AI in Healthcare News and Updates

Our monthly report on AI, ML, DL, and NLP in healthcare looks at who, what, where, and how the use of artificial intelligence is changing healthcare for the better. We will bring you some of the latest news and product information along with thought leader posts and our AI playlist of episodes from Healthcare NOW Radio.

In the News

Transcarent Introduces WayFinding, an AI-Powered Consumer Health Experience
Transcarent, the One Place for Health and Care, announced WayFinding, a new experience that seamlessly combines generative AI with instant access to care providers to integrate benefits navigation, clinical guidance, and care delivery on one easy to use platform. WayFinding personalizes each person’s experience, orienting and guiding them through their health and care journeys, with human support never more than a tap away.

Triomics Automates Oncology Workflows with GenAI Powered Platform, Raises $15M
Currently, oncology staff must manually search thousands of patient health records to find the right trials or care pathways for their patients. Triomics is announcing it has raised $15M to help cancer centers streamline these workflows and process oncology data at scale by applying their framework to build, institution-tuned large language models (OncoLLM™) and use case-specific software. The company has raised from several Silicon Valley firms making pioneering investments in generative AI and healthcare, including Lightspeed, Nexus Venture Partners, General Catalyst and Y Combinator.

Upperline Health and Navina Team Up to Transform Value-Based Specialty Care with AI at the Point of Care
Navina, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered primary care platform that transforms complex, fragmented patient data into actionable insights at the point of care, announced the initial results of its partnership with Upperline Health, the nation’s largest provider network dedicated to value-based specialty care, and the first to start its own ACO REACH. This collaboration improves the accuracy of patients’ overall health assessment and enhances clinical workflows to maximize valuable time with patients.

Lyric and Concert Expand Partnership to Deliver Laboratory Payment Accuracy Solution
Lyric, an AI-first company in payment accuracy, has expanded its partnership with Concert to deliver payment accuracy across a rapidly expanding set of advanced and routine laboratory tests, the companies announced recently.

CLEW Expands Its Intelligent Clinical Surveillance Platform to All Inpatient Settings
CLEW, a clinical intelligence and predictive surveillance company, announced the general availability of its FDA-cleared, AI-driven, intelligent clinical surveillance platform. Built upon proprietary, machine-learning derived prediction models and rules-based best practices, the CLEW platform offers health systems an early identification of a patient’s risk of deterioration.

Products

Cohere Health Launches Early Trend Signal Intelligence to Predict Utilization Trends Earlier than Claims-based Methods
Cohere Health®, a recognized company in clinical intelligence and prior authorization automation, announced the launch of early trend signal intelligence. By applying advanced artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to proprietary prior authorization data, early trend signal intelligence predicts medical utilization trends up to three months before claims data is available. This early insight enables health plans and other risk-bearing entities to understand trends, which in turn supports decision-making to address unnecessary utilization and associated costs.

CentralReach Unveils CR ClaimCheckAI: the Only Fully-Integrated, Proprietary AI-Powered Solution Enabling Clean Claims for Autism and IDD Care Providers
CentralReach, the leader in Autism and IDD Care Software for ABA and multidisciplinary organizations, announced the launch of CR ClaimCheckAI, the only fully-integrated, proprietary artificial intelligence solution designed to transform the claims process. CR ClaimCheckAI greatly enhances accuracy, compliance, and speed in submitting claims by automatically analyzing claims against specific payer rules and a comprehensive suite of compliance checks, quarantining any claims that don’t meet payer requirements allowing them to be fixed prior to submission.

Together by Renee Launches Innovative Find My Meds Feature to Ensure Continuous Access
Together by Renee, an AI-based health assistant, announced the launch of a groundbreaking new feature in its platform: Find My Meds. This innovative feature is designed to tackle the widespread issue of GLP-1 medication shortages, which affects millions of users nationwide who rely on these drugs for managing diabetes and weight loss. The introduction of Find My Meds closely follows the ranking of Together by Renee as No. 10 in the wellness and personal care category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list.

RapidAI Secures FDA Clearance for Perfusion Imaging in the Angiography Suite
RapidAI, a company developing clinically deep Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology workflow solutions to combat life-threatening neurovascular, cardiac, and vascular diseases, announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for its AngioFlow™ by RapidAI solution. The module delivers perfusion imaging analysis directly within the interventional suite to promote greater clinical confidence, workflow efficiency, and potentially improve patient outcomes.

OM1 Launches Three New Products Powered by Patented AI Platform to Expedite Delivery of Personalized Medicine
OM1 introduces three new products: OM1 Orion, OM1 Lyra, and OM1 Polaris powered by PhenOMTM – an artificial intelligence-powered digital phenotyping platform for personalized medicine and clinical research. OM1 is the leader in providing Real-World Evidence (RWE) insights from bench to bedside, leveraging advanced predictive and generative AI platforms coupled with deep clinical data to empower healthcare stakeholders.

ThinkAndor, an AI-first platform, transforms emergency care at the Medical University of South Carolina
Andor Health, an AI-first company reimagining virtual care, announces a groundbreaking initiative aimed at transforming the patient experience in MUSC Health emergency departments. The program uses artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ThinkAndor® to reduce wait times and enhance the quality of care for patients.

To Read

American Medical Association
Yes, health AI can help doctors. Follow 3 steps to roll it out. By Marc Zarefsky, Contributing News Writer – Health systems and physician practices alike are now facing the question of how to integrate augmented intelligence (AI)—often called artificial intelligence—into the workplace. If implemented correctly, AI can be a great help to physicians. But how do you go about doing that?

Generative AI Practitioners in Healthcare Prioritize Industry-Specific and Task-Specific Models as Budgets Surge 300%, New John Snow Labs Survey Finds
John Snow Labs, the AI for healthcare company, announced the findings of the inaugural Generative AI in Healthcare Survey. Conducted by Gradient Flow, the research explores the trends, tools, and behaviors around generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) use among healthcare and life sciences practitioners. Findings showed a significant increase in GenAI budgets across the board, with one-fifth of all technical leaders witnessing a more than 300% budget growth, reflecting strong advocacy and investment.

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