The head of Microsoft's AI for Good Lab, Juan Lavista Ferres, coauthored a book providing real-world examples of how artificial intelligence can responsibly be used to positively affect humankind.
Ferres sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss his new book, AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action and Health. He talked about ways to mitigate biases within data input in AI...
Microsoft, GE HealthCare, and LG Electronics have recently partnered with a shared goal of supporting smart hospital constructions in South Korea.
The trio have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and contribute their respective expertise in medical equipment and medtech solutions, smart hospital operation solutions, and cloud and platforms.
In particular, Microsoft Korea will...
Seattle Children's Research Institute and tech giant Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab partnered on research examining the cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and determined that genetic testing at birth may help to determine a child's risk of SIDS.
The two organizations discussed the research during an event in Washington, which brought together more than 155 researchers and scientists to...
ORLANDO – During HIMSS24 Views from the Top session, "Digital health startups: Harnessing innovation to disrupt and improve care delivery," experts relayed that strength in an executive team (not necessarily a product) and solutions that solve providers' pain points are top of mind.
"There are a series of attributes we tend to weigh pretty heavily–the strength and relevance of the executive team...
Seattle-based Outbound AI, a company offering AI-powered virtual agents that perform administrative tasks, announced it was selected to participate in Microsoft's invite-only Pegasus Program.
Outbound AI is a conversational AI tool for healthcare with 24/7 virtual agents that focus on the revenue cycle, including eligibility and benefits verification, claims status and prior authorization. The...
Kakao Healthcare has unveiled its latest AI-driven mobile diabetes management app.
Called PASTA (Personalised, Accessible, Supportive, Tech-enabled, and Affordable), the app currently links to two CGM devices: CareSens Air by local manufacturer i-SENS and Dexcom's G7. The app will also pair with the Mallya smart cap for insulin pens by the second quarter.
Once the CGM device is linked, the app...
A new audio recognition system in Japan that was initially developed for business record keeping is now assisting people with difficulty in hearing using generative AI.
Aisin Corporation, a manufacturer of automotive components under Toyota, developed the YYProbe mobile app during the pandemic as a speech-to-text tool for employees to keep business records.
When employees with hearing...
Tech giant Microsoft announced a long-term partnership with multistate healthcare system Mercy, which will utilize its Azure OpenAI Service to provide generative AI-assisted communication resources to patients and Mercy employees.
Microsoft's generative AI will be used to help patients understand lab results, schedule appointments and get answers to healthcare-related questions.
Mercy's...
Duke Health and Microsoft announced a five-year partnership to examine the potential of generative AI and cloud technology to improve healthcare, and to create the Duke Health AI Innovation Lab and Center of Excellence.
Microsoft will train Duke to develop a cloud-savvy IT workforce and construct a secure cloud environment. At the same time, Duke will utilize Microsoft's Azure cloud for clinical...
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and AI safety and research company Anthropic announced the formation of the Frontier Model Forum, a body that will focus on ensuring the safe and responsible development of large-scale machine learning models that are capable of surpassing the capabilities of current AI models, also known as frontier models.
The partners are looking for organizations to join the Forum...
