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April 21, 2025, Issue #306

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📢A Sneak Peek at Our Agentic AI Webinar That Happened Last Week 

Video Clip: Agentic AI in Healthcare and Pharma Webinar

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We will soon be announcing another webinar on Agentic AI and Voice Agents given the popular demand and urgency of the topic. Stay Tuned!!

Digital Health in the News

Children's Hospital Los Angeles leverages Apple Watch and new app to collect pediatric sleep data

An effort to collect high-quality sleep data from children to ultimately allow for easier at-home detection of high-risk sleep disorders using Apple Watch. FIERCE Healthcare

Why health systems are investing in 'smart room' technology

Health systems are betting big money on smart technology to streamline workflow and improve quality of care. Modern Healthcare

Which health systems have AI chiefs?

Here are the nine hospitals and health systems with a chief AI officer. Becker’s Hospital Review

This Week in The Big Unlock Podcast

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The Right AI Use Case Starts with Knowing Your Data and Your Workflows

In this episode, Dr. Keith Morse, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Medical Director of Clinical Informatics - Enterprise AI at Stanford Children’s Health, shares real-world applications and future visions for generative AI (GenAI) in pediatric care. The discussion highlights how LLMs are being practically integrated into clinical workflows, reducing clinician burden and enhancing hospital operations. 

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Insights and Research

Healthcare AI adoption accelerates, but few pilots reach implementation: report

Healthcare leaders are excited about AI, but projects are often held up by security, data and other challenges, according to the analysis. Healthcare DIVE

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Chart of The Week

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Source: Stanford University AI Index Report 2025

Damo Thought Leadership and Media Mentions

NEW! How AI is Transforming Clinical Workflows and Provider Experience

Explore how artificial intelligence—particularly ambient listening tools and Agentic AI—is reshaping the healthcare experience for both providers and patients. Damo Blog

White paper: The Silent Barrier to AI in Healthcare is Data Infrastructure: A BigRio Perspective

It outlines a blueprint for healthcare CxOs to design, fund, and govern an AI-ready data architecture, one that delivers not only compliance, but also clinical and financial ROI. BigRio White Paper

White paper: Unlocking the Potential of Data Integration in Digital Health

This white paper explores the critical concepts, standards, and technologies shaping healthcare data integration. BigRio White Paper

Transforming Patient Experience: Standardizing and Optimizing Contact Centers at a Large Health System

Sentara Health, a leading not-for-profit healthcare system, faced challenges with fragmented patient experiences across 13 contact centers. Partnering with Damo, Sentara centralized scheduling through the Clinical Access Center and unified contact centers under a comprehensive strategy. The collaboration improved cross-functional collaboration, standardized operations, and enhanced patient care, establishing a seamless, high-quality experience. Damo Case Study

Books Corner

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Other Stuff We’re Reading

Teach AI to Work Like a Member of Your Team

At a Fortune 500 retailer, a contracts team struggled to use an off-the-shelf tool until the company mapped their workflow (“work graph”) and fine-tuned the model using reverse mechanistic localization. The result: more accurate outputs, less manual effort, and a 30% boost in throughput. HBR

How AI Can Be a Game Changer for Marketing

While AI has been a game changer for them, it takes human ingenuity to get the most out of a technology that is available to everyone — including competitors. Knowledge at Wharton

Digital Health Funding and M&A

Navina Secures $55M Series C Funding Led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives

This significant investment will accelerate Navina’s expansion across the U.S. healthcare market, enhance its proprietary AI technology, and further drive improvements in patient outcomes by bringing proactive clinical intelligence to every outpatient interaction. Healthcare IT today

Nutrition counseling startup Nourish clinches $70M to expand services

The funding will be used to build out Nourish’s AI product, expand its provider network and pursue more strategic partnerships. Fierce Healthcare

 

Medicare navigation startup Chapter pockets $75M to expand health system partnerships

Chapter, a Medicare navigation and advisory firm, picked up $75 million to build out its technology and new products and ink more partnerships with health systems. Fierce Healthcare

Jobs Corner

Senior Bioinformatics QA Engineer

The candidate will be responsible for ensuring the quality, accuracy, and performance of bioinformatics pipelines used in genomic data analysis.

Director of Healthcare Technology & Engineering

Serve as the primary administrative contact for executive leadership on biomedical technology matters. 

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