Seattle-based Outbound AI, a company offering AI-powered virtual agents that perform administrative tasks, announced it was selected to participate in Microsoft's invite-only Pegasus Program.
Outbound AI is a conversational AI tool for healthcare with 24/7 virtual agents that focus on the revenue cycle, including eligibility and benefits verification, claims status and prior authorization. The...
Valendo Health, a diabetes-focused, value-based endocrinology company, announced its launch with $4 million in seed funding and two providers.
The company, built out of Redesign Health, aims to increase revenue for endocrinologists while assisting with the transition to a value-based care model.
It offers telehealth and remote patient monitoring services with diabetes care clinicians, an...
Never has any modern tool promised greater efficiency and support than what generative AI offers. Last year saw industries, including healthcare, quick to jump in on the trend to get first mover advantage. Applications have also been varied, from documentation to clinical decision support and even in combination with robotics.
While the enthusiasm for genAI will remain elevated this year – with...
Accompany Health, a hybrid care provider for low-income patients with complex needs, announced its launch with $56 million in Series A funding from Venrock, ARCH Venture Partners, IVP, Evidenced and Granite Capital Management.
WHAT IT DOES
The Bethesda-based company offers low-income patients 24/7 in-home and virtual care services, including primary care and urgent care, mental health services,...
Amazon Pharmacy and hybrid primary care provider One Medical have launched a pilot program to expand Amazon's hybrid primary care offerings by giving One Medical providers the ability to request medication consultations for patients with complex medication regimens.
The focus of the pilot, which launched in the fourth quarter of 2023, has been on elderly patients who are managing multiple chronic...
The healthcare sector witnessed a significant transformation in 2023, largely driven by the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in patient diagnostics. This integration marks a revolutionary step in how medical professionals approach diagnosis, offering a blend of efficiency, accuracy and personalization previously unattainable.
The dawn of AI-driven diagnostics
Artificial intelligence in...
In-home care provider DispatchHealth and grocery delivery company Instacart announced a partnership to provide Dispatch's in-home care professionals with tools to prescribe food to patients using Instacart Health.
DispatchHealth offers patients in-home urgent care medical visits, which can be scheduled via telephone or the company's app or website. A clinician arrives at the patient's home...
Tech-enabled heart disease detection company CardioSignal announced it secured $10 million in Series A funding, bringing its total raise to $23 million.
DigiTx Partners led the round. Sandwater also participated, alongside existing investor Maki.vc.
Dr. David J. Kim., managing director of DigiTx, will join CardioSignal's board of directors.
WHAT IT DOES
CardioSignal uses gyroscope and...
A government-funded initiative to seamlessly connect hospitals, government, insurers, and medical device manufacturers in the whole care process based on digital therapeutics and big data has commenced at Yonsei University Health System.
Yonsei's Severance Hospital recently started prescribing the insomnia DTx Somzz through the integrated platform called Connect-DTx.
HOW IT WORKS
Connect-DTx can...
Samsung to integrate Lunit's AI in premium X-ray devices
South Korean medical AI provider Lunit has signed a three-year supply contract with Samsung Electronics.
The deal is for the integration of Lunit's two chest X-ray AI solutions – Lunit INSIGHT CXR and Lunit INSIGHT CXR Triage – into Samsung's line of premium X-ray devices.
According to a press release, the AI-integrated X-ray devices will...
