This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker's Digital
Health podcast.
Here's your daily industry news briefing for today,
June 30.
First,
Mustafa
Suleiman,
CEO of Microsoft's
AI arm, says the tech giant has taken
a genuine step toward medical superintelligence,
Wire reported June 30.
In a recent test,
Microsoft's new AI system called the MAI Diagnostic
Orchestrator
correctly diagnosed patient cases eighty percent of the
time.
The experiment tested whether the tool could correctly
diagnose a pay patient with an ailment, mimicking
work typically done by a human physician.
According to the company, the results from the
tool are four times better than the human
physicians in the study who reached the correct
answer twenty percent of the time.
The tool doesn't rely rely on just one
system. Instead, it brings together several AI models,
including OpenAI's
GPT,
Google's Gemini, and others that work together like
a team of medical experts debating a case.
Microsoft tested the tool using more than 300
clinical case studies from the New England Journal
of Medicine.
Along with diagnosing more accurately,
the AI system also saved money by picking
less expensive diagnostic tests.
Microsoft said it reduced cost by about 20%
of simulations.
Microsoft has not decided if the tool will
be used in hospitals or made available to
the public, but one possibility is adding it
to Bing's search engine to help people understand
symptoms.
Before that, experts say it needs to be
tested in clinical trials to evaluate how it
performs in real life care.
Second,
MIT and NASH General Brigham have launched a
new seed program aimed at accelerating innovation in
health care by funding collaborative research projects between
the two institutions.
The MIT MGB seed program announced in a
June 27 news release will support joint efforts
in area like areas like diagnostics, therapeutics, and
digital health tools.
The initiative is backed by a philanthropic
gift from Analog Devices
and will fund about six projects per year
for three years.
The goal according to the news release is
to help bring scientific breakthroughs out of the
lab and into clinical settings faster.
Teams selected for funding will also gain access
to entrepreneurial
training through MIT's tough tech accelerator, the engine,
which connects researchers with investors and industry experts.
The first round of projects is expected to
launch in fall twenty twenty five.
A joint review panel from both institutions will
choose the recipients.
Third,
Mayo Clinic has received a $50,000,000
donation from Florida philanthropists,
Gliltres and Amy Burt, a gift dedicated to
the health system's innovation efforts.
The money will support Mayo's Innovation Exchange, a
program that helps health care start ups and
entrepreneurs bring new technologies to patients.
In recognition of the donation, the program will
be renamed the Mayo Clinic Berg Innovation Exchange
according to a June 30 news release.
The Innovation Exchange serves as a hub for
global collaboration,
bringing together experts in AI, digital health, product
design, and more. It has a footprint on
six continents and supports startups working on tools
and diagnostics, therapeutics, and medical devices according to
Mayo Clinic.
The Birks have been involved in the Innovation
Exchange since its launch in 2019.
Their donation will help the program ground early
stage research, expand mentoring opportunities,
and connect entrepreneurs with resources at Mayo Clinic.
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