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By  Jessica Hagen 01:03 pm July 18, 2023
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...
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By  Emily Olsen 11:35 am March 21, 2023
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...
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By  Adam Ang 03:05 am September 14, 2021
Nuance Communications, a US-based developer of conversational AI tools for healthcare, has made available its AI-enabled radiology solutions – PowerScribe One reporting platform and mPower Clinical Analytics – in Australia and New Zealand. WHAT THEY DO PowerScribe One, a platform that combines conversational and cognitive AI and real-time communications, uses context-aware natural language...
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By  Dave Muoio 11:59 am February 9, 2021
Nuance Communications, the Boston-based maker of various conversational artificial intelligence tools for healthcare, announced yesterday that it has acquired Saykara, a Seattle startup that specializes in mobile AI clinical documentation. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Saykara's lead product is an AI assistant named Kara. During an in-person or virtual visit, doctors can use Kara to...
By  Laura Lovett and Dave Muoio 03:25 pm October 17, 2019
This morning chronic care management company Livongo Health inked a deal with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, expanding its partnership with the payer to offer its diabetes program to every fully covered Blue KC member. Livongo will also be available to Blue KC Administrative Services Only (ASO) clients.  “We are very excited to expand our partnership with Blue KC to offer their fully...
By  Laura Lovett 01:58 pm September 11, 2018
Looking to relieve the glut of paperwork surrounding physicians, voice AI company Nuance has teamed up with EHR company Epic to integrate its platform into Epic’s apps. The companies' new system was developed to help doctors more easily manage clinical documentation. The idea is that doctors will be able to open up one of Epic’s compatible apps and retrieve schedules, patient information, lab...
By  Laura Lovett 02:14 pm March 9, 2018
Predictive analytics platform Clew Medical has recently announced its partnership with WakeMed for its clinical trials in the eICU to detect patient deterioration in realtime. Clew uses machine learning algorithms and customized physiological models to help clinicians make decisions with actionable clinical, operational and financial insights. The company’s AI system will give WakeMed access to...
By  MobiHealthNews 03:41 pm August 12, 2016
Over the years, more and more companies have gone public in the digital health space and existing public companies have gotten into the space, either on their own or thorugh acquisitions. Here's a roundup of digital health talk on the latest round of second quarter investor calls and quarterly finance reports. Fitbit. San Francisco-based Fitbit, maker of a series of popular wearable activity...
By  Jonah Comstock 10:57 am August 31, 2015
Millennials are more likely than baby boomers to crowdsource their choice of physician, both online and in-person with friends, according to a new 3,000-person survey from Nuance. "We know a huge number of patients today are looking up symptoms and health information online, so it’s just a matter of time until they shop for physicians and communicate grievances that way, too,” Dr. Tony Oliva, ...
By  Jonah Comstock 09:35 am March 30, 2015
A new survey conducted by voice recognition software company Nuance Communications shows that patients don't have a problem with their doctors using technology during visits, as long as technology doesn't get in the way of a meaningful interaction with their physician. Nuance surveyed 3,000 patients in three countries: the United States, the UK and Germany. They found that 97 percent of patients...