Microsoft signs first AI healthcare partnership in Vietnam

Microsoft signs first AI healthcare partnership in Vietnam

AI healthcare software company VinBrain, a company backed by Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup, has entered into a formal collaboration with Microsoft.WHAT IT’S ABOUT
According to a press release, the partnership, which is a first for the global tech company in Vietnam, will work on three areas of AI healthcare: data sharing, cross-product validation, and R&D.
VinBrain will leverage DrAid, its suite of AI-powered pathology solutions which can detect 21 disease indicators of the heart, lungs and bone. The US FDA-approved platform is being used by around 2,000 doctors and more than 100 hospitals in Vietnam. 
The AI platform runs on a dataset of over…

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Cosmos, Epic's massive EHR analytics platform, helps reduce new mother readmissions

Cosmos, Epic’s massive EHR analytics platform, helps reduce new mother readmissions

Nearly 20% of postpartum patients in America develop high blood pressure; Epic Research just found in a new study that postpartum hypertension nearly triples the chances of rehospitalization.After looking at more than 1.2 million birth encounters and then grouping and comparing the highest blood pressure readings taken in the 24 hours after discharge, the study found:

Patients with blood pressure levels at or above 160/110 shortly before discharge are nearly three times more likely to be readmitted than patients with normal blood pressure readings.

More than 5% of postpartum patients with the highest blood pressure readings, equal to or greater than 160/110 mmHg,…

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