Monticello, Ill.-based Kirby Medical Center has adopted a platform from Switchboard, MD to automate patient communication workflows. The 16-bed hospital trialed a solution where AI voice agents help with prescription refills earlier this year and now plans to deploy conversational…
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Amazon continues to hire for its healthcare businesses, from AI experts to revenue cycle specialists. Here are 12 healthcare-related jobs the tech giant is advertising this month (along with their annual base pay ranges): 1. Senior Software Development Manager, Amazon…
Aaron Martin, the former chief digital officer of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, has taken a unique career path, moving from Amazon to the 51-hospital system back to Amazon and now to Humana. Mr. Martin was named president of Medicare Advantage for Humana on Dec.…
A coalition led by Alphabet life sciences arm Verily that includes Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has secured a $9.2 million National Institutes of Health award extension to advance a biology data analysis tool. The FAIRplex platform allows researchers…
Health systems are increasingly spinning off technologies and innovation arms into standalone companies, a shift aimed at accelerating innovation, creating new revenue streams and extending their influence beyond their own organizations. In recent months, several large systems have launched independent…
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As smart glasses become more common, healthcare leaders are beginning to ask how the technology fits, or conflicts, with patient privacy expectations inside hospitals and health systems. The question has gained urgency as consumer technology companies push smart glasses closer…
Virtual care use surged during the January 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires, according to research from Pasadena-based Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Seattle-based University of Washington. “Researchers concluded that virtual care played a critical role in meeting health needs during the…
St. Louis-based Ascension Ventures and Labcorp have invested in a strategic financing round for Cofactor Genomics. The company’s flagship test, OncoPrism, uses machine learning to analyze tumors and predict how they will respond to immunotherapy drugs. “We partner with companies…
Health systems are increasingly turning to digital patient financial engagement tools to boost revenue capture. Here are the top vendors by overall performance score (out of 100), according to a KLAS Research survey of 111 healthcare organizations published Dec. 17:…
Parkview Health, based in Fort Wayne, Ind., the University of Notre Dame and the 1842 Fund are partnering to launch AI-driven digital health startups focused on improving healthcare access and outcomes in rural communities. The collaboration aims to co-create up…