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Healthcare IT News | February 18, 2020

Northern California healthcare system Sutter Health announced today that has begun a pilot with startup Ferrum Health, to use AI to monitor the work of radiologists and catch preventable medical errors in patients with lung cancer. Ferrum is a new startup founded by Pelu Tran, who previously founded and led Google Glass company Augmedix. It’s an AI company, but rather than building its business model on selling particular algorithms, it’s focused on deploying existing algorithms in a...

Healthcare IT News | January 31, 2020

Accenture has a deep bench when it comes to healthcare expertise. And the consulting giant keeps a keen eye on healthcare information technology and the trends surrounding this IT. This is why Healthcare IT News turned to Accenture for its view of trends in health IT this year and beyond. Dr. Kaveh Safavi, senior managing director, head of global health practice, at Accenture, offers his analysis and predictions, focusing on AI and emerging technologies. Accenture recently polled healthcare exec...

Health Technology, Medical Devices

Businesswire | May 03, 2023

Weave the all-in-one customer communication and engagement platform for small- and medium-sized businesses announced the launch of Response Assistant, its first AI-driven feature. Now available to Weave’s 27,000+ customers, Response Assistant enhances the Weave product to further save customers’ time by using AI to draft responses and other content. The first use case allows users to use AI to draft a response to a patient review with one click. The user can then edi...

Future of Healthcare

DispatchHealth | November 24, 2022

DispatchHealth, the nation's first comprehensive in-home, high acuity medical care provider announced it has raised more than $330 million in combined equity and debt financing. The equity round of $259 million was led by Optum Ventures, with participation from new investors Adams Street Partners, Blue Shield of California, among others, and continued support from existing investors Humana, Echo Health Ventures, Questa Capital and Oak HC/FT. K2 HealthVentures, Silicon Valley Bank and SVB ...