Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health announced on Feb. 4 that it has been deploying conversational artificial intelligence to improve patient engagement for several months, with "significant" results, according to Chief Digital Officer Neil Gomes.
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When asked to imagine a future in which patients rely on digital tools that keep them at the center of their own healthcare, almost 50 percent of the American workers surveyed in a recent Mercer report found the vision "appealing."
In the United States, healthcare expenditures far outpace the rest of the industrialized world, without an improvement in outcomes that matter. Moreover, within the United States, there is wide variation in the performance of providers in caring for complex patients.
HealthTech Arkansas, a healthcare accelerator program backed by 10 local hospitals and health systems, opened applications on Feb. 1 for its second cohort of startups developing new digital health software, connected medical devices and diagnostic platforms.
Twistle, which develops patient education and communication software for healthcare providers, closed an $18 million funding round with participation from Renton, Wash.-based Providence and Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare, per a Jan. 30 news release.
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Nicholas Desai, MD, is the chief medical information officer of Houston Methodist, where he leads the health system's wide variety of clinical IT and innovation efforts.
SOLVE Health Tech, the University of California San Francisco's health equity accelerator, has begun a research project to identify and eliminate barriers preventing underserved populations from accessing healthcare technology.
Contrary to popular belief, Americans aged 50 and older are now adopting consumer technology at rates close to those of the 18-49 set, a new AARP report found.
Below are nine hospitals and health systems currently looking to fill leadership roles in innovation and digital strategy.
Uber Health and Ride Health have partnered to combine their respective nonemergency medical transportation offerings to reach more patients across the U.S., according to a Jan. 21 news release.