Microsoft launched Copilot Health, an AI model that pulls together users’ medical records, wearable data and trusted health information. The move comes amid a wave of other tech companies announcing healthcare-focused large language models for consumers, including Anthropic, OpenAI and Amazon.
LLMs, with their remarkable conversational abilities, are uniquely positioned to help solve this crisis. But as with the dotcom boom before it, the surge of AI 'therapists' has created a turbulent landscape where separating legitimate innovation from dangerous shortcuts isn't straightforward.
Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.
The intersection of human connection and technology through voice AI holds the power to revolutionize how patients interact with their healthcare providers and payers.
Here is our attempt to capture this bewildering and memorable year by highlighting the phenomena and personalities who made it so.
EMR systems were designed with billing in mind, not physician efficiency, so it goes without saying that if technology can help alleviate the documentation burden, everybody wins
To remain as agile as possible, organizations should consider using chatbots, smart speaker applications, and other modalities but caution must be taken to ensure these solutions fully address healthcare privacy and security requirements.
Arbiter’s Anjali Jameson on hospital and payer alignment.
Having just a simple chatbot on a health system customer's site wasn't sufficient found executives at Syllable, which had to quickly update the first version once people became frustrated as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in the U.S.