Healthcare Finance News November 30, 2022
Jeff Lagasse

Optum Labs is providing funding in 2022-’23, which will drive research in precision behavioral health, among other areas of focus.

Optum Labs, the research and development arm of UnitedHealth Group, and Cornell Tech have created a collaborative research hub at Cornell University in New York that will focus on precision behavioral health and advancing equity in healthcare.

The move, said Optum, was spurred by recent innovations in artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile sensing technology and virtual reality, which are creating opportunities for improving care.

Optum Labs is providing funding in 2022-’23, which will drive research in precision behavioral health, extended reality for aging in place, and equitable human and algorithmic decision-making.

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