Morning Headlines 10/22/19
UPMC moving forward to make former South Side hospital into an IT hub
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will turn a shuttered outpatient center into an IT center.
Cleveland Clinic, American Well Partner to Launch Digital Health Company
Cleveland Clinic will expand its relationship with American Well to include a new digital health company, The Clinic, that will offer patients access to Cleveland Clinic providers through American Well’s technology.
Humana will use Microsoft tools including Azure Cloud, Azure AI, and Azure API for FHIR to develop predictive analytics, natural-language understanding capabilities, and on-demand and virtual medical services for its members and their providers.
Partners HealthCare Creates New Investment Funds to Accelerate Innovation in Medicine
Partners HealthCare funnels $80 million into two new investment funds that will support young companies that develop new technologies and medications based on inventions originating from Partners researchers.
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