Generative AI company abridge Announces partnership with Northern California-based health system Sutter HealthThis will give Sutter clinicians access to Abridge's clinical documentation software.
Abridge's software is generative AI for clinical conversations that reduces provider workload by automating note-taking.
This software integrates directly into Sutter's Epic EMR system.
The purpose of the Abridge-Sutter partnership is to reduce healthcare worker burnout while improving the patient experience.
”Clinicians often do not have the time to create detailed patient instructions or summaries that reflect the details of the conversation that will be most beneficial to the patient. This is a major use case for generative AI, and we are honored to team with the people at Sutter Health on this new patient-centric initiative,“ said Dr. Shibrao, his CEO and founder of Abridge. said in a statement.
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The doctor is quite a while Administrative workload contributes to physician burnout and is a major issue in the healthcare ecosystem as they need to focus on administrative tasks such as writing notes.
abridge launched In 2020, the company raised $15 million in seed and Series A funding. This funding round was led by union square ventures UPMC has additional funding from Bessemer Venture Partners, Pillar and KdT Ventures.
In 2022, the medical writing company raised $12.5 million in Series A-1 funding from the same group of investors. Other investors in this round included AI expert Yoshua Bengio and Whistler Capital.
The Pittsburgh-based company announced a $30 million Series B led by: spark capital. Spark supports other genAI companies, including AI safety and research startups. human.
In February, Abridge Lightspeed Venture PartnersRedpoint Ventures, CVS Health Ventures. Abridge also announced a partnership with Connecticut-based Yale New Haven Health System. The system will use the company's generative AI solution at hospitals across the state.
Last year, Sutter Health announced the creation of a new San Francisco-based innovation center as the company's research and development hub. innovation The hatchery, established in 2017, forward technology In healthcare.
The health system also expanded its reach to California's Central Coast with the acquisition of the Santa Barbara Sansome Clinic, and in March announced the acquisition of five radiation oncology centers in Northern California.