What You Should Know:

– Videra Health has introduced Ava, an AI-powered digital health companion designed to improve patient engagement and care delivery for healthcare providers and payers.

– Videra Health’s AI digital health companion aims to enhance patient compliance, awareness, and involvement in their own care, ultimately improving patient outcomes.

Ava: AI-Powered Digital Health Companion

The digital health companion utilizes large language models and machine learning algorithms to tailor its questions and interact with patients, providing a seamless and personalized approach to collecting patient information. The technology’s real-time interaction with patients allows for the early detection of subtle changes in their health, potentially leading to the earlier detection of developing complications.

Ava can be seamlessly integrated into care management clinical workflows, enabling prompt escalation to in-person clinical care when patient responses indicate potential serious issues. “Red alert” responses and high assessment scores trigger immediate calls from care navigators or provide instructions for patients to seek emergency care when necessary.

“We are thrilled to introduce our new digital health companion known as Ava, which takes our video assessments to the next level,” says Dr. Brett Talbot, CCO of Videra Health. “The chats are personalized to each individual and aim to enhance the interactions between patients and their providers while also making it easier to gather crucial data. This allows for early detection of potential health issues and more proactive intervention, ultimately leading to improved patient outcomes and reduced healthcare costs.”

What You Should Know: 

– Redox CEO and Co-Founder, Luke Bonney announced that he is stepping down as CEO and appointing Trip Hofer as the new CEO of Redox to lead the new phase of growth. Prior to joining Redox, Hofer most recently served as CEO of OptumHealth Behavioral Health Solutions and is the former CEO at AbleTo Inc. 

– Bonney stated that the next phase of Redox would be better served by a new CEO with experience in the next stage of the company scaling. Additionally, he stated his family is a significant reason for the transition.

– As part of the transition, Bonney will shift to that of an advisor to the new CEO, with the primary objective of supporting the new CEO and ensuring their success.

What You Should Know: 

– A significant 87% of digital health investors stated that generative AI solutions have influenced their investment strategies, with nearly 1 out of 5 respondents indicating that it is significantly affecting their strategy,  according to the results of an online survey from GSR Ventures. 

– GSR Ventures, an early-stage digital health investment firm with over $3.5B in assets under management, conducted an online poll in September 2023 with over 40 participants from leading firms in the investment community. The survey covered topics such as deal volume, valuations, industry opportunities, and sectors of opportunity for startups.

Key Findings of the report include: 

– Investment Trends: About 62.5% of investors expect to make the same number or more tech investments for the rest of 2023 compared to 2022.

– Lower Valuation Expectations: Most investors anticipate lower valuations for seed stage, Series A, and Series B companies, with decreases of 20% or more compared to 2022. The majority expect this trend to continue for the remainder of 2023.

– Promising Sectors: According to 55% of investors, the oncology specialty holds the most promise for startups, followed by cardiovascular care (37.5%). However, ophthalmology is seen as offering the least opportunity by nearly one-third (31%) of investors.

– Challenges and Opportunities: The shortage and burnout crisis among healthcare providers are seen as the most significant problem-solving opportunity for startup companies by 50% of investors, followed by changing reimbursement models at 26.3%.

“We expected that generative AI innovations had impacted the digital health investment community and our poll results certainly confirmed it, with nearly 1 out of 5 respondents attesting that it is ‘significantly’ influencing their strategy,” said Justin Norden, MD, MBA, a partner at GSR Ventures and adjunct professor at Stanford Medicine where he teaches courses on the subject to medical students. “It will be exciting to witness over the remainder of 2023 into 2024 the many new generative AI healthcare startups that enter the market. Hopefully, investor enthusiasm drives greater adoption of such technologies across an industry that would massively benefit from greater automation and efficiency.”

To review the full survey results, click here.

What You Should Know: 

– 100 percent of hospital and health system respondents stated that staffing shortages have significantly affected revenue cycle management (RCM) and patient engagement efforts, according to a new survey by Experian Health. 

– A significant 69 percent of the surveyed healthcare executives responsible for RCM staffing foresee ongoing challenges in the long term.

Challenges Present Urgent Need for Solutions

The findings highlight the urgent need for healthcare organizations to find solutions to address staffing shortages and stabilize their operations for the long term. While staffing challenges persist, the majority of respondents prefer to shore up human resource approaches rather than leveraging technology such as automation and artificial intelligence to address staffing issues. The biggest challenges identified include finding candidates skilled in RCM and addressing staff burnout.

High Turnover Rates

The survey revealed that 9 out of 10 respondents reported turnover rates for administrative roles related to patient access, RCM, and the patient experience in the double digits, with nearly half reporting turnover rates of more than 25 percent, significantly higher than the U.S. average turnover rate. Many healthcare organizations are addressing retention issues through traditional means, including increasing salaries (46%), cross-training (44%), and boosting incentives (42%).

Patient Experience Impact

Eight out of 10 survey respondents reported that staffing shortages have worsened the patient experience. Areas significantly impacted include patient arrival and registration, appointment scheduling, prior authorization approval, insurance coverage confirmation, and patient estimates. Delays in patient care were identified as the most significant consequence of staffing shortages (40%).

AI Adoption

Only a quarter of respondents are considering consolidating workstreams across processes, and just 27 percent are exploring the use of integrated artificial intelligence (AI) to improve efficiency.

What You Should Know: 

– Vivante Health, the provider of GIThrive digital digestive health solution, has entered into a national distribution contract with United Healthcare (UHC), the largest health insurance company in the United States.

– The national distribution partnership allows Vivante Health to offer its digestive health solution to UHC customers, including large self-funded employers aiming to enhance their benefits programs. 

– The agreement marks GIThrive as the first digestive health solution on the UHC Hub, a curated network of vendors simplifying the selection, purchase, and management of healthcare benefits.

Prevalence of Digestive Disorders

The partnership reflects a growing awareness of the prevalence of digestive disorders, which impact the quality of life, work productivity, and medical costs. Digestive issues affect nearly one in four Americans and are among the top healthcare expenses for many companies. As part of the UHC Hub, GIThrive aims to provide real-time care and personalized support to individuals suffering from digestive diseases, helping them regain their quality of life.  GIThrive offers a range of virtual tools, including: 

– food and symptom logs

– educational content

– evidence-based digital therapeutics

– 24/7 support from registered dietitians, health coaches, and nurses

Improvements In Their Digestive Symptoms

More than 90% of GIThrive users report improvements in their digestive symptoms, feeling 70% better on average after two to three months. Organizations offering GIThrive as an employee benefit report reduced digestive-related medical spend, increased medication adherence, and behavior modification, leading to fewer emergency room visits and inpatient admissions.

What You Should Know:

– Edward-Elmhurst Health (NS-EEH) has announced a significant, long-term partnership with Lumeris, a pioneer in value-based care (VBC). This partnership is a major development in the healthcare industry, representing the largest VBC provider deal since 2018.

– With rising expenses outpacing reimbursement rates, health systems and physician organizations are increasingly turning to value-based care to avoid layoffs and service cuts. NS-EEH, the third largest healthcare delivery system in Illinois, comprises nine hospitals, 25,000 team members, and 300 local offices, serving over 4.2 million residents.

Collaboration aims to drive coordinated care and improve quality while reducing costs

NS-EEH will strengthen its clinically integrated network (CIN) by incorporating Lumeris’ population health data platform into its value-based care strategy. The two organizations also plan to deliver joint services, supporting the CIN’s healthcare providers in care management, pharmacy management, patient engagement and other key areas. NS-EEH’s CIN includes more than 3,000 system-employed physicians, affiliated physicians and advanced practice providers, and nine hospitals across Chicagoland.

In collaboration with Lumeris, the organizations will manage joint risk arrangements, leveraging AI as a central component of their technology and approach. Lumeris stands out as the only value-based care enablement company with experience working across various patient populations, including those covered by Medicare Advantage, CMMI programs, commercial insurance, and Medicaid. This partnership aims to enhance collaboration among patients, physicians, and care teams, ultimately leading to improved clinical outcomes, a better experience for both patients and providers, and more efficient management of healthcare costs.

Formation of New ACO Models

Furthermore, NS-EEH and Lumeris will work together to address healthcare disparities in underserved communities by establishing new models of care under the accountable care organization (ACO) framework. Initially, NS-EEH and Lumeris will focus on the opportunity to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) model. This advanced value-based care model seeks to streamline care coordination and improve health outcomes for traditional Medicare patients. In the future, the partner organizations will expand their focus to include other types of accountable care and population health models to serve our diverse communities.

What You Should Know:

– Waystar, a healthcare payments company, has decided to postpone its initial public offering (IPO) due to the ongoing market turmoil in the United States, according to a confidential source. Reuters first reports the company plans to revive its IPO efforts, but it is likely to wait until December at the earliest or possibly until 2024.

–  The decision to delay the IPO was made in response to the volatility in the broader market. Despite receiving positive feedback from investors during the testing phase, Waystar has opted to wait for more stable market conditions.

– Waystar was reportedly considering an IPO that could value the company at up to $8B, including debt. The company had made its IPO filing public in October and expressed its intention to list on the Nasdaq.

What You Should Know: 

– Cybercriminals have been highly successful in their ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations, according to a new survey conducted by Sophos. “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023, report reveals nearly 75% of the surveyed healthcare organizations reported that their data was successfully encrypted by the attackers. 

– In addition, only 24% of healthcare organizations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before the attackers encrypted their data—down from 34% in 2022; this is the lowest rate of disruption reported by the sector over the past three years. 

– Ransomware remains a pressing concern for the healthcare industry. It’s essential for healthcare organizations to stay vigilant and continuously adapt their cybersecurity measures to counter evolving threats and protect patient information. 

Report Key Findings

The findings underscore the critical importance of robust cybersecurity measures in healthcare organizations. With the increasing frequency and sophistication of ransomware attacks, healthcare institutions must invest in advanced security solutions and incident response strategies to protect sensitive data and maintain uninterrupted healthcare services. Additional key findings from the report include:

• In 37% of ransomware attacks where data was successfully encrypted, data was also stolen, suggesting a rise in the “double dip” method 
• Healthcare organizations are now taking longer to recover, with 47% recovering in a week, compared to 54% last year
• The overall number of ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations surveyed declined from 66% in 2022 to 60% this year 
• Compromised credentials were the number one root cause of ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations, followed by exploits
• The number of healthcare organizations surveyed that paid ransom payments declined from 61% last year to 42% this year. This is lower than the cross-sector average of 46% 

3 Best Practices to Protect Healthcare Orgs Against Ransomware, Cyberattacks

Sophos recommends the following best practices to help defend against ransomware and other cyberattacks:

1. Strengthen defensive shields with: 
   • Security tools that defend against the most common attack vectors, including endpoint protection with strong anti-ransomware and anti-exploit capabilities 
   • Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) to thwart the abuse of compromised credentials 
   • Adaptive technologies that respond automatically to attacks, disrupting adversaries and buying defenders time to respond 
   • 24/7 threat detection, investigation and response, whether delivered in-house or by a specialized Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider 
2. Optimize attack preparation, including regularly backing up, practicing recovering data from backups and maintaining an up-to-date incident response plan 

3. Maintain security hygiene, including timely patching and regularly reviewing security tool configurations

What You Should Know: 

– Avenda Health’s AI mapping tool for prostate cancer, Unfold AI™, has received significant recognition by obtaining a new Category III CPT code in the 2024 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set, signifying its status as a cutting-edge medical technology.

– The new Category III CPT code, X237T, outlines the tool’s capabilities, describing it as a non-invasive prostate cancer estimation map that is derived from an augmented analysis of image-guided fusion biopsy and pathology, providing margin volume and location visualization, margin determination, and physician interpretation and reporting.

Unfold AI Background

Unfold AI is a decision support platform that offers comprehensive insights and planning guidance for physicians and patients dealing with prostate cancer. It leverages patient-specific data from prostate imaging and biopsies to generate customized cancer probability maps using advanced machine learning, enabling precise visualization of the location of cancer for informed intervention planning.

Expansion Plans

Avenda Health is actively expanding the availability of Unfold AI, with its use already being implemented by medical professionals, including Dr. Matthew Allaway at Urology Associates in Maryland. The company plans to extend access to major teaching hospitals and urology practices across the United States, aiming to make advanced cancer care solutions more widely accessible.

What You Should Know: 

– Today, Walmart Health announced it is entering into a relationship with both Ambetter from Sunshine Health, which provides insurance to individuals through the Florida health insurance marketplace, and Orlando Health, a private, not-for-profit network of community and specialty hospitals across Florida, through Care Coordination Agreements.

– These collaborations will help Floridians gain access to affordable healthcare options with the type of convenience consumers are seeking, and will initially focus on improving referral management, care coordination and patient engagement.

Serving Ambetter Health Members with Convenient Care

Beginning November 1, Ambetter from Sunshine Health now includes Walmart Health Centers as a preferred provider in Clay, Duval, Hillsborough, Orange, Osceola, Pasco and Seminole counties in Florida through the Ambetter Value Plan. The relationship, which is built on a shared vision to help Americans gain access to affordable healthcare options, will initially focus on patient engagement through care coordination and referral management.

This collaboration marks an expansion of the existing relationship between Walmart Health and Ambetter Health, the largest and longest running carrier on the health insurance marketplace and one of the leading healthcare programs provided by Centene Corporation (“Centene”) (NYSE: CNC). The relationship started earlier this year as the companies collaborated to enhance awareness of Medicaid redetermination efforts and expand access to Marketplace health insurance within Walmart Health Centers.

Working Together with Orlando Health to Coordinate Care

Walmart Health and Orlando Health have agreed to more closely align on their approach to serving patients and managing patient outcomes in the Orlando community. Working together, they will streamline the patient experience through effective transitions of care and ensure robust communication between Walmart Health Center and Orlando Health providers.

Exapansion Impact

Continuing its commitment to making quality healthcare more convenient, accessible and affordable for customers across the country, Walmart Health expanded its footprint with 17 new Health Centers across the state of Florida this year. Walmart Health now supports the state of Florida with a total of 23 Walmart Health Centers, adjacent to their respective Supercenters, to deliver primary care, labs, x-ray and EKG, behavioral health, dental, select specialty services, and community health all in one facility. These Walmart Health centers offer care seven days a week with convenient weekend and evening hours as well as telehealth options on Sunday

Availability

Marketplace open enrollment runs from November 1, 2023 through January 15, 2024. Ending dates will vary by state. Learn more about The Ambetter from Sunshine Health’s Value Plan with Walmart Health network as well as other Ambetter Health plan options through ambetter.sunshinehealth.com.

In the world of healthcare, new technologies aren’t just about being on the cutting edge of the latest trend. It’s about how technology can improve care and expand the reach of quality care through unprecedented methods. The latest 5G technologies, an increase in IoT devices, and the right network architecture create a perfect innovation combination for today’s healthcare sector. With faster speeds and more connected devices, healthcare professionals will be able to improve — and some already are improving — both quality and reach of care. 

5G and Healthcare

Many in the healthcare industry are quite aware of what 5G can do when paired with the right healthcare use case. In 2019, surgeons performed the first 5G-enabled remote surgery in China from a distance of 30 miles away. At the 2019 Mobile World Congress, surgeon Antonio de Lacy remotely assisted another team of surgeons and anesthetists who were performing surgery on a patient at Barcelona’s Hospital Clínic. The surgeon directing the operation indicated on his tablet the areas to be cut amid other recommendations, such as the precise place to act, on moving images obtained through a laparoscopic camera. At the same time, the surgical team displayed an image of the procedure on a screen near the operating table. 5G technology played a starring role in bringing new capabilities to the healthcare world.

According to research, the global 5G technology market could expand to $128 billion by 2026. These projections could indicate an expansion of 5G technology to regions previously unreached. For the healthcare industry, this could prove vital because it will allow surgeries, like those performed at the Mobile World Congress, along with high-level surgeons to reach areas that previously wouldn’t have access to premium care. 

But what is it about 5G technology specifically, as opposed to Wi-Fi or LTE, that makes it qualified to improve the quality and reach of care? 5G provides a low-latency connection and increased bandwidth that is essential to applications that are enabling remote healthcare. Interruptions in a procedure can cause complications for the patient, reduce the quality of care, and in the worst-case scenario, put lives at risk. 5G technology can minimize those interruptions.

IoT and Healthcare

The speed and low latency 5G provides are also important with the recent rise in IoT devices within the healthcare sector. Recent data, projected the IoT in the healthcare market will grow from $127 billion in 2023 to 289.2 billion by 2030. This means the number of healthcare professionals, facilities and patients depending on IoT devices will only increase and will need networks with the capacity to support them.

Connected medical devices such as heart rate monitors, pulse oximeters, and glucose monitors allow healthcare professionals to track analytics so they can determine a patient’s condition and rapidly determine the proper next steps. Wearable sensors that track movement and pain during telehealth physical therapy will also play an increasing role as the IoT healthcare market expands. Other IoT healthcare applications can include things like automatic temperature checks and the ability to track visitors to a healthcare facility. This helps staff save time from manual checks, which can be an asset in mitigating overworked staff and preventing burnout. 

If these devices are running on a 5G network, there would be minimal interruption in the communication between patient devices and the doctors who need to evaluate the patient’s condition. This could be crucial for some patients who find it hard to leave their homes and visit the doctor on a regular basis. With the help of 5G, they could still receive quality remote care and a patient experience that accommodates their current mobility. 

The potential of private 5G in healthcare

With all the available advantages of 5G technology, combined with a growing dependence on IoT devices, there are many cases where healthcare institutions will need to have as much control as possible over their networks. 

If you walk through a healthcare organization today and look up, you will see Wi-Fi radio access points dotting the hallways. The more IoT devices being added to provide healthcare monitoring, the more bandwidth on the LAN is required. However, Wi-Fi has its limitations in these environments where so many devices are competing for network bandwidth. 

Using radio frequencies to send signals between access points, Wi-Fi is considered a “best effort” connection. However, its Wi-Fi is readily available, and users on a Wi-Fi network are vying for priority, with no guarantee of speed or quality of data delivery. For example, if one user attempts to stream X-rays over a Wi-Fi connection, their activity can impede the ability of other users to complete data-heavy tasks, which can cause operational problems. Wi-Fi also is prone to interference, so adding more access points to support additional IoT devices makes the connection even more unreliable.  

In addition to its unreliable nature, Wi-Fi typically only employs a username and password for security vs. the layers of security policies that can be enabled through a PCN. The limited security measures often associated with Wi-Fi can lead to detrimental security breaches. For healthcare facilities, the best path to this control could come through a private cellular network. A private cellular network is an enterprise-owned network — in this case, the owner is a hospital or healthcare system — that combines the control and fixed costs of WiFi with the flexibility, security and macro network benefits of a cellular network.

On a private 5G network, healthcare providers and hospitals would be able to leverage a secure private network with the low latency and higher bandwidth that 5G offers. This is important for a few reasons.  With a private 5G network, organizations could also have more control over which data takes priority and needs to be transported over a network with low latency. For example, a hospital may decide that they need real-time imaging to travel through the private 5G network so they can more quickly diagnose a patient and begin treatment as soon as possible. Just as importantly, within a private 5G network, healthcare organizations could more readily ensure that private patient data remains private, as is required for HIPAA compliance. Private 5G has a host of security measures built into the cellular network.

For example, devices must have the correct physical SIM card or eSIM to access the private 5G network. This mitigates the risk of traditional credential-based attacks. Also, user and SIM configuration on the private 5G network makes it possible to separate data processing and storage from the mobile network. Further, with the right private 5G solution, healthcare facility IT personnel can customize security policies that will establish rules for when and where certain devices can be online.

In addition to security and network reliability, private 5G could also extend the surface area of care that healthcare organizations could provide. Also, within this private 5G pop-up network healthcare providers could ensure that security is segmented off a public network to ensure patient data meets HIPAA compliance. Dedicated network slices using SD-WAN could ensure that the data remains compliant if it has to cross to a public carrier network.

5G and Emergency Healthcare 

While 5G plays a role at fixed healthcare locations and for patients who are receiving care at home, it also has a role to play for EMS vehicles that are responding to emergency situations, transporting patients to the hospital and communicating with healthcare organizations in high-stress situations. EMS vehicles must ensure they have resilient coverage as they move from an emergency site to a hospital, fast download speeds as they access patient data, and minimal interruptions as they communicate patient status/information to the hospital. 

For example, a hospital would be able to create specified bandwidth so paramedics could seamlessly communicate with healthcare personnel right until the patient is in the emergency room. This could include video calls to discuss the patient’s condition, real-time data transfer from diagnostic technology on the vehicle and even remote procedures with the emergency physician remotely guiding the procedure.   

Empowering quality healthcare

The use of wireless technology makes our healthcare system more efficient, helping to shorten distances between professionals and patients and reducing the saturation of healthcare services. This will help ease the daily burden on healthcare professionals while also increasing the ways in which they can care for their patients. As 5G technology grows, the hope is that we see even more use cases for IoT devices and private networks to increase the quality of care. 

About Robin Manke-Cassidy

Robin Manke-Cassidy is a Product and Solution marketing leader at Cradlepoint. She joined Cradlepoint after holding a variety of roles within Product Management and Marketing in the Mobile, Network and client space. Previously, she spent two decades in Enterprise IT management with roles including access, security, data center server management, development and networking. Follow her on Twitter @robinmcassidy.

What You Should Know: 

– Commure, Inc., a healthcare technology company acquires intelligent clinical automation platform Rx.Health and is now part of its suite of solutions as Commure Engage. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. 

– Spun out of Mount Sinai Health System, Rx.Health offers a low-code, no-code clinical care coordination platform that helps health systems, payors, and life science organizations streamline their end-to-end patient care efforts, from patient identification and outreach through personalized care journeys to ongoing care monitoring and alerts. 

Now Available as Commure Engage

Rx.Health serves leading U.S. health organizations including Yale New Haven Health and UnitedHealthcare, the Rx.Health platform combines multiple digital therapeutics, automated nudges, devices, and AI analytics to support patients wherever their care journey takes them. 

Key benefits of leveraging RxHealth include: 

– Boosting system revenue by encouraging preventative care visits, lowering the risk for no-shows and costly patient readmissions, and mitigating patient leakage.

– Improving care quality and access by making it easier than ever for care providers to educate, collaboratively treat, monitor, and follow up on individual care needs.

– Alleviating workforce fatigue through automated patient outreach, freeing clinicians and staff up to focus less on burdensome administrative tasks and more on providing care.

“As healthcare providers grapple with the growing weight of administrative work tax, engaging patients as active collaborators in — rather than passive consumers of — their unique care journey will be one of the keys to unlocking a brighter future for our industry,” said Tanay Tandon, CEO of Commure. “We’re thrilled to welcome Rx.Health to the Commure portfolio, and, together, power unparalleled clinical experiences and financial outcomes for hospitals and health systems across the country.”

What You Should Know: 

– Annalise.ai, a global leader in the radiology imaging sector, announced the launch of Annalise Triage, an AI-powered worklist solution for chest X-rays and head CTs tailored specifically for the U.S. market. 

– This innovative software will transform the radiology field by empowering radiologists to efficiently triage studies and prioritize those with suspected critical findings, ultimately streamlining their workflow, and supporting faster time-to-diagnosis for urgent conditions. AI-enhanced worklist triaging has been shown to decrease both the time a radiologist needs to read a report, and the time from request until a report is available for critical cases.

Annalise Triage Overview

Annalise Triage includes an array of 12 FDA-cleared findings, including 5 for chest X-ray (CXR) and 7 for non-contrast head CT (CTB). Readily available for use across the United States, this comprehensive offering received the 510(k) clearance and the coveted breakthrough designation for obstructive hydrocephalus. Notably, Annalise Triage is the only radiology triage device to have received this distinction, which is exclusively granted to devices and products that fulfil specific criteria, which include enhancing the diagnosis or treatment of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating conditions, offering breakthrough technology, presenting a significant advantage over existing alternatives, and being in the best interest of patients.² 

AI-powered Worklist Triage for Head CT

By implementing Annalise Triage, radiologists can swiftly and accurately detect a range of critical, time-sensitive conditions from unenhanced head CT studies, including acute subdural hematoma, acute subarachnoid hemorrhage, intra-axial hemorrhage, intraventricular hemorrhage, obstructive hydrocephalus, mass effect, and vasogenic edema. Furthermore, it enables identification of pleural effusion, pneumoperitoneum, vertebral compression fracture, pneumothorax, and tension pneumothorax on chest X-rays. With this list of 12 time-sensitive and critical findings, Annalise Triage is the most comprehensive AI triage tool for CXR and non-contrast CTB available in the US. 

 “Our advanced algorithms support radiologists by facilitating prioritization of studies with suspected critical findings, thereby optimizing radiology workflow. With its set of clearances, Annalise.ai promotes faster report turnaround times by identifying and elevating critical cases for immediate attention,” said Dr Rick Abramson, Chief Medical Officer at Annalise.ai.   

What You Should Know: 

– Healthcare automation company Olive today announced it will shut down its business after selling its Clearinghouse and Patient Access business units to Waystar and its Prior Authorization business unit to Humata Health. Olive sold off its utilization management solution and business unit to Availity and business intelligence solution to BurstIQ earlier this year.

– Founded in 2012, Olive is a developer of an artificial intelligence workforce, automated revenue cycle and claims management for the healthcare industry. The company secured over $900M in funding reaching a $4B valuation. Olive’s enterprise AI has been implemented at more than 900 hospitals across 40 U.S. states, including more than 20 of the top 100 U.S. health systems.

What You Should Know: 

– 23andMe, a genetic health and biopharmaceutical company launched Health Action Plan, a new digital tool for 23andMe+ members that draws on results from genetic reports, health history survey data, as well as blood and biomarker data to provide a uniquely tailored set of health recommendations out of hundreds of options.

– Health Action Plan is a helpful first step when it comes to prevention and early risk detection. It offers customers specific actions and next steps on their health journey. 

– 23andMe reminds customers that they should not use Health Action Plan to replace a visit to their primary healthcare provider.

Tailored Recommendations

Each recommendation is evidence-based, and written and reviewed by a team of scientists, genetic counselors, and medical experts at 23andMe. The new digital tool draws on a customer’s genetic health reports and their self-reported health history. Together, this data helps inform tailored recommendations, prioritizing the most critical steps for an individual to take. The more information a customer provides, the more personalized their recommendations will become.

In addition to suggestions on altering activities like sleep, diet, and exercise, other recommendations include learning about potential new treatments or activities for conditions, as well as entering additional health data, like diagnoses or family history, to further personalize recommendations. Eligible customers may also receive recommendations for further clinical action, like getting a blood test, which can now be coordinated directly through 23andMe. 

Testing managed through the 23andMe platform provides a fast and convenient way to order, pay, and schedule an appointment at a local lab, and receive results and a personalized clinical analysis in 3-5 business days.* The biomarker data, in addition to genetic data, can help identify possible health risks for individuals to take any necessary actions. Customers can also connect with a clinician to discuss their results.
**Blood testing through 23andMe is not available in NY, NJ, RI, OK, HI, PR