Mayo Clinic
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Artificial Intelligence, Health Tech, Hospitals, Legal
Senator Probes Google About ‘Premature Deployment of Unproven Technology’ In Healthcare Settings
Senator Mark Warner (D-Virginia) penned a letter to Google leadership expressing concerns about Med-PaLM 2 — the company’s generative AI tool for healthcare providers that is currently being used by Mayo Clinic and other health systems. The letter requested that Google provide more clarity about its chatbot’s training, accuracy, ethical considerations and deployment in healthcare settings.
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Google Cloud, Mayo Clinic Strike Generative AI Partnership
Google Cloud and Mayo Clinic recently announced a partnership focused on generative AI — the health system will be deploying a new HIPAA-compliant Google Cloud service called Gen App Builder. The tool enables providers to create a search system for their data, equipped with conversational features powered by Google’s large language models.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Mayo Clinic-born Startup Scores $7.7M for Its Clinical AI Deployment Platform
Lucem Health recently closed a $7.7 million Series A funding round. The startup’s platform takes in the data required to fuel AI algorithms that give clinicians insights to improve patient care.
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To Fix Burnout, Providers Must Think Beyond Monetary Rewards
Many of the efforts to address healthcare’s burnout crisis have centered on money, such as hiring and retention bonuses, but that isn’t sustainable. Providers don’t have the means to keep throwing money at the problem forever, so they should focus more on creating a workplace culture where employees feel valued and supported.
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At HLTH 2022, a New Chapter for AI
Machine learning algorithms have reached a familiar milestone in the healthcare industry –in order for them to be more widely embraced by providers, different approaches to roadtesting and validating them are underway.
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Memora Health, Mayo Clinic pilot digital program to improve postpartum care
Mayo Clinic teamed up with digital health platform Memora Health to pilot a new initiative for postpartum patients. They are launching a texting-based program to better engage postpartum patients and have entered a research collaboration to measure the model’s efficacy.
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Health Tech, Hospitals, Startups, SYN
Meet the 7 startups Mayo Clinic just welcomed to its AI accelerator
Mayo Clinic recently welcomed seven more healthcare startups to its accelerator program. In exchange for an equity position in each startup, Mayo Clinic gives young digital health companies the opportunity to refine their AI models using its deidentified data sets and subject matter experts.
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Health IT, Health Tech, Hospitals, Startups, SYN
Lisa Health launches digital menopause app with Mayo Clinic
Digital health startup Lisa Health recently launched Midday, an app it co-developed with Mayo Clinic to help women navigate menopause. The Oakland-based company also announced the close of its $2.5 million oversubscribed seed round led by Radical Ventures.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Google exec at Mayo Clinic conference: AI, ML ‘is math, not magic’
Michael Howell, chief clinical officer of Google, discussed the ways AI and ML are serving healthcare, as well as some lessons he learned since he started working at Google.
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New Mayo Clinic program helps four new AI startups get market ready
Mayo experts work with the companies to understand AI model requirements, check for fairness and bias in their AI models, help them understand the Food and Drug Administration clearance process and more.
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Mayo Clinic, Mercy form 10-year data partnership to improve patient outcomes
Through the alliance, the two organizations are sharing their extensive clinical data with one another, which will help identify diseases and treatment plans earlier.
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Mayo Clinic: Decentralized clinical trials are more accessible for patients
Decentralized and hybrid clinical trials have a faster enrollment rate and a higher retention rate than centralized models, research shows.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Artificial Intelligence, BioPharma
Novartis turns to algorithms developer Anumana to apply AI to cardio conditions
Novartis is partnering with algorithms startup Anumana to develop a new artificial intelligence-based solution for cardiovascular diseases. The goal is to find ways to detect heart conditions years before symptoms develop in order to enable earlier intervention.
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Clinician burnout? Switch them to at-home care
Hospital-at-home advocates often highlight how the care modality improves the patient experience and allows hospitals to better manage capacity. There are other key benefits — such as protecting patients from hospital-acquired infections and improving caregiver’s job satisfaction — that should be brought into the conversation as well, hospital executives say.