Healthcare AI News 3/5/25

News

Microsoft announces Dragon Copilot, a voice assistant that is designed for ambient documentation, task automation, information retrieval from trusted medical sources, and AI-powered document generation.

Talkdesk announces AI-powered healthcare contact center agents that can schedule appointments, verify benefits and prior authorizations, and manage prescription refills, all in any language.

Salesforce announces pre-built healthcare AI agents that include provider search and scheduling, care coordination, benefits verification, and customer service.

Google Cloud enhances its Vertex AI Search for healthcare to allow searching tables, charts, and diagrams. Meditech is using Vertex AI Search in Expanse and will implement the new capability.

Mednition develops an AI-powered sepsis detection model with 95% sensitivity and 96% specificity. The company’s AI platform has received FDA Breakthrough Device designation.

Research

Researchers suggest that clinical AI systems should replicate the collaborative approach of multidisciplinary medical teams to enhance trust. They note that clinicians focus on high-level concepts rather than data details when communicating, such as a dermatologist who talks about mole characteristics rather than image pixels. 

Other

Health authorities in China’s Hunan province ban telehealth doctors from using AI to generate prescriptions. Online providers must connect to the province’s electronic prescribing system and verify their identities to document that they are delivering their services personally.

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