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By  Jessica Hagen 01:03 pm July 18, 2023
Telehealth platform Teladoc Health is expanding its collaboration with Microsoft to integrate the tech giant's AI solutions into its platform, allowing providers to automate clinical documentation creation during virtual exams.  The virtual care company will integrate Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Cognitive Services, and conversational and ambient clinical documentation solution Nuance...
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By  Emily Olsen 11:35 am March 21, 2023
Microsoft's Nuance Communications announced a new clinical documentation tool that uses the latest version of OpenAI's artificial intelligence language model, GPT-4. The company said Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express drafts clinical notes within seconds from conversations with patients conducted through telehealth or in person. The product builds off its DAX documentation product that...
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By  Adam Ang 03:05 am September 14, 2021
Nuance Communications, a US-based developer of conversational AI tools for healthcare, has made available its AI-enabled radiology solutions – PowerScribe One reporting platform and mPower Clinical Analytics – in Australia and New Zealand. WHAT THEY DO PowerScribe One, a platform that combines conversational and cognitive AI and real-time communications, uses context-aware natural language...
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By  Dave Muoio 11:59 am February 9, 2021
Nuance Communications, the Boston-based maker of various conversational artificial intelligence tools for healthcare, announced yesterday that it has acquired Saykara, a Seattle startup that specializes in mobile AI clinical documentation. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Saykara's lead product is an AI assistant named Kara. During an in-person or virtual visit, doctors can use Kara to...
By  Heather Mack 05:43 pm March 22, 2017
ResMed, maker of devices and software to improve sleep and chronic respiratory conditions, has teamed up with Adaptive Sound Technologies to offer the sound machine through its portfolio of sleep technology products.  “With a leading global position in sleep technology and proven track record of offering innovative products and solutions to improve the health and quality of life, ResMed is...
By  Heather Mack 06:04 pm July 28, 2016
An undisclosed company has acquired San Mateo, California-based Gamgee, a digital health startup that has done business as 22otters. Both the Gamgee and 22otters website inform visitors about the acquisition but reveal no additional details. With investors that include Khosla Ventures and Nuance Communications, Gamgee developed apps that help patients with at-home, pre-op and post-op care. The...
By  Jonah Comstock 10:57 am August 31, 2015
Millennials are more likely than baby boomers to crowdsource their choice of physician, both online and in-person with friends, according to a new 3,000-person survey from Nuance. "We know a huge number of patients today are looking up symptoms and health information online, so it’s just a matter of time until they shop for physicians and communicate grievances that way, too,” Dr. Tony Oliva, ...
By  Brian Dolan 08:30 am July 21, 2015
Dr. Nick Terheyden Last week San Francisco public radio KQED's publication Future of You posted a must-read report on the growing trend of California medical school graduates joining digital health startups instead of continuing their training and pursuing residency programs. The report was anchored with data from physician network Doximity, which found that medical students from Stanford and...
By  Jonah Comstock 09:35 am March 30, 2015
A new survey conducted by voice recognition software company Nuance Communications shows that patients don't have a problem with their doctors using technology during visits, as long as technology doesn't get in the way of a meaningful interaction with their physician. Nuance surveyed 3,000 patients in three countries: the United States, the UK and Germany. They found that 97 percent of patients...
By  Neil Versel 01:18 pm April 17, 2013
A start-up from Orange Silicon Valley, the San Francisco development center of France Telecom-Orange, is preparing to launch a platform that combines wireless home monitoring, augmented reality, speech controls and motion capture to help patients manage chronic diseases and prevent hospital readmissions. The platform, called Sense.ly, uses gesture capture based on Microsoft's Kinect as well as a...