebird Scribe into its software offering. The tool automatically generates medical documentation such as patient notes during the consultation process, filters out...
Indian medical imaging AI company InMed AI has released a new AI-powered tool for screening traumatic brain injuries (TBI).
The Neuroshield CT TBI is a decision support tool for detecting and quantifying intracranial haemorrhage, fracture, and midline shift. Utilising AI, it automatically processes brain CT images and alerts clinicians of critical findings.
Commenting on the technology, Dr...
Despite the growing demand for virtual healthcare solutions, patients still harbor apprehensions over the use of AI in medical diagnosis, according to a survey from The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic, a joint venture between Cleveland Clinic and telehealth giant Amwell.
The survey found the availability of virtual second opinion (VSO) services made it far more likely for respondents to follow...
