Microsoft Nabs Nuance for $19.7B to Bolster Cloud for Healthcare
Microsoft on Monday announced it is purchasing Nuance Communications, a natural language to computer processing company, in a deal valued at $19.7 billion. Ecommerce Times
Providers’ data-sharing ventures try to make patient data more useful, keep it safe
Healthcare providers are moving into the complex world of sharing and sometimes selling patient data, but will have to address privacy concerns and maintain patient trust to be successful.Modern Healthcare
Stakeholders See Reasons to Take Amazon Care Seriously
Company has proven track record of scaling up technology-led offerings that deliver on customer experience expectations. Healthcare Innovation
Amazon Care’s nationwide telehealth expansion ‘may be bigger than the sum of the parts,’ says firm
Amazon signaled its intention this week to expand its Amazon Care app-based telehealth services to its employees and to other companies across the U.S. – services that to date have only been available to the retail giant’s Washington-based workforce. Healthcare Finance
Digital Transformation Priorities for Health Systems in a Post COVID-19 Era
Damo Consulting releases annual survey of the state of digital transformation, points to access as the primary focus area for digital health and digital transformation. Virtual visits, automated communications for scheduling and reminders, and patient self-service tools are all high-focus areas. Damo Consulting, the leading digital transformation and growth advisory firm for healthcare enterprises and […]
4 lessons from IBM’s failure to transform medicine with Watson Health
The demise of IBM’s Watson Health would be easy to file away as another ill-fated attempt to tackle health care without understanding its complexities. But its downfall offers specific lessons on the implementation of artificial intelligence in an industry still clamoring for new ways to mine mountains of data. STAT News
IBM sale of Watson Health could enable renewed focus on cloud growth
The Wall Street Journal says Big Blue is pondering ways it might off-load the healthcare AI subsidiary, and IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has already signaled a ”maniacal focus” on hybrid cloud development. HealthcareITNews
Tenet, Providence, other health giants band together to form new health data startup
Some of the biggest names in healthcare including Tenet Health, Providence and CommonSpirit Health have launched a new startup to pool and analyze patient data for research and drug development. FIERCE Healthcare
Shantanu Nigam joins Damo Consulting Board of Advisors
Damo Consulting, a leading digital strategy consultancy for healthcare enterprises and technology firms, today announced the addition of Shantanu Nigam as the Advisory Board member. Shantanu Nigam is the Managing Partner of SeedToB, a venture capital and private equity firm focused on healthcare AI startups. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of Jvion, a […]
There were plenty of red flags that spelled the demise of Amazon, JPMorgan healthcare venture, experts say
Haven had bold, ambitious goals, experts say, but there were red flags from the start that the nonprofit venture would struggle to make any meaningful changes in the healthcare industry. FIERCE Healthcare
