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By  Jessica Hagen 05:48 pm February 6, 2025
The European Union has released Guidelines to provide legal clarity on the prohibited uses of AI within the EU AI Act to ensure effective, consistent and uniform application and protect European citizens' rights and safety. The EU AI Act, which outlines regulations for the development, market placement, implementation and use of artificial intelligence in the European Union, came into effect in...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:59 pm January 30, 2025
California-based Rad AI, a generative AI radiology workflow company, has secured $60 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round, which brings the company's total raise to more than $140 million and bumps up its valuation to $525 million. Transformation Capital led the round with participation from existing investors Cone Health, World Innovation Lab, Khosla Ventures, Kickstart Fund,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:03 pm January 27, 2025
Manas AI, an AI-driven drug discovery platform, has launched with $24.6 million in seed funding in a round co-led by General Catalyst and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman.  Greylock and other strategic investors participated in the round.  LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, an oncologist, researcher and author, founded Manas AI. WHAT IT DOES  Manas AI is a drug discovery...
Ashkan Afkhami, managing director and senior partner and global leader of healthcare at BCG X
By  Jessica Hagen 12:35 pm January 24, 2025
Boston Consulting Group's Ashkan Afkhami, managing director and senior partner and global leader of healthcare at BCG X, sat down with MobiHealthNews outside of the JPM Healthcare Conference to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of America's health system – and his take on the importance of trust, governance and iterative development with the rise of AI adoption. MobiHealthNews: Where does the...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:37 pm January 22, 2025
At a press conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced the formation of Project Stargate, an at least $500 billion investment to build the physical and virtual infrastructure to power AI construction, including "colossal data centers" and campuses nationwide in America, with one of its goals to improve health outcomes. Trump announced Stargate alongside three partners of the project:...
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By  Jessica Hagen 08:00 am December 31, 2024
Executives highlighted AI's transformative potential in healthcare when asked by MobiHealthNews how they see AI's place in the sector changing in 2025.  Some expect multimodal AI and advanced diagnostic imaging to make significant strides next year, while others showcased AI's promise in improving diagnostics, addressing provider burnout, automating tasks, streamlining drug development and...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 03:04 pm December 26, 2024
Artificial Intelligence technologies have the potential to improve multiple aspects of healthcare research, diagnosis and care delivery, according to a Bipartisan House Task Force Report on Artificial Intelligence. The report highlights America's leadership in its approach to responsible AI innovation, while at the same time considering guardrails that may be applicable to safeguard the nation...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 10:17 am December 19, 2024
Precision medicine startup Promise Bio announced that it has emerged from stealth with an $8.3 million seed investment. Awz Ventures led the round with funding from AION Lab's venture seeding track from AstraZeneca and Pfizer, which provided Promise Bio with financial backing to accelerate the development of its platform.  In addition to the funding, the company received a grant from the Israel...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 09:35 am December 10, 2024
Hackensack Meridian Health is one of the largest integrated healthcare networks in New Jersey, with18 hospitals and more than 500 patient care locations, including ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, ambulance services, air medical transportation, rehabilitation centers, urgent care centers, physician practice locations, and a fitness and wellness center. The network...
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By  Jessica Hagen 03:31 pm October 22, 2024
Amazon's hybrid primary care provider One Medical announced the launch of new AI tools to help ease its providers' administrative workload powered by AWS generative AI services, Amazon Bedrock and AWS HealthScribe. One Medical providers will be able to use HealthScribe to capture details discussed in real-time during patient visits, then subsequently review, update and approve the AI-generated...