Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson just signed an agreement[1] with the state of New York in June to settle all of the state’s claims against the company related to the opioid epidemic in exchange for $263 million in funding for…
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The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City launched a department focused on advancing artificial intelligence in healthcare. Here are five things to know:
Artificial intelligence-powered predictive analytics tools can improve hospital operations by optimizing capacity demands, alerting care teams of patients who may be at risk for adverse events and anticipating supply shortages, among other uses.
The University of California-Irvine and health IT startup Syntropy have unveiled a five-year partnership to use data to innovate UCI Health Affairs, health research, and how hospitals integrate and contextualize data.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has developed an approach using clinical databases to improve surgical outcomes that can be applied at other hospitals, according to a Sept. 30 Harvard Business Review report.
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The University of North Texas Health Science Center is launching a $100 million project to increase diversity in healthcare artificial intelligence, according to an Oct. 1 Fort Worth Star-Telegram report.
New York City-based venture capital firm AlleyCorp on Sept. 30 spun out the AlleyCorp Healthcare Fund, an incubator dedicated to healthcare innovation.
Onduo, part of Google's life sciences sister company Verily, said Sept. 30 it will offer Fitbit devices and Fitbit Premium alongside its multicondition virtual care platform.
Eleven recent partnerships between healthcare organizations and Big Tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft:
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