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The European Union has certified AI software for reading mammograms, clearing the way for a South Korea-based AI vendor to sell another of its AI products across the European Economic Area.

Partnership

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Just 7 in 10 Americans said they would get a vaccine to protect against COVID-19, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll, with 15% of adults saying they definitely and 12% saying they probably would not get the vaccine.

Compute

AI companies serving healthcare markets have been fast to tailor their work to the COVID-19 crisis. An opinion piece published by the World Economic Forum offers a sampling.

Black Box

If a medical AI algorithm performs well, why let the proverbial black box undermine confidence in it?

 

New research presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery examined the lack of diversity seen among this important specialty. 

The Midwestern Catholic health system Hospital Sisters is working with an AI startup to block overutilization of surgical services.

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The quality of ultrasound exams depends highly on operator skill, but experts believe artificial intelligence could improve consistency considerably.