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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...

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Microba Life Sciences Limited | May 26, 2022

On May 25th, premier palliative care provider Liberty HomeCare and Hospice announced a partership with healthcare technology solutions firm, Axxess. Liberty aims to enhance its clinician experience by automating documentation and other processes. The organization chose Axxess in a bid to improve employee retention and centralize its billing process. "I didn't expect to make a software transition again in my career, but when we vetted Axxess it was an e...

Fiercehealthcare | April 22, 2020

Close to half of doctors are now using telehealth to treat patients as the COVID-19 pandemic changes practice patterns and how physicians deliver care. That's up from 18% of physicians using telemedicine two years ago, based on The Physicians Foundation’s "2018 Survey of America's Physicians." In this latest physician survey, Merritt Hawkins, a physician search company, found that the use of telemedicine has been rapidly accelerated by the COVID-19 epidemic, which has spu...

HITInfrastructure | February 28, 2020

The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH) recently announced that it will be powered by Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service, creating the nation’s first 5G healthcare innovation lab. EHIH is a healthcare advancement and commercialization program committed to improving patient care and provider experience. The partnership with Verizon 5G will add digital speed and connectivity to an ecosystem working to transform the healthcare industry. Additionally, it will provide researchers with the abi...