AI: A Good Tool to Combat Bad Actors in Healthcare
AI can be a highly effective tool for plans aiming to reduce fraud, waste and abuse, but only if it is combined with investigative intelligence.
Google exec at Mayo Clinic conference: AI, ML ‘is math, not magic’
Michael Howell, chief clinical officer of Google, discussed the ways AI and ML are serving healthcare, as well as some lessons he learned since he started working at Google.
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Navina’s AI Copilot Eases the Value-Based Burden, Study Shows
A new independent study from Phyx Primary Care’s Innovation Lab points to measurable improvements in physician burnout, documentation efficiency, and key VBC metrics among primary care practices.
Flagship reveals machine learning-based protein drug discovery startup Generate Biomedicines
The company said it had used its machine learning platform to generate multiple antibodies and peptides against the Covid-19 virus in less than 17 days and could potentially create hitherto "impossible" protein-based therapeutics.
Recursion raises $239M in Series D, partners with lead investor Bayer
The partnership includes a $30 million upfront payment from Bayer and potentially more than $100 million in milestones per program generated through the partnering of the German drugmaker's molecule library and Recursion's artificial intelligence-based drug discovery platform.
IBM, Energy Department researchers tap supercomputer in fight against coronavirus
While the lead author of the study, at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, cautioned that the researchers had not found a cure for the virus that causes COVID-19, they were able to identify 77 compounds after screening more than 8,000 in a matter of days.
Do androids dream of electric lawsuits? Current IP law ill-suited for AI in drug discovery, panelist says
The question of who owns the intellectual property to a drug born inside a computer came up in a panel discussion at a recent life sciences law symposium.
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The Top 5 Home Care Franchise Opportunities in the U.S.
The home care industry is booming. As Baby Boomers age and more families seek in-home solutions for loved ones, demand for home care services is at an all-time high.
Personalized cancer treatment startup Notable Labs nabs $40M Series B
Notable CEO Matthew De Silva said the company has been able to successfully replicate its automated system, allowing for the export of the company's technology and growth of its commercial use cases.
Nvidia’s plan to take the ‘anxiety’ out of AI’s use in radiology
A new partnership between Nvidia and the American College of Radiology will give a wider range of clinicians the ability to build, share and adapt their own AI models.
AI drug development partnership between GlaxoSmithKline, Exscientia yields first drug candidate
The in vivo molecule was discovered under a two-year-old partnership between the two companies to discovery drugs using artificial intelligence. It will be developed for COPD.
Insights and recommendations from Eric Topol’s NHS report
Topol's report posits a more individualized, patient-centered system driven by a population empowered by personal genomic and health information.
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Your Guide to the Best Vein Clinics in Orlando
Your varicose or spider veins may indicate an underlying problem, so finding the right vein specialist is crucial. Discover the best vein clinics in Orlando.
How private health info can be identified through fitness tracker data
The problem, according to researchers, is not fitness trackers themselves, but privacy regulations woefully unprepared to deal with the new types of data being produced, collected and analyzed.
What’s needed to effectively bring AI to healthcare?
A new report from the Duke University Margolis Center for Health seeks to shed light on the current state of AI technology in healthcare and how to effectively drive adoption of AI-based clinical support tools.
Four payer market predictions for 2019
My educated guesses on where the payer market is headed in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.
San Francisco startup raises $6.75 million for remote health monitoring
The company was founded last year and has developed technology that analyzes data from a combination of clinical and commercial devices to monitor and track the health status of patients at home.
Amazon’s latest healthcare foray is a major step into health informatics
A new software service from the company called Amazon Comprehend Medical uses machine learning and natural language processing to extract relevant medical information from doctors' notes, clinical trial reports and patient health records.