Artificial intelligence technology specialist Ambience Healthcare, which specializes in AI-powered applications and an operating system to improve system efficiency for organizations, announced a $70 million funding round. The Series B round was led by Kleiner Perkins and OpenAI Startup Fund, as well as existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Optum Ventures.
In a preview of his HIMSS24 presentation, Dr. Jonathan Chen, assistant professor at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, said a patient’s care quality hinges on whether medical teams can distinguish between fact and fiction.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now monitoring a new COVID-19, BA.2.87.1, which has more than 30 changes in the coronavirus spike protein and has been detected nine times in the Republic of South Africa.
The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a $195 million judgment against Simple Health Plans and its CEO, Steven J. Dorfman, over charges they duped consumers into signing up for “sham” healthcare plans that did not deliver the promised coverage or benefits. This effectively left consumers uninsured and exposed to limitless medical expenses, the FTC said.
Beneficiaries with Medicare Part D are poised to reap significant savings with the implementation of a $2,000 out-of-pocket spending cap for prescription drugs covered under the program, which is slated to take effect in 2025. This provision, signed into law as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, aims to alleviate financial burdens for millions of […]
Change management helped Providence leverage AI for clinical notes, an inbox management system and other products, says Dr. Eve Cunningham, chief of virtual care and digital health at Providence.
AI systems can summarize what’s happening with a patient, but if the system makes up or omits information it can lead to catastrophic consequences, says Harjinder Sandhu, CTO of health platforms and solutions at Microsoft.
Amazon-owned One Medical has confirmed that it is closing several of its offices in a move intended to cut costs, with offices in New York, New York, Minneapolis, Minnesota and St. Petersburg, Florida set to shutter their doors by the end of February.