Welcome back to AI 411, a monthly roundup of artificial intelligence (AI) announcements from across the healthcare industry.
This month, Massachusetts-based health system Mass General Brigham announced a new AI tool to help detect more cases of long Covid and collect more data about how prevalent the condition is. Meanwhile, some critics are accusing OpenAI’s Whisper tool, an AI scribe that takes notes for clinicians, of adding into transcripts words that patients and providers never said.
With AI’s popularity growing in healthcare, we put together some of the headlines we thought our dear readers would be interested in from November.
Commure/Tenet Healthcare. Tenet Healthcare, a 52-hospital network based in Dallas, Texas, has selected AI scribe company Commure as its ambient listening technology to take clinical notes for Tenet Physician Resources, the company’s physician network.
Last month, the largest health system in the US with 186 hospitals—Nashville, Tennessee-based HCA Healthcare—also formed a partnership with Commure to provide AI scribe services.
Mount Sinai. On November 25, New York City-based Mount Sinai opened the Hamilton and Amabel James Center for Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, an organization created to research and develop AI tools for healthcare. Some of these initiatives include the Windreich Department of AI and Human Health, which is designed to find ways to incorporate AI into the eight Mount Sinai hospitals, as well as the Institute for Genomic Health and Division of Medical Genetics that finds unique genetic treatments for patients.
PatientsLikeMe/Ubie. PatientsLikeMe, a health management company, announced a partnership with health tech company Ubie on November 13. Ubie has an AI Symptom Checker tool that gives patients information about existing health conditions and directs them to relevant providers. As part of the partnership, PatientsLikeMe plans to use its platform to connect patients living with the same medical conditions so they can share resources and experiences.
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Suki. Ambient listening tech company Suki announced two new partnerships on November 20 with electronic health record (EHR) companies Medent and Azalea Health. Suki had previously announced that it would work with two other EHR companies, Athenahealth and Meditech, in an effort to embed its AI scribe into more EHRs.
University of Houston. With a $500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, researchers at the University of Houston plan to use AI to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes for marginalized patients. The team aims to specifically look at cardiometabolic conditions like diabetes and heart disease, which are among the leading causes of death around the world and affect Black and Latino adults in the US at higher rates. Using AI, the researchers plan to review audio, video, and biometric sensor data to create personalized care plans and help patients make lifestyle changes.
Upheal. AI scribe Upheal announced a $10 million Series A round led by venture capital firms Headlinebringing the startup’s total funding to $14.35 million. Upheal works in mental health care and has introduced features like group-based note sharing and custom note-taking templates.
Veradigm Ambient Scribe. Another AI scribe entered the chat when the Veradigm Ambient Scribe went live on November 21. The technology was created by health tech companies Veradigm and AvodahMed to aid clinicians with documentation.