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Managed Healthcare Executive | February 06, 2020

The top healthcare technologies for 2020 aren’t new, but they are on the cusp of moving into broader use. In a sign of the growing maturity of some of these technologies such as machine learning, voice recognition, and natural language processing vendors are combining them to build solutions that solve real-world problems for providers and insurers. That’s because the focus of digitally enabled healthcare “is less about the technologies to be used and more about doing things di...

Fiercehealthcare | April 30, 2020

Some House lawmakers want to ensure safety net hospitals wouldn’t lose eligibility to participate in the 340B drug discount program due to their response to COVID-19. Reps. Doris Matsui, D-California, and Chris Stewart, R-Utah, wrote to House leadership (PDF) Tuesday outlining concerns that hospitals will be cut off from the program because they have to expand capacity to fight COVID-19. “To support our safety net hospitals through this crisis, we write to ask that any ...

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Exo | July 27, 2022

Exo a pioneering health information and medical devices company, announced that it is acquiring Medo, a Canadian developer of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, to make ultrasound imaging faster and simpler to use. By integrating Medo’s proprietary Sweep AI™ technology into its ultrasound platform, Exo will make ultrasound imaging more accessible to a wider range of caregivers. Ultrasound imaging is complex and requires specialized education and training. This limi...

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KAID Health | August 02, 2022

KAID Health, an AI-powered health care data analysis and provider engagement platform, announced the results of a study that validates the potential utility of its Natural Language Processing technology to improve provider efficiency and care quality. The peer-reviewed “doctor vs. artificial intelligence” paper found that KAID Health’s NLP technology greatly aligned with the clinician reviewers in completing a pre-operative checklist, and further was able to identify 16.6% o...