OpenEvidence’s $12 billion valuation reflects investor confidence in its bottom-up, doctor-first model. It has driven rapid adoption, with more than 757,000 clinicians using the startup’s free AI medical search tool regularly. That scale is paired with targeted pharmaceutical advertising that’s already pushed the company past a $100 million revenue run rate.
OpenAI announced a new dedicated platform for health conversations. The company said the new offering is not intended for medical diagnosis or treatment — but rather to provide support for personal health navigation.
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.
As AI chatbots become a surrogate for human connection amid a national mental health crisis, experts are worried about these tools’ lack of safeguards — with research showing the models can provide dangerous, sometimes fatal, advice. Regulators and providers alike are scrambling to catch up with a technology that evolves faster than humans are able to understand.
Although there is a wide range of healthcare chatbot applications, such as providing medical information and mental health assistance, typical chatbot solutions are often inadequate, leaving both their users and owners frustrated.
The company offers clinical triage via an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot and unlimited virtual visits through a majority of its plans. Inspired by the Israeli healthcare system, patients on Antidote plans pay a monthly membership fee.
Leaps by Bayer led a $90 million investment round into Ada, a German digital health startup with an AI-based symptom checker. As part of the deal, the two companies are also striking a broader strategic partnership.
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Through a new collaboration, Humana's Employer Group members will gain access to IBM Watson Health's AI-powered digital assistant. The chatbot will provide information on member benefits, claims, referrals and cost estimates for medical services.
In a study that tested eight symptom checkers against seven primary care providers, physicians still outperformed the apps. But between them, there was wide variation in the apps’ accuracy and safety, as well as the conditions they could assess.
The COVID-19 Vaccination Assistant will provide information about the new vaccines to help allay fears among the U.S. public. It will also help people schedule their vaccinations and connect them with rideshare services to make it to their appointment.
K Health, a startup building a symptom checker that allows users to compare their symptoms to similar patient cases, struck a partnership with Mayo Clinic’s Data Analytics Platform. It also raised another $42 million in funding as it builds out a telehealth platform.
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K Health, a startup that lets patients look up their symptoms and chat with a doctor, raised $48 million in funding.
Babylon Health, a London-based startup, faced concerns raised by an oncologist about results generated by its triage chatbot. The company brushed off the complaints as tests from a “Twitter troll.”
Healthjoy, a company using a combination of a chatbot and concierge services to help users better understand their benefits, raised $30 million in funding. The company has several tools to help patients find lower-cost care, whether in comparing prescriptions or providers.
Telemedicine startup GYANT will work with the Cleveland Clinic to improve communication between providers and patients after they are discharged from the hospital. The company uses its chat interface to make it easier for patients to chat with their care team after discharge, and will be expanded to Cleveland Clinic’s Women’s Health Institute.
The co-branded application will open up access to K Health's AI-driven triage and symptom checker tool to Anthem's more than 40 million members.