Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health has expanded the use of Mednition’s KATE AI triage support tool to five additional emergency departments after seeing early success at its flagship hospital. The software, first implemented in February 2023, is designed to help…
Digital Health
Health systems often turn to consultants to help with their digital transformations, including for AI governance, data and analytics strategy, and regulatory implications. Here are the top management consulting firms for digital transformation in healthcare, according to an April 30…
Ambience Healthcare and Houston Methodist have launched a collaboration to bring AI to emergency departments and inpatient care, aiming to boost efficiency and improve patient care in two of healthcare’s most demanding settings. Emergency and inpatient clinicians face some of…
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Health System is launching new digital products to meet rising consumer expectations and overcome “app fatigue,” an executive told Becker’s. The two-hospital system is coming out with a digital health platform to help patients with gastrointestinal…
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has launched the nation’s first pediatric sleep registry using Apple Watch technology, along with a new data collection app aimed at transforming how sleep disorders are diagnosed and treated in children. The app, called WISE-HARE —…
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For Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health and Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health, a lot has changed about virtual care over the past five years. Its use spiked during the pandemic then leveled off to where it’s now practically commonplace. “It’s just going…
Pricing transparency has been an issue in the US for 100+ years. Not since families traded a chicken for a house visit in the early 1900s has pricing really been clear – and today’s insurance environment has worsened the confusion.…
Chapter, a Medicare navigation platform, has raised $75 million in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Stripes, with participation from investors including XYZ Venture Capital, Susa Ventures, Addition, Narya Capital and Maverick Ventures, according to an…
As healthcare continues to be a hotbed for technological innovation, Punit Soni, CEO of Suki, often reflects on his company’s founding years nearly eight years ago. “It was crickets,” Mr. Soni said. “Nothing was going on and I remember thinking,…
Durham, N.C.-based Duke University has launched a digital health innovation center to research how technology can improve healthcare. The new Duke Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation will focus on wearable devices, high-performance computing and extended reality such as…