The common availability launch of MedLM will additional advance Augmedix’s ambient medical documentation product efficiency

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Augmedix (Nasdaq: AUGX), a healthcare expertise firm that delivers industry-leading, ambient medical documentation and knowledge options, introduced at this time that it has been piloting Google Cloud’s Med-PaLM 2 and can combine Google Cloud’s newly launched MedLM expertise into its expertise stack. This mannequin suite makes use of the newest AI developments tailored for healthcare use instances and meets Augmedix’s stringent necessities round AI security, compliance, and enterprise scalability. 

MedLM, now typically out there to allowlisted prospects, builds on Google Cloud’s Med-PaLM 2 generative AI (gen AI) massive language mannequin (LLM). MedLM is purposefully constructed to supply high-quality generative AI output within the medical area. It comes with a collection of medically-tuned fashions for various use instances—delivering the perfect of Google Cloud’s gen AI capabilities to the healthcare {industry}. Importantly, Augmedix makes use of Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform to develop  its personal proprietary options utilizing coaching knowledge created by Augmedix’s present expertise that generates 70,000 notes per week and spans greater than 30 specialties¹. 

“Generative AI solutions for use in healthcare delivery require a more tailored and precise approach than general purpose LLMs can provide, which is why we value our strategic partnership with Google Cloud,” mentioned Augmedix Founder, Director, and Chief Strategy Officer Ian Shakil. “Google Cloud has established its leadership as an AI innovator with solutions specifically designed to address the needs of healthcare providers.”

In latest months, Google Cloud has been carefully iterating with Augmedix to make sure optimized efficiency in difficult, real-world medical use instances by means of ambient documentation, the place related medical info is recorded and captured from pure clinician-patient interactions on the level of care. Augmedix now plans to include MedLM into its machine studying platform throughout its suite of merchandise. Integrating MedLM into its ambient medical documentation merchandise will elevate the standard of medical observe output, present sooner turnaround occasions, and allow Augmedix to quickly broaden into extra sub-specialties by means of 2024. This new expertise will probably be built-in into the lately launched Augmedix Go, a clinician-controlled cellular app that instantaneously creates a totally automated draft medical observe after every affected person go to, and can quickly be integrated into all Augmedix documentation merchandise. 

“Generative AI has enormous potential to automate one of the most time-intensive and tedious tasks in healthcare—capturing accurate medical notes of doctor-patient interactions,” mentioned Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud. “We are committed to advancing solutions that allow organizations like Augmedix and its health system clients to address these and other challenges in the healthcare industry. Our launch of MedLM and partnership with Augmedix exemplifies our commitment to solve these once-intractable problems.”

This integration of MedLM is an thrilling milestone for Augmedix prospects resembling HCA Healthcare, who launched Augmedix’s documentation merchandise to 4 hospitals earlier in 2023.

“We’ve introduced Augmedix’s technology into some of our hospitals this year,” mentioned Michael J. Schlosser, MD, MBA, FAANS, Senior Vice President of Care Transformation and Innovation, HCA Healthcare. “I’m pleased to see that our innovative partners at Google Cloud and Augmedix are continuously focused on advancing their products to streamline workflows and allow caregivers to focus on what matters most, patient care.”

Google Cloud’s prospects retain management over their knowledge. In healthcare settings, entry and use of affected person knowledge is protected by means of the implementation of Google Cloud’s dependable infrastructure and safe knowledge storage that assist HIPAA compliance, together with every buyer’s safety, privateness controls, and processes.

About Augmedix

Augmedix (Nasdaq: AUGX) delivers industry-leading, ambient medical documentation and knowledge options to healthcare programs, doctor practices, hospitals, and telemedicine practitioners.

Augmedix is on a mission to assist clinicians and sufferers kind a human connection by seamlessly integrating our expertise on the level of care. Augmedix’s proprietary platform digitizes pure clinician-patient conversations, that are transformed into complete medical notes and structured knowledge in actual time. The firm’s platform makes use of computerized speech recognition, and pure language processing, together with massive language fashions, to generate correct and well timed medical notes which might be transferred into the EHR.

Augmedix’s merchandise relieve clinicians of administrative burden, in flip, lowering burnout, rising clinician effectivity and bettering affected person entry. Through Augmedix’s proprietary platform and bi-directional communication channel, Augmedix is ideally suited to function the car for change on the level of care.

Augmedix is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with workplaces around the globe. To be taught extra, go to www.augmedix.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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