Telehealth use for behavioral health services has increased 45 times since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic across all care settings and provider types, according to a report by Trilliant Health.
Less than 1% of all behavioral health visits were delivered via telehealth pre-pandemic. By the second quarter last year, 32.8% of behavioral health appointments were conducted through telehealth.
As...
AI-backed imaging and care coordination company Viz.ai announced a partnership with Us2.ai to utilize its echocardiogram analysis tool.
This marks the second such partnership for the Singaporean startup, which last month announced it had inked a deal to integrate its algorithm into Aidoc's platform.
Us2.ai's software looks for optimal images, takes measurements of the heart's structure and...
AI-backed imaging and care coordination company Viz.ai received FDA 510(k) clearance for an algorithm that could help determine the severity of a pulmonary embolism.
The startup received the agency's green light late last month for its RV/LV ratio algorithm, which measures the diameter of the ventricles of the heart to provide the ratio of the maximum right ventricle diameter compared with the...
Artificial intelligence-backed health-tech startup Viz.ai announced a $100 million Series D funding round that brings its total valuation to $1.2 billion. Tiger Global and Insight Partners led the round, with participation from Scale Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Threshold, GV, Sozo Ventures, CRV and Susa.
This news comes roughly a year after the company closed its $71 million Series C round. As of...
Artificial intelligence care coordination company Viz.ai landed an FDA 510(k) clearance for its new algorithm designed to detect cerebral aneurysms. Dubbed Viz Aneurysm, the technology was designed to pinpoint the condition from CT scans.
The new algorithm will fit into Viz Intelligent Care Coordination Platform, and be used to help streamline getting detected aneurysm into the clinical workflow...
ROBOTS FOR ADULT SOCIAL CARE
As part of the Social Care Digital Innovation Programme and the Social Care Digital Innovation Accelerators projects, 69 local authorities have developed and showcased robotic digital approaches to assist in adult social care.
Run by NHS Digital in collaboration with the Local Government Association, the computer-controlled robots – known as ‘cobots’ – were trialled...
Today Viz.ai, an artificial intelligence care coordination company, shared the closing of its Series C funding round worth $71 million.
Scale Venture Partners and Insight Partners led the financing with participation from Greenoaks, Kleiner Perkins, Threshold Ventures, CRV, Innovation Endeavors and Susa Ventures.
This latest round comes about a year and a half after its $50 million Series B raise...
Healthcare AI company Viz.ai announced that it landed a whopping $50 million in Series B funding this morning. This latest infusion of cash was led by Greenoaks, with participation from Threshold Ventures, CRV, GV and Kleiner Perkins.
The new funding comes a little over a year after the Israeli company raised $21 million from Kleiner Perkins and GV.
WHAT THEY DO
Viz.ai focuses on using AI to...
Healthcare artificial intelligence company Viz.ai announced that it is joining forces with Medtronic with the goal of speeding up adoption of the former’s technology. Specifically the pair will be working on getting Viz.ai’s system, which specializes on stroke detection, into more stroke treatment centers in the US.
“Medtronic is an innovative company focused on therapies that extend life and...
Every day sees strides across the field of artificial intelligence, and healthcare is just one of the many industries looking to smart automation as a means to reduce burden and improve results. The last year in particular has brought a wealth of new healthcare focused software tools to the forefront, and as such has ignited debate on how these algorithms are being reviewed and regulated by the...
