Who needs Watson Health? 10 startups using AI (for real) in medical diagnostics, clinical decision making, and more

Our Readers over the years (since 2012!) have been tracking the rise–and fall–of IBM Watson Health. Now sold to Francisco Health [TTA 22 Jan], multiple companies have taken up chunks of their all-too-unwieldy mission, from oncology analytics and diagnostics to clinical decision making, and managing (and, in one case, reversing) chronic conditions. MM+M (Medical Marketing and Media) profiled ten companies–5 in diagnosis and 5 in treatment–in two articles. The first five are closer to the original Watson than the second group.

1. Heartflow–diagnosis of coronary artery disease
2. PathAI–machine learning for pathology in bladder and skin cancer detection
3. Paige.AI–AI and pathology in prostate cancer detection
4. Exo–medical imaging
5. Proscia–dermatology diagnosis for melanoma
6. Atropos Health–converting EHR information for clinical decision making and follow up
7. Virta Health–prescribing food plans to people to reverse Type 2 diabetes, management via AI to doctors
8. Sword Health–virtual care for patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) pain, managed by pairing them with digital therapy, monitoring by motion sensors
9. Omada Health–personal interventions in chronic conditions
10. Twin Health–sensor based monitoring and machine learning to reverse chronic diseases

Part 1 and Part 2