Healthcare AI News 11/1/23

News

A White House executive order on responsible use of AI assigns HHS to establish a safety program for receiving reports of AI-caused harm.

The VA launches a competition for developing AI solutions that reduce the time clinicians spend on taking notes or looking up patient medical records during appointments.

A new Microsoft Windows 11 update adds Windows Copilot, an AI chatbot that can help users open apps, summarize web pages from the Edge browser, and customize the Windows display. The company also started business sales today of Microsoft 365 Copilot, which offers Open AI-powered productivity enhancements to the former Microsoft Office 365 for $30 per user per month.

In England, Addenbrooke’s Hospital uses AI for the first time to interpret images of liver cancer patients to guide radiologists who are performing thermal ablation of a tumor.

Business

China-based technology giant Alibaba releases a healthcare-specific version of its Tongyi Qianwen AI model, which is one of the most powerful available.

AdaptX, which offers AI-powered EHR analytics tools, raises $10 million in funding. CEO Warren Ratliff, JD was a co-founder and COO of Caradigm.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital expands its use of software from BigBear.ai for running operational planning scenarios related to resource and bed management, nurse staffing, and transfer center.

AI-enabled radiology performance measurement software vendor Covera Health raises up to $50 million in a Series C funding round and finalizes its acquisition of CoRead, a hospital AI quality assurance company.

Other

A Stoltenberg Consulting survey of CHIME members finds that interest in AI has grown fivefold since last year’s survey, taking the top spot in industry focus.

University of Iowa Health Care reminds employees that using AI to draft patient letters, or using AI-powered transcription services, involves sharing PHI that could trigger HIPAA violations.

William Hersh, MD, informatics professor at Oregon Health & Science University, recently delivered a presentation titled “Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Health Professions Education,” for which he shared the session recording.

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