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Innovation

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System is entering into a partnership with health tech firm Azra AI in a bid to get cancer treatment to patients faster. 

The venture capital arms of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and two other health systems participated in a $10.5 million funding round Aug. 20 for a supply chain tech startup.

Health systems are joining forces with university health technology experts to tackle a major hurdle in the adoption of advanced artificial intelligence tools in healthcare: bias, Politico reported Aug. 19. 

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Kaiser Permanente decided to embark on the largest generative AI project in healthcare to date after considerable demand from clinicians and positive feedback from patients.

Nurses at Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth employ artificial intelligence to alert them to a potentially deadly condition for patients, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported.

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