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May 05, 2025, Issue #307

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Digital Health in the News

Sentara Health expands AI, virtual care platform

The 12-hospital system plans a unified virtual command center that will leverage a solution from AI company Andor Health that includes AI agents for digital front door, virtual hospital, patient monitoring, care team collaboration, and transitions in care. Becker’s Health IT

Epic gains more ground in hospital EHR market share, widens its lead over Oracle Health: KLAS

The health IT company now commands 42.3% of the acute care EHR market, up from 39.1% a year prior. FIERCE Healthcare

 

Docs are happy about ambient GenAI efficiencies at Reid Health

The Indiana health system has seen an 86% drop in time to complete notes, with after-hours documentation time plunging by 34%. And documentation turnaround has improved by 87%. Says one provider: "I was sold after just one patient. It was such a relief." Healthcare IT News

 

This Week in The Big Unlock Podcast

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Voice-based Conversational Interfaces Will Revolutionize EHRs

In this episode, Yaa Kumah-Crystal, MD, MPH, MS, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatric Endocrinology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), discusses the potential of AI and voice technology in improving patient care and medical education.

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Insights and Research

AHA sounds the alarm on rising hospital costs

Cost pressures are “jeopardizing the ability of hospitals to deliver high-quality, timely care to their communities,” AHA CEO Rick Pollack said. Healthcare DIVE 

 

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Chart of The Week

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Damo Thought Leadership and Media Mentions

NEW! Empowering Pediatric Care Through Responsible Generative AI

As generative AI becomes more prevalent in healthcare, its potential to transform documentation, operations, and clinical decision-making is clearer than ever. 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

Can We Still Detect AI-generated Content?

As models like GPT-4 and Claude get better at mimicking humans, researchers offer a new way to test watermarking — the hidden markers used to identify machine-made text. Knowledge at Wharton

 

Digital Health Funding and M&A

Teladoc acquires UpLift for $30M, releases first quarter results

Teladoc says the acquisition will help the company better serve a broader population of people who need virtual mental health care. mobihealthnews

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

CVS strikes Wegovy deal with Novo Nordisk

The deal could expand access to its in-demand obesity drug at the expense of Eli Lilly. BioPharma Dive

 

Jobs Corner

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

As the CTO, you will be the technology leader leading innovation for the studio, playing a pivotal role in shaping the products architecture, development strategy, and execution of at least two digital health products from the ground up.

 

Generative AI Engineer (LLM Expert)

Seeking a highly skilled Generative AI Engineer with expert-level experience in LLMs, OpenAI APIs, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

 

To advertise your job post here for free, please email it to us at info@bigr.io

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