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When Ideas Mate: Plotting the Convergence of Social, Cloud and Mobile in the Healthcare Space

CTOvision

There is a famous TED video by author Matt Ridley called “ When Ideas Have Sex.” ” While these three fast-paced technologies (social, cloud and mobile) are themselves children of many years of progress, they are here to stay, evolve and generate much needed changes in our healthcare system. .”

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Is Virtual Reality the Next Revolution in Healthcare?

CTOvision

When we think of virtual reality, it usually relates to video games and general entertainment, but technology is doing more than just giving the masses a chance to live roleplay as a superhero -- it’s helping us with our health. VR has been in action for longer than you’d imagine, with its hands in healthcare even decades ago.

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Exploring the digital impact in Northern Ireland’s health and social care system

CIO Business Intelligence

The pandemic accelerated the urgency for reform in health and social care around the world, which strained resources to unprecedented levels. All of the capacity and operational challenges that were present in healthcare prior to the pandemic are magnified now. Watch the full video below for more insights.

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Telemedicine startup Bright.md raises more cash as interest in virtual healthcare surges

GeekWire

million investment round for its AI-powered virtual healthcare service. Virtual healthcare services such as Bright.md “Healthcare will begin at the virtual front door, making healthcare delivery more efficient and allowing patients to get better care and providers to deliver it virtually and expeditiously.”

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Generative AI is pushing unstructured data to center stage

CIO Business Intelligence

The evolution of AI and the use of structured and unstructured data When discriminative AI rose to prominence in sectors such as banking, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing, it was primarily trained on and used to analyze, classify, or make predictions about unstructured data. have encouraged the creation of unstructured data.

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Microsoft buys AI speech tech company Nuance for $19.7 billion

The Verge

With so many meetings taking place via video, it is easier to offer customers transcriptions via software integrated directly into these calls. Nuance provides the AI layer at the healthcare point of delivery and is a pioneer in the real-world application of enterprise AI,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in a statement. “AI

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Win Hearts and Minds With Livestreaming

Forrester IT

Live video can win hearts and minds. There's a magic that surrounds live video and being able to experience an event with others as it happens. That magic is augmented by social integration that lets global viewers interact, converse, and share as if they're on the same couch.