<a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/health-tech-weekly-rundown-tether-launches-medical-ai-phones-wearables-medaptus" hreflang="en">Health Tech Weekly Rundown: Tether rolls out medical AI for phones, wearables; Medaptus launches operational ‘command center’</a>
This week's health tech updates include Tether's launch of a medical AI that operates on mobile devices, enhancing efficiency and reducing reliance on cloud services, and Elation Health's integration of the American Heart Association's cardiovascular risk calculator into its AI-powered clinical tool to streamline adherence to new guidelines. Additionally, Medaptus introduced a 24/7 operational command center for hospital medicine, while VisualDx partnered with Perplexity to incorporate clinician-validated medical imagery into generative AI.
The launch of Tether's QVAC MedPsy, a medical AI model that runs efficiently on standard hardware like smartphones and wearables, represents a significant shift in digital health infrastructure by minimizing reliance on cloud services. This innovation not only reduces costs and latency but also enhances data privacy by processing medical reasoning directly on devices or within hospital systems. For professionals tracking advancements in digital health, this model promises to redefine how AI can be integrated into healthcare settings, offering potential for more localized and secure patient data handling.