March 2019

Mount Sinai, Hasso Plattner Institute announce $15M digital health center ()
AI pioneers take home coveted A.M. Turing Award ()
1 in 7 patients receive surprise medical bills ()
AI combs insurance databases to find women at highest risk of preterm delivery ()
CMS launches $1.65M AI challenge ()
Medicare FFS amassed $23.2B in improper payments in 2017 ()
Machine learning charts disease symptoms from patient-physician conversations ()
Purdue Pharma reaches $270M settlement in opioid case ()
‘All-out war’: Trump administration supports ruling to invalidate entirety of Obamacare ()
CVS shares down 30% after Aetna merger ()
Final 2019 open enrollment report: ACA sign-ups dip to 11.4M ()
AI-driven wearable acts as social guide for children with autism ()
Architecting AI: Geisinger's Vision: How Data, Imaging & Genomics Are Driving Actionable Decision-making ()
Invistics leverages machine learning to track hospital drug theft ()
How ‘smart speakers’ like Google Home revolutionize the OR experience ()
Women, uninsured most likely to skip prescription drugs to save money ()
Harvard, MIT researchers warn of adversarial attacks in AI ()
ZOLL data breach impacted 277,319 patients ()
Ascension CEO will step down at end of 2019 ()
Deep learning model draws on EHR data to predict disease outcomes ()
National Science Foundation backs medical AI startup with $225K grant ()
Anthem, Stanford found AI for Health Affiliation program ()
2019 residency match is largest on record ()
10,000 New York nurses set to strike April 2 ()
Amazon accepting HSA, FSA cards for healthcare buys ()
Cleveland Clinic launches Center for Clinical AI ()
French startup leverages AI to identify novel drug combinations ()
CMS updates drug spending dashboards ()
‘The nature of the error matters’: Why considering AI’s failures is important, too ()
Topol’s take on AI: Success and failure ()
Nvidia expanding into data center space with Mellanox purchase plans ()
FDA direction on e-cigarettes up in the air after Gottlieb resignation ()
Deep neural network matches pathologists’ ability to identify lung cancer ()
Hospitals could soon publish negotiated prices ()
AI tool matches cancer patients with relevant clinical trials ()
Top priorities of healthcare CIOs ()
Natural language processing helps hospital predict downstream demand for imaging services ()
FDA grants tech startup Breakthrough designation for use of AI in cancer research ()
Why the ‘art of caring’ is so important in the age of AI ()
Why storytelling enhances the power of data ()
5 barriers to recognizing the full potential of deep learning ()
CMS asks for input on selling insurance across state lines ()
Researchers are using AI to craft the perfect flu shot ()
AMA, states sue Trump administration over Title X changes ()
Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan healthcare joint venture will be called Haven ()
Free-standing ED prices substantially higher than other care settings ()
Medical students interested in radiology are worried about AI—but they’re still applying ()
Patients more likely to switch hospitals to give birth if they receive a surprise bill ()
Spider silk shows promise as component of robotic muscles ()
Cigna CEO regretted deal with Anthem before it fell apart ()
AI in medicine market projected to exceed $18B by 2025 ()
AI rivals radiologists in detecting breast cancer ()
Privia Health™ Announces First Partnership with Health System ()
Amazon partners with Harvard to leverage AI, machine learning for better workflow ()
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb resigns ()
Mount Sinai researchers debut AI tool capable of identifying Alzheimer’s ()
40% of European AI startups don’t actually use AI ()
After pricing pushback, Eli Lilly will sell a half-price insulin drug ()
‘Exaggerated hopes and exaggerated fears’: 4 ways big data complicates research ()
Imaging societies collaborate on new ‘ethics of AI’ guidelines ()
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association proposes health insurance improvements ()
CVS, Aetna name new CIO ()
AI-powered radiology worklist receives CE mark ()
AI detects sepsis in newborns hours before clinicians ()
Can AI diagnose skin cancer in all races? ()
Execs tell how to shift provider-payer relationships from wary to trustful ()