Nine years ago, Dr. Russ Bessette created a new technology. "You go to the doctor and get a blood test," said Dr. Bessette. "They say you’re healthy, you’re good, but you don’t know how good is good. Are you at the edge, are you about to fall off?" From 2000 to 2012, he developed an algorithm that can track illness progression, results of medical treatment and the estimated cost of care.
OSF HealthCare, which operates locations in Illinois including OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center in Alton and OSF Children's Hospital in Peoria, joined SWITCH, a new independent organization launched by City Tech Collaborative to address health equity in Chicago.
SWITCH stands for Sustainable Wellness through Innovation, Technology, & Collaborative Health. Its mission is to increase health equity and improve community health delivery and wellness outcomes in Chicago's most underserved communities, OSF wrote in a press release. Solutions will be developed by engaging residents and patients to ensure they have an active voice in solution creation; leveraging a robust racial equity and inclusion methodology to address inherent bias in existing solution development processes.
Children’s Health of Orange County, a California-based pediatric healthcare system, is working with other medical institutions to gather clinical images — MRIs, echocardiograms, and the like. The goal: to create a repository of images to analyze for insights that could train algorithms capable of aiding clinicians with diagnoses.
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched a new department dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence (AI) to transform health care, further positioning the Mount Sinai Health System as a leader in providing patient care through pioneering innovations and technologies. The Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health is the first department of its kind within a medical school in the United States.
Thyme Care, an oncology care management solution providing high-touch, tech-enabled cancer care navigation, today announced it closed $22 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, AlleyCorp, and Frist Cressey Ventures with participation from Casdin Capital and Bessemer. The capital will be used to accelerate Thyme Care’s technology and advance partnerships with oncologists, health plans, employers, and risk-based entities.