AI in Healthcare May 22, 2020
Dave Pearson

After seeing telehealth visits skyrocket 3,700% in April over March—most of them COVID-related—the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is touting its use of AI to help patients retain and apply doctors’ guidance offered during virtual visits.

The 40-hospital health system is using technology developed by Abridge, a local AI startup of which a UPMC cardiologist is a co-founder and in which UPMC is an early investor.

The software works by recording calls, automatically transcribing relevant spoken segments and sending summaries to patients via an app, according to a UPMC announcement.

The UPMC cardiologist and company co-founder, Shiv Rao, MD, says the idea partly grew out of his own family’s experience...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Digital Health, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, Patient / Consumer, Physician, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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