This week, Wheel rolled out a new AI-powered platform designed to provide patients with more holistic and seamless virtual care journeys. The platform, called Horizon, aims to help the startup’s customers rapidly scale virtual care programs to meet growing patient demand.

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Despite misconceptions about its use, artificial intelligence (AI), through modalities such as machine learning models, is poised to enable companies to expedite the drug design process. 

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Lack of adequate translation and interpreting services isn’t just an inconvenience, it is dangerous and potentially life-threatening.

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Hospitals need to start thinking about ways to build patients’ trust in generative AI in order for the healthcare industry to fully harness the technology’s potential. They can do this through methods like having transparent conversations, asking for patients’ consent to use the tools and training models on internal data, experts said.

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The introduction of AI into solo or group practices can assist in completing administrative tasks, organizing information faster, and supporting effective, personalized care.

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Abarca executives see plenty of potential for new technologies but note the need to strike the right balance between tech and human intervention.

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Micky Tripathi, head of The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), thinks his office’s recent rule on AI transparency will spur greater adoption of AI tools in healthcare, as well as potentially drive higher quality AI-based products.

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Click Therapeutics is acquiring the assets of Better Therapeutics two months after that digital therapeutics developer announced it would lay off all employees and shut down. Better’s main asset is AspyreRx, an FDA-authorized mobile app for type 2 diabetes.

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If Medicare acts, the potential of AI-enabled technologies to improve healthcare outcomes for patients, regardless of their geographic location or socioeconomic status, will be closer to being fully realized.

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Allegheny Health Network rolled out a large language model designed exclusively for use by its staff members. You can think of the tool as the health system’s own version of Chat-GPT, said Ashis Barad, AHN’s chief digital and information officer.

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SmarterDx — an AI startup that provides clinical review and quality audits for medical claims — closed a $50 million Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $71 million.

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A Q&A with Naoki Okamura revealed that when it comes to cell and gene therapies, the CEO of Astellas Pharma believes risk-taking is a must for eventual success.

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Mass General Brigham researchers conducted a study to learn more about the efficacy of large language models when used to draft responses to patient messages in the EHR. The results showed that these AI tools can do a good job at reducing physicians’ workloads and improving patient education — but also that these tools have limitations that require human oversight.

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Kaiser Permanente is deploying Innovaccer’s healthcare AI platform and population health management tools to support better value-based care — starting with its Washington market and potentially expanding to new markets in the future.

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Strategies for building the datasets needed for ACOs to take advantage of artificial intelligence, manage costs and improve outcomes for all

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With hospitals struggling to retain staff and value-based care shrinking healthcare revenues, health systems must look to technology resources to become more efficient, without losing sight of patient care or staff support.

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With the right solutions, providers can spend more time with the patient, building the relationship, earning their trust, and focusing on the forward-looking health journey.

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This rapidly growing field marries bioinformatics and pharmacology and represents a transformative new era of precision medicine and highly personalized treatments.

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Algorithms make it possible for companies to fix prices without explicitly coordinating with one another, posing a new test for regulators policing the market, said Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, during a media event hosted by KFF.

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No passing fad, AI in healthcare is here, and it’s already improving the lives of patients,
healthcare workers, and researchers. How can we make a good thing even better?

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The first FDA-approved MASH drug doesn’t treat patients with liver cirrhosis. A new Boehringer Ingelheim/Ochre Bio collaboration is researching regenerative medicines that could treat patients in this most advanced stage of the fatty liver disease.

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The imperative to modernize healthcare communication methods extends beyond mere technological upgrades. Rather, it’s a fundamental necessity to enhance patient care, streamline healthcare delivery, and unlock the full potential of medical innovation.

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Banner Health is deploying Qventus’ perioperative technology across the entire organization following the success of an initial pilot. The software integrates with EHRs and uses machine learning to automate operating room scheduling processes and maximize surgical caseloads.

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Current technology can’t single-handedly solve all dental workforce issues, but there is much it can do to lighten the burden.

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Pharmaceutical companies use Feel Therapeutics’ technology to monitor the mental state of participants in clinical trials of behavioral medications. But the startup envisions its technology eventually also finding a place as a part of clinical care.

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At a recent conference, executives from across the industry shared their thoughts on how the healthcare sector can ensure its use of AI is ethical and responsible. They highlighted the need for collaboration, trust building and pragmatic thinking.

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Diagonal Therapeutics develops agonist antibodies to treat rare cardiovascular conditions. Using artificial intelligence, the startup’s technology sorts through billions of antibody/receptor combinations to identify the ones that reactivate signaling pathways lost to disease.

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LLMs bring great potential to help the healthcare industry center care around patients’ needs by improving communication, access, and engagement. However, LLMs also present significant challenges associated with privacy and bias that also must be considered.

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Chicago-based Prenosis gained FDA clearance for its sepsis detection technology this week, marking the first time the agency has cleared an AI diagnostic tool for sepsis.

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This week, Eko Health received FDA clearance for a new AI-powered tool that aids in the early detection of low ejection fraction, a key indicator of heart failure. The tool, which was developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, is embedded into Eko’s digital stethoscopes.

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