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Suki, a voice-assistive AI and medical scribe tool, secured $70 million in fresh funding to build out its AI assistant technology for doctors and hospitals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Epic is working with a handful of health systems to pilot generative AI tools. The vendor also integrated Suki's AI voice assistant into its EHR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Amazon also announced that its latest Echo Show 15 device will soon be available for healthcare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Amazon will no longer support HIPAA compliance on its Alexa devices after launching a program three years ago for some hospitals and payers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Amazon customers with Alexa-enabled devices can now get on-demand medical care through the tech giant's new partnership with Teladoc Health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Redwood City, CA startup has been making strides in this growing market since 2017, tapping staff who've worked at Apple, Google, Adobe and IBM Watson to advance technology designed to help healthcare organizations with such administrative tasks as physician dictation and records retrieval. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Amazon has officially launched Alexa Together, a subscription-based service helping caregivers provide remote support to elderly loved ones. The offering builds upon the previously available Alexa Care Hub, with new features like 24/7 emergency assistance and fall detection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CVS Pharmacy is expanding an in-app feature for visually impaired patients that reads prescription information out loud. The solution, originally rolled out in July 2020, is now available across all of the pharmacy giant's nearly 10,000 locations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Amazon launched a new service for hospitals that will embed its voice technology deeper into clinical settings at scale. As part of Alexa Smart Properties, the service will simplify how hospitals deploy and manage Alexa-enabled devices. An Amazon executive said the new service is just the tip of the iceberg for using ambient technology in healthcare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Women's health startup Nurx teamed up with Amazon Alexa to provide sexual and reproductive health information as well as birth control pill reminders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For its first healthcare accelerator program, Amazon's cloud division tapped a diverse group of startups working in virtual reality, voice assistant technology, remote monitoring and social determinants of health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Consumers are buying more connected monitoring devices, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it's a trend that's expected to ramp up through 2021. U.S. tech industry revenue will reach a record-breaking $487 billion in 2021. Here are eight sings of growth in the market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Amazon Web Services wants to help incubate early-stage digital health companies that can collaborate with the tech giant's healthcare customers and partners. Amazon's cloud division launched a healthcare accelerator to help startups use AWS cloud technologies and tap into the company's technical and commercial expertise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

UPMC Health Plan members can now ask Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant devices for answers about insurance coverage or to order a new ID card. The insurer launched a new virtual concierge feature that will assist commercial plan members with some of their most frequently asked questions related to their benefits and coverage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital health company Quil Health is expanding its reach into home health care with a new sensor-based technology platform aimed at aging seniors and their caregivers. Quil Health CEO Carina Edwards explains why she believes digital health tools will play a large role in home-based care in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As part of a new deal with Amazon, Cerner is letting users of Amazon's new Halo fitness tracker share wearable data directly with their providers. It's just one example of how Cerner is expanding beyond its traditional medical records business. Cerner senior executive Dan Devers spoke with Fierce Healthcare about how the Amazon partnership will shape the future of the company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CVS Pharmacy has rolled out a new feature on its app that will help millions of visually impaired Americans. Find out how the service works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As we seize upon this moment to unleash the full potential of digital care, we must do so without adding to digital fatigue among both consumers and clinicians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anthem is launching an enhanced version of its Amazon Alexa voice assistant skill across 13 of its commercial insurance markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

U.S. tech giants have quickly brought their innovations to the front lines amid COVID-19. Find out how Amazon, Apple and Google are racing to use their technologies and services to battle the novel coronavirus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital health company Quil Health wants to leverage smart devices and motion sensors in the home to help patients safely recovery after surgery and enable elderly seniors to age independently at home. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Amazon is rolling out detailed medication information as a new feature of its Alexa device. It's the latest step by the tech giant to use the voice assistant to help consumers manage their medications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When KLAS Research asked more than 300 healthcare leaders to identify the most potentially disruptive company in healthcare, one tech giant was top of mind. But there are smaller, emerging companies getting a lot of buzz as well. And the names that were dropped could indicate the healthcare problems that are executives are most focused on solving right now. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Interest in artificial intelligence soared in 2019, with AI startups raising a record $26.6 billion, according to a new report. Investors poured $4 billion into companies working on AI in healthcare across 367 deals in 2019, according to technology market intelligence company CB Insights' latest AI global funding report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LAS VEGAS—Many of the innovations showcased at CES 2020 are several years away from becoming reality, such as the flying taxi concept developed by Hyundai and Uber. But as the lines between consumer technology and healthcare continue to blur, the products shown at CES provide a glimpse of the future for digital health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health IT company Cerner is deepening its partnership with Amazon Web Services with the goal of building new prediction tools and a virtual medical scribe for healthcare providers. At the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week, Cerner expanded that partnership by naming AWS its preferred cloud, artificial intelligence and machine learning provider. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tech giant Amazon is expanding its speech recognition capabilities to help with clinical documentation, the company announced at its Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]