Welcome to AI 411, our monthly roundup of artificial intelligence (AI) announcements from across the healthcare industry.
This month, Mass. General Brigham, a Massachusetts-based health system, is working to detect more cases of long-term coronavirus infection and gather more data on how widespread the condition is. We have announced a new AI tool that will help you. Meanwhile, some critics have accused OpenAI's Whisper tool, an AI scribe that takes notes for clinicians, of adding words to transcripts that patients or healthcare workers never said. are.
As AI grows in popularity in healthcare, we've rounded up some headlines that our readers might be interested in starting in November.
Commun/Tenet Healthcare. Tenet Healthcare, a 52-hospital network based in Dallas, Texas, has selected AI writing company Commure for ambient listening technology to take clinical notes for its physician network, Tenet Physician Resources.
Last month, Nashville, Tennessee-based HCA Healthcare, the nation's largest health system with 186 hospitals, also partnered with Commure to offer AI writing services.
Mount Sinai. On November 25, New York City-based Mount Sinai opened the Hamilton Amabel James Center for Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, an organization created to research and develop medical AI tools. did. Among these efforts are the Windreich AI and Human Health Division, which aims to find ways to incorporate AI into Mount Sinai's eight hospitals, and the Institute for Genomic Health and Human Health, which aims to find unique gene therapies for patients. Includes the Department of Medical Genetics. .
The patient is Me/Ubie. Health management company PatientsLikeMe announced a partnership with health tech company Ubie on November 13th. Ubie is equipped with an AI symptom checker tool that provides patients with information about their existing health conditions and directs them to relevant healthcare providers. As part of the partnership, PatientsLikeMe will use its platform to connect patients with the same medical conditions so they can share resources and experiences.
To inform administrators and healthcare providers, Healthcare Brew covers drug development, healthcare startups, emerging technologies, and how they impact hospitals and healthcare providers.
like. Ambient listening technology company Suki announced on November 20 two new partnerships with electronic health record (EHR) companies Medent and Azalea Health. Suki previously announced that it would be working with two other EHR companies, Athenahealth and Meditech, to incorporate its AI scribe into more EHRs.
University of Houston. University of Houston researchers plan to use AI to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes for marginalized patients with $500,000 grant from National Institutes of Health I'm doing it. The research team aims to specifically examine cardiometabolic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, which are among the leading causes of death worldwide and are more prevalent among Black and Latino adults in the United States. Researchers plan to use AI to consider audio, video, and biometric sensor data to create personalized care plans and help patients make lifestyle changes.
A big change. AI scribe Upheal announced a $10 million Series A round led by a venture capital firm. This brings the startup's total funding to $14.35 million. Upheal is committed to mental health care, introducing features such as group-based note sharing and custom note-taking templates.
Verazim Ambient Scribe. When Veradigm Ambient Scribe went live on November 21st, another AI scribe joined the chat. The technology was created by health tech companies Veradigm and AvodahMed to help clinicians with documentation.
