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The company will use the funds to enter into strategic relationships with life sciences organizations focusing on oncology and specialty care.
Also, Lunit has completed its acquisition of breast screening AI company Volpara.
CIO Craig Kwiatkowski offers a look at the AI tools deployed at the famous health system and discusses the measure of success of AI initiatives, as well as how the technology can help identify disparities in care access and outcomes.
Cedars-Sinai CIO Craig Kwiatkowski discusses using the FAVES approach (fair, appropriate, valid, effective and safe) in genAI adoption, as well as the "build vs buy" question, and challenges with integrating AI technologies into existing systems.
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According to Dr. Reza Ryan Sadeghian, principal health IT strategist at MITConn Consulting, clinicians must be included in the process of creating new AI tools and in deciding how to deploy them safely and ethically.
A group of bipartisan senators is encouraging legislation to support the deployment of AI in healthcare and implementing guardrails to ensure patient safety.
Sonio will remain an independent company following the acquisition.
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Microsoft's chief nursing information officer, Kathleen McGrow, discusses the link between clinical workflow and information technology and how the HIMSS innovation nursing advisory group educates nurses to improve AI literacy and utilization.
Payments and revenue cycle-management company Sift Healthcare, nursing-scheduling and management platform In-House Health, and analytics and risk-stratification company OptMyCare also secured funding.
It will validate BrainEye's 60-second eye movement test to about 500 participants.