Healthcare AI Guy Weekly | 4/22

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The Healthcare AI Adoption Index

The Healthcare AI Adoption Index, developed by Bessemer Venture Partners with AWS and Bain, surveyed 400+ leaders across payers, providers, and pharma to map GenAI adoption. Unlike the slow EHR rollout, AI is scaling fast, fueled by internal teams and external partners. The current landscape can be summarized in six key takeaways:

• AI is a strategic priority: 95% of healthcare orgs see GenAI as transformative, with 54% already reporting ROI within 12 months. AI budgets are growing faster than IT across payers, pharma, and providers.

  

• The state of AI adoption today: 85% of providers and 83% of payers expect AI to reshape care within 3–5 years, with 84% citing clinical impact and 80% expecting labor savings. Pharma is more cautious, only 57% see it driving most new therapies.

  

• Key jobs-to-be-done across the healthcare value chain: 22 for Payers (claims, network, member, pricing), 19 for Pharma (preclinical, clinical, marketing, sales), 18 for Providers (care delivery, RCM), but 45% of use cases below are still in the ideation or POC phase.

  

• Most AI use cases are still experimental: Providers lead in pilots, while payers and pharma remain in ideation. Unlike EHRs, providers are adopting AI without regulatory incentives.

  

• Experimentation but not yet production: Healthcare is deep in GenAI experimentation, but only 30% of POCs make it to production. Large providers are leading, with 46% of their pilots moving beyond the test phase.

  

• Most cited roadblocks: Despite strong interest, execs cite key barriers to scaling: security concerns, lack of AI expertise, costly integrations, and challenges preparing AI-ready data.

  

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Forbes AI 50

Forbes’ seventh-annual AI 50, which spotlights the most promising AI companies in the world, features two firms that focus on healthcare. After receiving 1,860 submissions, Forbes picked the top 50 for their “business promise, technical talent and use of AI through a quantitative algorithm and qualitative judging panels.” Here are the AI 50 companies that specialize in healthcare:

• Abridge: AI ambient scribe. Founded in 2018. Has received $458M in funding.

• OpenEvidence: ChatGPT for providers. Founded in 2022. Has received $100M in funding.

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Tools & Partnerships 🔧

Latest on business, consumer, and clinical healthcare AI tools and partnerships…

TOOLS

• Stanford Health uses AI to message patients about test results and billing: Stanford Health Care built a new AI system using Anthropic’s Claude to auto-draft patient messages for test results and billing questions inside Epic, with over 50% provider adoption, far surpassing previous AI portal tools. (link)

• Profluent debuts ProGen3, an AI model family for protein design: Profluent’s new 46B-parameter ProGen3 model generates novel proteins from scratch, including compact gene editors and antibody therapies, marking the first evidence of AI scaling laws in biology. (link)

• TytoCare first to receive FDA clearance for full AI lung sound detection: TytoCare’s AI now detects wheezes, crackles, and rhonchi, becoming the first platform FDA-cleared for all three major abnormal lung sounds and setting a new standard in virtual respiratory care. (link)

• OpenAI drops o3 and o4-mini, its most advanced reasoning models yet: The new models combine tool use, multimodal reasoning, and image-based thinking, with o3 setting new SOTA benchmarks and o4-mini offering fast, cost-efficient performance, plus an open-source coding agent, Codex CLI. (link)

• Corti launches healthcare-focused Dictation API: Corti is opening access to its new Dictation API, enabling vendors to integrate high-quality, healthcare-specialized voice-to-text powered by its Solo foundation model, bringing premium dictation to all corners of the industry. (link)

PARTNERSHIPS

• Samsung + Stanford: Samsung and Stanford Medicine are partnering to enhance the Galaxy Watch's FDA-authorized obstructive sleep apnea feature. They're launching a study to explore improvements in sleep health interventions, with plans to eventually use AI for proactive, daily sleep management. (link)

• CARTI + DeepScribe: Cancer care leader CARTI is rolling out DeepScribe’s oncology-focused ambient AI across 18 locations, streamlining clinical documentation and delivering real-time insights directly into provider workflows. (link)

• Leidos + University of Pittsburgh: Leidos is backing a five-year, $10M initiative with the University of Pittsburgh to develop AI tools for faster diagnosis of cancer, heart disease, and more, accelerating digital pathology across public and private healthcare. (link)

• City of Hope + Microsoft: City of Hope and Microsoft co-developed an LLM-powered tool that scans years of oncology records to generate visit-ready summaries, helping physicians see more patients and reduce unnecessary tests. (link)

• MedStar Health + Reimagine Care: MedStar Health is partnering with Reimagine Care to offer round-the-clock remote monitoring and on-demand AI support for cancer patients, extending oncology care beyond the clinic. (link)

Deal Desk 💸 

Spotlight on latest capital raises, M&A, and investments…

FUNDING

• Science Corp, an SF-based neurotech startup, raised $104M led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Elad Gil, Samaipata, and Valor Equity Partners. (link) 

• Hellocare, a Clearwater, Fla.-based virtual care platform, raised $47M in funding led by HealthQuest Capital, with participation from Bon Secours Mercy Health, UCHealth, OSF Ventures, and LRVHealth. (link) 

• Assort Health, an SF-based provider of voice AI agents for health care, raised $26M in Series A funding. First Round Capital and Chemistry co-led, joined by Quiet Capital. (link) 

• Phantom Neuro, an Austin-based neurotechnology company, raised $19M in Series A funding. Ottobock led the round and was joined by Actual VC, METIS Innovative, e1 Ventures, existing investors Breakout Ventures, Draper Associates, LionBird Ventures, and others. (link) 

• Skin Analytics, a London-based AI-powered skin cancer detection company, raised $19.9M in Series B funding. Intrepid Growth Partners led the round and was joined by existing investors Hoxton Ventures, Crista Galli Ventures, and Mustard Seed Ventures. (link) 

• Brellium, a NYC-based AI-powered clinical compliance platform, raised $16.7M in Series A funding. First Round Capital and Left Lane Capital led the round and were joined by Menlo Ventures, Digital Health Venture Partners, Necessary Ventures, and angel investors. (link)

• Doctronic, a NYC-based AI-powered healthcare assistant, raised $5M in seed funding. Union Square Ventures led the round and was joined by Tusk Ventures and HF0. (link)

• Youlify, a Campbell, Calif.-based revenue cycle management startup, raised $4.3M in seed funding. Bonfire Ventures led, joined by Top Harvest Capital. (link)

• RISA Labs, a Palo Alto-based AI-powered oncology workflow platform, raised $3.5M in seed funding. Binny Bansal led the round and was joined by Oncology Ventures, General Catalyst, z21 Ventures, and others. (link)

• SmarterDx, clinical AI for revenue integrity and care quality, raised a strategic investment from New Mountain Capital. (link)

Other Relevant News 🔍

News, podcasts, blogs, tweets, resources, etc…

• AI + telemedicine = a leg up against chronic disease (link) 

• 3rd-party risk, asset management are cybersecurity weak points (link)

• The ROI on AI at 8 health systems (link)

• 3 most promising uses of AI in healthcare the next 5-10 years (link)

• An illustrated primer about the state of voice agents in 2025 (link)

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