Nvidia has quietly become one of the most influential players in healthcare technology by supplying the accelerated computing and AI infrastructure that powers everything from imaging to drug discovery. The company’s restraint — focusing on enabling the ecosystem rather than owning it — has helped cement its role as the indispensable backbone of the healthcare industry’s AI transformation.
In interviews with MedCity News Reporter Marissa Plescia and Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar, healthcare executives offered updates on their companies and their outlook.
Alan Murray on improving access for medical transportation.
Verily has launched a free consumer health app that aggregates users’ medical records, helps them track their habits and delivers personalized preventive care recommendations. The app also features an AI-powered health assistant that contextualizes users’ data.
March has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For example, providers like Providence and Geisinger have appointed new C-suite leaders, and companies like Blue Shield of California and Evernorth have undergone CEO exits. There were also layoffs at organizations including HHS, Blue Cross of Idaho and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, retirements, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
For the August episode, we discuss some recent executive appointments occurring in the healthcare sector, as well as layoffs affecting the industry. We also hear from Andrew Trister, who just became Verily's chief scientific officer.
OneOncology recently announced that it is deploying Verily’s clinical trial management platform across 11 of its community oncology clinics. Adopting Verily’s software will hopefully make clinical trial management much easier for OneOncology, which would allow the company to further democratize trials to improve health equity, the company’s chief medical officer said.
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
Th FDA granted another 510(k) clearance to iRhythm Technologies for its AI-powered software system designed for use with Verily’s irregular pulse tracking watch. The clearance is for an algorithm that categorizes patients’ AFib by analyzing how much of it they experience over time.
A study published by Verily researchers showed that some smartphone metrics, such as sentiment in weekly voice diaries, matched up with the severity of users’ depression as determined by PHQ-9 scores. Even if these technologies could be used to track mental health, it’s not clear how they will fit into physician workflows or how comfortable people will be using their smartphones in this way.
People who access Onduo through their employer will have access to the wearables and Fitbit’s subscription program. Google closed its acquisition of Fitbit earlier this year, and Onduo is a subsidiary of Google's sister company, Verily.
They plan to commercialize the decision support software, which would surface relevant patient records and recommendations from Mayo Clinic specialists. To start, they will focus on cardiometabolic conditions.
Verily’s recent moves have signaled the company’s interest in supporting decentralized clinical trials and real-world studies. Now the life sciences subsidiary of Alphabet is bolstering its capabilities in these areas with the acquisition of startup SignalPath.