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Gastroenterologists need not fear being replaced by machines—and patients don’t have to worry about robot colonoscopists.

Darts

Of 52 AI models analyzed by MIT’s Center for Information Systems Research over the past two years, 31 have been deployed. The rest were in pilot phases or under development.

Physician Angel

Among the many Americans refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when their turn comes up is a prominent surgeon who’s also a professional medical communicator and a Johns Hopkins public-health professor.

Skeptical

It’s not inconvenience or expectations of long waits that are prompting the deliberated refusals.

Detecting diabetic retinopathy on eyeball imaging has been touted as one of medical AI’s most promising applications, as “the machine” has repeatedly equaled or bested humans at the task.

Money dollar investments

UnitedHealth Group is acquiring Change Healthcare for about $8 billion cash, the companies jointly announced Wednesday morning.

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The approval, made as part of a special FDA pilot program, took just 50 days.