
Vera Health Wins First Place at the OpenAI Competition
Vera Health Wins First Place at the OpenAI Competition, Revolutionizing Medical Knowledge Access for Clinicians
San Francisco, CA. October 1, 2024 — Vera Health, the AI-powered Clinical Decision Support (CDS) resource that recently welcomed Dr. Bruce Lo to its Scientific Advisory Board, is proud to announce another significant milestone: winning the OpenAI competition.
Introducing Vera's Voice Agent
"We are committed to building the most powerful platform to organize medical knowledge, helping physicians at the point of care. This win is a testament to our technological capabilities, innovation, and the true disruption we provide in healthcare."
– Taieb Bennani, Co-Founder of Vera.
"When treating patients, physicians need information as fast as possible. We've built the most advanced and powerful AI specifically designed for healthcare professionals, with particular attention to the sensitive nature of medical information."
– Maxime Allouch, Co-Founder of Vera.
The competition highlighted Vera's newest feature: a voice agent that enables hands-free communication with over 60 million scientific papers. This represents the fastest method ever developed for clinicians to directly access the most relevant scientific literature at the point of care.
"The ability to communicate hands-free with scientific knowledge is fascinating, it transforms how clinicians can access critical information in time-sensitive situations."
– Dr. Ted Cho, Resident, UCSF
Award-Winning Innovation
Vera Health was awarded first place at the OpenAI Competition, with the honor of receiving the prize from Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) and Garry Tan (CEO of Y Combinator), who served as judges and presented the award on stage.
You can try our voice agent for free by signing up at app.vera-health.ai.
Recognition at OpenAI DevDay London
In a separate event, Vera Health was featured at OpenAI's DevDay in London last November, where OpenAI introduced Vera's voice agent—highlighting it as an inspiring example of how AI can empower physicians to deliver even better care to their patients. This prestigious recognition further validates Vera's impact on clinical decision support technology. The winning demonstration can be viewed below:
"Every day, we strive to make Vera more robust and better aligned with clinical needs, the hackathon gave us an incredible opportunity to push our boundaries, enabling the integration of speech capabilities into our evidence-based platform, making it even more intuitive and efficient for healthcare providers."
– Vera Health Team
This milestone reflects Vera’s commitment to providing effective tools for healthcare professionals. The company will continue developing solutions that improve clinical workflows and patient care.
Vera is an AI-powered Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tool designed to assist healthcare providers in making evidence-based decisions more efficiently. Vera provides real-time, trustworthy recommendations at the point of care. With its cutting-edge AI technology, Vera empowers clinicians to improve patient outcomes and streamline decision-making processes. With hubs in San Francisco and New York City, Vera is leading the charge in modernizing clinical workflows for emergency departments and other fast-paced medical environments.