Emerging Technologies

VSee's telehealth SaaS platform will power the Ava robot, which aims to allow remote providers to be present at an ICU patient's bedside.

Also, ezCaretech is integrating predictive AI into its EHR offering.

The Act is the world's first major law for AI implementation and provides regulations for high-risk applications of the technology, including its use in healthcare.

Sigsense leverages AI to help lab managers better understand how lab instruments are used and how to optimize them for efficiency.

Scopio Labs secured $42 million in Series D funding, and robotics company NAVIGANTIS closed a $12 million Series A round.

The companies will build foundation models and genAI applications aimed at improving patient care and medical diagnostics.

The tech giant, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Mass General Brigham and UW Health will develop multimodal AI foundation models utilizing Azure and Nuance.

Also, a Hong Kong project has received $5 million in funding to develop LLM-run companion robots for the mentally underserved.

The company will use the funds to accelerate its growth, expand the use of its models for different conditions and open an office in Cambridge.

Crowdstrike says the BSOD outage for Microsoft Windows was caused by a botched security update. It has resulted in surgical cancellations, ambulance diversions and other patient care disruptions at doctors' offices, ERs and hospitals around the globe.