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February 24, 2021
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In the largest AI acquisition ever, Microsoft buys Nuance for $19.7 billion to make a further push into healthcare
News Commentary | April 16, 2021
Nuance has a strong position in the healthcare market, where its speech recognition and natural language processing products are used by 90% of hospitals and 10,000 healthcare organizations. The acquisition will accelerate Microsoft's push into healthcare and provide it with a larger customer base ... Not part of subscription
Verily and Mayo Clinic team up to build clinical decision support tool that addresses cardiometabolic conditions
News Commentary | August 31, 2021
While collaborations between tech companies and healthcare institutions are not new, this deserves attention due to two reasons. Unlike the failure of IBM Watson, this collaboration is tackling a smaller, more defined use case around cardiometabolic conditions. Second, this announcement comes on the... Not part of subscription
Healthcare data exchange Smarter Health raises $3.8 million in Series A funding to improve data infrastructure
News Commentary | January 04, 2022
Despite the impact of digital transformation in healthcare, challenges such as data interoperability, privacy, and security remain. Singaporean startup Smarter Health aims to solve these challenges by providing a secure and standardized platform for healthcare data exchange between payers, providers... Not part of subscription
by Jerrold Wang
Even if the rumor became truth, the success of the Facebook smartwatch is uncertain, given the questionable performance of its launched healthcare services (like Preventive Health) and its tainted record on privacy protection. However, this smartwatch is still worth clients' attention due to its potential to impact clients' businesses. Clients providing personal health solutions should see Facebook as a partner candidate, as it plans to connect the smartwatch with health and fitness solutions (like Peloton bikes). CPG clients should see Facebook as a significant data channel for understanding consumers, as it will be able to combine data from its social network, smartwatch, and other devices (like VR headsets) to gain deeper insights.
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