Articles about Healthcare – Page 3 of 7

Insurance giant Humana invests $20M in healthcare tech company Accolade

Accolade, a Seattle-based company that operates a technology platform to help employees navigate healthcare, landed a $20 million investment from… Read More

98point6 brings AI-fueled telemedicine to Sam’s Club members

Sam’s Club members in three states will soon be able to see a physician right from their phones at any… Read More

Why this Seattle tech entrepreneur is trying to solve health insurance for freelancers in Texas

After selling a startup and leaving full-time work for the life of an independent consultant, Nick Soman stumbled across the… Read More

Geek of the Week: UW’s Justin Chan uses computer science skills to democratize medical devices

Whenever Justin Chan visited a hospital, he was surprised to see the physically large and expensive devices that are rolled… Read More

Accolade uses acquisition of MD Insider to launch doctor-picking concierge

Healthcare technology company Accolade is getting back to basics with a service that helps patients with a fundamental healthcare need:… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon, other tech giants forge ahead on healthcare data sharing pledge

This past August, executives from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce banded together to promote data sharing in healthcare.… Read More

UK’s National Health Service taps Amazon’s Alexa to field common medical questions

The UK’s National Health Service is making Alexa available to millions of patients in another sign that voice technology is… Read More

Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health team up to improve healthcare efficiency

Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health announced a new partnership Monday designed to bring the healthcare institution’s vast clinical data… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Board games; AI in healthcare; Harry Potter concert; and more

— While next week promises to be filled with parades, fireworks, and picnics, there’s also the chance to play some… Read More

Why this former spine surgeon built an incubator for healthcare startups in Seattle

Dr. Jeffrey Roh started his career as an entrepreneur after creating a method for a less invasive form of spine… Read More

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Can virtual assistants make healthcare more human? Startups create voice tech for doctors and patients

Peek into a random hospital room in the U.S. today, and you might see something that makes you cynical about… Read More

Microsoft-backed universal blood test could start diagnosing disease ‘within a small number of years’

REDMOND — A groundbreaking system that would use artificial intelligence to diagnose several diseases from a single blood test may… Read More

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Paging Dr. Alexa: Hospitals call on voice assistants, envisioning ‘massive’ impact on healthcare

Voice assistants are coming to the hospital. Last month, Amazon Alexa announced a new skill that made the platform compliant… Read More

Amazon is reportedly building a wellness device that senses emotions in your voice

Amazon is reportedly working on a health and wellness device that is worn on the wrist and can read human… Read More

Seattle Children’s spin-out MDMetrix raises $3M to unlock data from medical records

Imagine knowing that all the data you need to do your job better was locked in a system that you… Read More

Virtual reality is helping babies breathe thanks to a project from Seattle Children’s and Oxford

As a neonatologist at Seattle Children’s, Dr. Rachel Umoren knows that every second counts when a baby is born and… Read More

Amazon adds HIPAA compliance to Alexa Skills, opening door for secure health apps

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has a new trick: transmitting secure patient information between patients and caregivers. Developers can now use… Read More

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Diagnosing U.S. healthcare: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer explains the key numbers to track

Special counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation, and the 2020 presidential campaign is already heating up. So what’s next… Read More

Amazon’s healthcare joint venture has a name — Haven — and website revealing details on initiative

The healthcare joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway finally has a name, and it’s called Haven. The… Read More

Bye bye, Band: Microsoft to end support for fitness wearable device and health dashboard

More than two years after taking its Band fitness tracker off the market, Microsoft is killing off the accompanying health… Read More

Judge allows ex-UnitedHealth exec to join Amazon healthcare joint venture

Former UnitedHealth executive David Smith can keep his new gig with the healthcare joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and… Read More

KenSci raises $22M to help healthcare companies predict when patients will get sick and lower costs

KenSci has raised an additional $22 million to fuel growth of its machine learning and AI-powered technology that helps health… Read More

Pixvana helps develop therapy in virtual reality aimed at kids dealing with depression and anxiety

Inside the world of virtual reality, young people can learn how to cope with depression and anxiety by better understanding… Read More

High-tech healthcare: Behind-the-scenes inside Kaiser Permanente’s automated lab and pharmacy

Automation technology is helping fill prescription orders and diagnose patient specimens much faster and safer than ever before. As part… Read More

Technology fuels growth at Accolade health venture, 3 years after Concur founders took helm

Nearly three years ago, Mike Hilton made a dramatic career change. After leading Concur for more than 20 years, and… Read More

Vera Whole Health opening 3 new clinics in partnership that aims to change doctor’s visits

What if every routine doctor’s visit was free? Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is hoping to answer that question… Read More

TLDR: Amazon plans to open health clinics, Steve & Connie Ballmer’s $59M commitment for at-risk students, Samsung smart speaker

Today’s featured stories Report: Amazon plans internal healthcare clinics for employees at Seattle headquarters Steve and Connie Ballmer commit $59M… Read More

Report: Amazon plans internal healthcare clinics for employees at Seattle headquarters

Amazon is planning to open primary care clinics for employees at its Seattle headquarters, according to a report Thursday by CNBC.… Read More

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Can Amazon fix healthcare? Experts offer a dose of reality on the tech giant’s health partnership

The United States has a healthcare problem. The country spends more per capita on healthcare than any other place in the… Read More

GE quietly sells Caradigm to cancer company Inspirata, more than two years after Microsoft pulled out of the joint venture

News Brief: GE Healthcare has sold its shares of Redmond, Wash., based health technology startup Caradigm to Florida-based cancer diagnostic technology… Read More