Top news of the week: 13.04.2021.
Healthcare
Microsoft makes big bet on health-care AI technology with Nuance deal, worth $16 billion
Microsoft is buying Nuance Communications, which can help overhaul solutions that free doctors from note-taking and better predict a patient’s needs.
New artificial intelligence tool can help detect melanoma
For years, physicians have had to rely on visual inspection to identify suspicious pigmented lesions (SPLs), which can be an indication of skin cancer. But quickly finding and prioritizing ...
Nabla is building a healthcare super app for women
Meet Nabla, a French startup launching a new app today focused on women’s health. On Nabla, you’ll find several services that should all contribute to helping you stay on top of your ...
3 myths about translating AI models in a healthcare setting
An expert from Google Health UK weighs in on the potential benefits of machine learning in healthcare – and the challenges that remain to realizing those benefits.
Microsoft accelerates industry cloud strategy for healthcare with the acquisition of Nuance
Acquisition will combine solutions and expertise to deliver new cloud and AI capabilities across healthcare and other industries REDMOND, Wash., and BURLINGTON, Mass. – April 12, 2021 – ...
The Galien Foundation Introduces Webinar Spotlighting Transformative Role of Data Technologies on Healthcare
/PRNewswire/ -- The Galien Foundation announced today an upcoming webinar that will focus on ways data technologies are reshaping public and private sector...
Microsoft goes all in on healthcare with $19.7B Nuance acquisition
When Microsoft announced it was acquiring Nuance Communications this morning for $19.7 billion, you could be excused for doing a Monday morning double take at the hefty price tag. That’s ...
The Check Up: Dr. James E.K. Hildreth of Meharry Medical College
Beginning this August, Meharry Medical College will welcome the first class to its new School of Applied Computational Sciences. A strategic goal for the historically Black college is to ...