As explained in this Stanford CS50 tech talk, Language Models (LMs) are basically a probability distribution over some vocabulary. For every word we give an LM, it can...
This seemed like the core ideas so I wanted to clarify them conceptually. “Embeddings” emphasizes the notion of representing data in a meaningful and structured way, while “vectors”...
I recently heard Jeff Bezos briefly talk about his views on LLMs here. Less than a minute into the conversation, he said something that struck a chord with...
Service industries like consulting, hospitality, restaurants or the local car mechanic, are judged on experience. Healthcare folks would like to think that it’s all about outcomes but no one would argue...
Virta burst on to the digital health scene recently boasting a $37M funding round and a tech-heavyweight CEO Sami Inkinen who previously co-founded Trulia, the online real-estate platform. Virta...
Switzerland-based MindMaze created news early 2016 when it raised a $100 million round of funding at a pre-money valuation of a Billion dollars. It is creating virtual reality products...
The service transaction between a patient and physician has always been looked at closely from a billing perspective. Relatively few attempts have been made to enhance the match-making...
The idea is certainly not new. Using VR immersion as a part of mental health treatment has been a subject of academic research and debate for a couple...
CoverMyMeds is a company in a brilliant niche. ePA – Electronic Prior Authorizations. Usually a doctor’s prescription reaches pharmacy, which informs patient when to pick it up. If...
Nuna has the right mix of all the tailwinds a startup can ask for: talented team, big funding cushion, valuable data and huge market. Founder Jini Kim was...
New ideas surface every day in Healthcare IT, but not all have a clear way to generate revenue. Viable business models are not a necessity to launch an...
The United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK) is an on-line, publicly accessible registry and repository of healthcare related data, metadata, and standards. USHIK is funded and directed by...
Amion stands for the question every physician asks at one point or other in their residency – “Am I on?”. As I’ve pointed out before, scheduling is one...
Considering the embryonic stage of Healthcare IT overall, it’s no surprise that there are multiple loosely-defined phrases are being used to describe emerging trends, products and services. This...
Most of the time, Health IT spawns artificial concepts – born as a result of relentless media hype, each reaches a precocious peak of publicity and then quickly...