Healthcare AI News 7/31/24

News

OpenAI launches user testing of SearchGPT, which returns attributed web links from trusted publishers and can answer follow-up questions.

OpenAI begins rollout of Advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT, which can conduct natural conversations, allows the user to interrupt, and tailors its responses based on speech cues about the user’s emotions.

Business

Bloomberg reviews Google’s healthcare projects – which include high-profile failures – and its work with HCA to use AI for nurse handoffs and ED physician documentation.

Cleveland Clinic hires Ben Shahshahani, PhD (SiriusXM) as its first chief AI officer.

Writer Inc. launches Palmyra-Med-70b, a large language model that the company’s benchmarks indicate is the most accurate available. Palmyra-Med named Vizient, CirrusMD, and Medisolv as Palmyra-Med users.

Research

Study participants trust medical advice less if AI was involved in its creation — even if they know that humans have reviewed the AI draft — and are less likely to follow any advice in which AI played a part.

Researchers find that AI can predict chronic pain in breast cancer patients, which could support early identification and personalized management.

Other

Doctors at University of Vermont Health Network are saving three hours per day in using Abridge for ambient documentation.

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