Left: Michael Gao, MD, president of Smarter Technologies and founder and CEO of SmarterDx; Right: Pieces Technologies founder Dr. Ruben Amarasingham [Photos: SmarterDx/Pieces Technologies]
Formed earlier this year by the combination of Dallas' Access Healthcare with NYC-based SmarterDx and Austin-based Thoughtful.ai, Smarter Technologies said the new SmarterNotes solution combines SmarterDx’s proprietary clinical AI with Pieces’ industry-leading note automation workflows, "connecting the dots" from patient admission to final payment.
Pieces in your Pocket focuses on "brief, targeted interactions" that respect physicians' workflow preferences while delivering better documentation outcomes, the Irving-based company said. Main points for patient progress notes can be made on a doctor's phone "in as short as 30 to 45 seconds."
With the NCI funding—which follows Piece's $25 million growth financing round announced in September—Pieces will partner with Cleveland-based MetroHealth to deploy a new conversational AI agent for cancer patients called "PiecesChat."
"Our mission is to help those who help others," says Pieces Technologies CEO Dr. Ruben Amarasingham. With $25M in growth funding, Dallas-based Pieces is gearing up to transform hospital care with AI that streamlines clinical workflows and eases the load on care teams.
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A new $200,000 grant from the Hill Prizes will back AI-related research by an ocular cancer specialist at Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center. Altogether, Lyda Hill Philanthropies and the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology recently awarded $1 million in research grants....
Taiwanese officials return to Dallas next month for the Taiwan Expo USA, riding a wave of North Texas deals in recent months and the U.S.-Taiwan trade deal signed earlier this year....
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