As deep learning continues gathering steam among researchers, entrepreneurs and the press, there’s a loud-and-getting-louder debate about whether its algorithms actually operate like the human brain does. The comparison might not make much… Read more »
A new startup called Butterfly Network, from genomic-technology pioneer Jonathan Rothberg, hopes to improve the world of medical imaging using advanced chip technologies, tablet devices and deep learning. Rothberg explains how… Read more »
Cloud storage and collaboration provider Box has acquired MedXT, a startup that has built technology for storing and sharing medical images in the cloud. The acquisition is an early step toward… Read more »
A machine-learning-based health care startup called Lumiata has added $6 million to its series A round, first announced in January, bringing its total raise so far to $10 million. The company… Read more »
Jeremy Howard, the former president and chief scientist of predictive-modeling platform Kaggle, is back with a new startup he thinks can revolutionize medical diagnostics using deep learning. There’s a lot of… Read more »
Researchers at the University of Washington, Tacoma, have built a machine learning system capable of predicting readmission risks for congestive heart failure patients. It has shown good results in a pilot… Read more »
Apixio has raised a $13.5 million series C round of venture capital from Bain Capital Ventures and several angel investors. The company’s technology extracts data from numerous types of medical records, including patient… Read more »
A startup called BaseHealth launched on Tuesday with a mission to deliver personalized wellness plans while keeping doctors very much in the picture. The company’s platform combines genetic data, lifestyle data… Read more »
With $15 million from Kleiner Perkins and Jafco Ventures, Zephyr Health thinks it’s well-suited to help pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers navigate tougher financial times by making better use of… Read more »
IBM has shared some details about a new project called WatsonPaths that lets doctors actually interact with the system to understand how it came to its conclusions, and to tell it… Read more »