Public emergency medical service Urgences-santé Quebec has announced a new AI initiative aiming to help optimise prehospital care planning in the wake of an increase in pre-hospital care demands placing Quebec’s emergency services under “growing pressure”. With demand predicted to increase by 10 percent by 2033, Urgences-santé Quebec has partnered […]
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NY’s Mount Sinai Health System and IBM Research launch PREDiCTOR AI study
New York’s Mount Sinai Health System has announced a new research collaboration with IBM Research, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Carnegie Mellon, and Deliberate AI, using AI and behavioural data to predict outcomes such as treatment discontinuation, hospitalisations, and ED visits for young people seeking mental health evaluation and treatment. The […]
Interview: Sabria Lagoun, former programme manager at Health Hub Vienna and AI innovation manager at MSD Österreich
For a recent interview, we caught up with Sabria Lagoun, former programme manager at Health Hub Vienna, and current AI innovation manager at MSD Österreich, to talk about all things digital and health in Austria. Talking about her background, Sabria told us that she is originally French-Algerian and initially moved […]
US-based provider secures $180m for AI-powered precision surgery platform
Caresyntax, a US-based company specialising in surgical intelligence and automation technologies, has secured $180 million in funding for its AI-powered precision surgery platform. Described as “a scalable, end-to-end software and AI platform”, Caresyntax’s solution captures and analyses large volumes of video, audio, images, clinical and operational data in and around […]
Berlin tech company raises €3.7 million for clinical large language model
Berlin-based tech company Clare&me has raised €3.7 million in funding for its clinical large language model (CLLM), underlining the company’s vision to develop non-judgemental mental health support to “close the gap between the demand and supply”. The solution allows individuals seeking mental health support to schedule regular calls with ‘Clare’, […]
Canadian global innovation cluster makes $44m commitment to advancing AI health tech
DIGITAL, a Canadian global innovation cluster for digital technologies, has announced a commitment worth an estimated $44 million to develop and deploy AI tech, with the aim of supporting healthcare providers and enhancing patient outcomes. The funding comes under the Health Compass II project, which aims to launch four AI-driven […]
Legal framework AI Act enters into force in Europe
The European Commission has announced that AI Act, a legal framework which seeks to address the risks of AI and place Europe “to play a leading role globally” by setting out clear requirements and obligations in support of “trustworthy AI”, has officially entered into force today. Designed to address risks […]
$20m donation sees creation of new fund for Mayo Clinic’s AI innovation for cancer
A $20 million donation to Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit American academic medical centre, has been made by Dwight and Dian Diercks to “fuel key elements of Mayo Clinic’s vision for the future of healthcare”, with the fund intended to boost initiatives such as developing generative AI tools for insight into […]
WHO releases technical brief on the role of AI in sexual and reproductive health
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a technical brief on the role of AI in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), outlining uses and risks across health education, screening, diagnosis, care management, and more. As well as recognising the opportunities for digital innovations to “improve access to and […]
California’s Maxim AI raises $3m to support scaling of operations
California-based Maxim AI, described as an “enterprise-grade evaluation and observability platform for AI applications”, has raised $3 million in a funding round to help “test and rapidly ship AI products”, with Maxim also announcing the general availability launch of the platform. The platform is designed to streamline the AI development […]