Artificial intelligence technology specialist Ambience Healthcare, which specializes in AI-powered applications and an operating system to improve system efficiency for organizations, announced a $70 million funding round. The Series B round was led by Kleiner Perkins and OpenAI Startup Fund, as well as existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Optum Ventures.
In a preview of his HIMSS24 presentation, Dr. Jonathan Chen, assistant professor at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, said a patient’s care quality hinges on whether medical teams can distinguish between fact and fiction.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now monitoring a new COVID-19, BA.2.87.1, which has more than 30 changes in the coronavirus spike protein and has been detected nine times in the Republic of South Africa.
The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a $195 million judgment against Simple Health Plans and its CEO, Steven J. Dorfman, over charges they duped consumers into signing up for “sham” healthcare plans that did not deliver the promised coverage or benefits. This effectively left consumers uninsured and exposed to limitless medical expenses, the FTC said.