K Health recently closed a partnership deal with Cedars-Sinai to use its technology for virtual urgent and primary care services. The company also raised $59 million in a funding round, with Cedars-Sinai joining as a strategic investor. The partnership will allow both new and existing patients to use an app that connects to K Health's AI and leads to a chat with a Cedars-Sinai credentialed doctor or nurse. The app is expected to go live by the end of this year. K Health is also developing predictive algorithms to help doctors personalize treatments based on patient data.
Key takeaways:
- K Health, a digital health startup, is planning to scale its artificial intelligence technology in hospitals, starting with Cedars-Sinai, which is also a strategic investor in a $59 million funding round.
- The AI-powered chatbot of K Health collects symptoms and medical history from patients, compares them with data from millions of patients, and suggests a medical condition based on the comparison.
- More than 3.1 million patients in 48 states have completed a chat with a doctor or nurse via K Health, which offers primary care, urgent care, pediatric services, and chronic disease treatment.
- A retrospective study of K Health patient visits found that human doctors and nurses agreed with one of the AI-recommended diagnoses 84.2% of the time.