Artificial intelligence in healthcare is only as good as the patient data that is collected. The information must be accurate, and precision management of patient data is critical for AI to succeed.
The company announced this week that its AI-powered symptom assessment and care navigation platform is now available in the Epic App Orchard. Jeff Cutler, Ada's chief commercial officer, and Scott Fannin, the company's vice president of enterprise product management, discussed the announcement in a sit-down interview at the Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Orlando.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
The company's technology collects and aggregates medical data from disparate sources including EHR systems, labs, pharmacies, wearables and health apps.