Healthcare insurer Blue Shield of California announced a multi-year cloud development plan with tech giant Microsoft to offer its members an integrated data hub, dubbed the Experience Cube, that runs on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.
The Experience Cube will utilize Azure's analytics and storage capabilities to tie together near real-time member, provider and payer data, aiming to create more...
Telehealth platform Teladoc Health is expanding its collaboration with Microsoft to integrate the tech giant's AI solutions into its platform, allowing providers to automate clinical documentation creation during virtual exams.
The virtual care company will integrate Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Cognitive Services, and conversational and ambient clinical documentation solution Nuance...
Canary Speech, maker of speech analysis software, is partnering with Microsoft to apply the tech giant's AI technology to expand its machine learning speech models for healthcare.
Canary offers vocal biomarker technology that captures and analyzes data to determine whether irregularities exist within an individual's speech. The company touts its technology as being able to detect mood, stress and...
Microsoft's Nuance Communications announced a new clinical documentation tool that uses the latest version of OpenAI's artificial intelligence language model, GPT-4.
The company said Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express drafts clinical notes within seconds from conversations with patients conducted through telehealth or in person. The product builds off its DAX documentation product that...
Speech recognition-technology company Voiceitt announced it scored $4.7 million in funding. The startup will extend the round to meet a new goal of $10 million.
The round was led by AMIT Technion with participation from Third Culture Capital (3CC) and Cisco Investments.
The Israeli company said that it had raised $20 million since its formation in 2012, including $5M of non-dilutive funding...
Rite Aid and Google Cloud announced a new multiyear partnership where Google Cloud will provide Rite Aid with technological insight to make its pharmacies more data-driven and personalized.
The drugstore chain will migrate its key applications to Google Cloud's Anthos, a platform providing companies with machine learning analytics, data protection through security technology, team collaboration...
Sending humans on a mission to Mars is a monumental task. But the list of the main risks to health during these groundbreaking journeys is surprisingly small.
"You would think spaceflight is really complicated, but we boil it down into five," Julie Robinson, acting chief scientist and manager for science and technology utilization at NASA headquarters, said during a panel at HIMSS22.
"And we...
Managing chronic conditions in the home using remote monitoring, virtual care and other tools is an increasingly popular space in digital health.
Chronic conditions, including diseases like diabetes, heart disease and stroke, are common in the U.S. and make up the vast majority of the nation's healthcare expenditure. The country's population is aging, but many say they would prefer to stay in...
Big tech meets big pharma in a collaboration between Johnson & Johnson Medical Device Companies (JJMDC) and Microsoft. The deal will be focused on expanding JJMDC's digital surgery ecosystem by employing Microsoft's Cloud. According to Microsoft, JJMDC will use its Azure product to develop a dashboard to monitor its digital surgery ecosystem.
The platform could help personalize surgical care...
Roche and Microsoft join forces to improve healthcare in Egypt
Roche and Microsoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve patient healthcare outcomes using artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology.
The MoU will be implemented in Egypt with a roadmap to roll out the concept across the Middle East, including Egypt, KSA, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Lebanon, Jordan...
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