October 2020

U.S. News out with the best nursing homes in a time of COVID ()
HHS’s updated health IT plan prioritizes ‘person-centered care’ ()
7 AI innovators still in the running for $1M prize from CMS ()
Up first for the Mayo Clinic–Google Health alliance: Better radiation therapy through AI ()
How Artificial Intelligence and Other Strategies Are Succeeding in the Fight Against Physician Burnout ()
Hospitals in the crosshairs of bad actors brandishing ransomware ()
New $100M kid on the minimally invasive block ()
Notable FDA approvals of AI* in medical devices: October 2020 ()
What’s that you say? AI is in hearing aids—and AR isn’t far behind ()
Healthcare AI vendors under the KLAS spotlight ()
Trophies to be defended: Top 10 vaccinating states last flu season ()
Physicians historically turn out to vote—or sit it out—in curious patterns ()
Two major U.S. health systems announce intent to merge ()
Hospitals managing COVID comeback without quashing regular business ()
Algorithm predicts dialysis need in COVID patients upon admission ()
$18M, 11-institution effort aims AI at unmasking Alzheimer’s ()
In Tar Heel country, electronic ‘greeters’ use AI to monitor mask wearing, social distancing ()
Surveyed physicians up for hybrid healthcare, down on Medicare for All ()
Nearly all nursing homes are hurting, but should the for-profits get more free money? ()
Large swath of healthcare workforce likely to keep working past age 67 ()
US led the world in medical AI research from 1975 to 2020 ()
Prostate-specific AI cleared for market ()
Google Health makes like a PhD candidate defending thesis ()
AMA: 4 ways to eat healthily from social media’s medical smorgasbord ()
Email analysis shows hospitals cherry-picking for desirable COVID transfers ()
CVS seeking 15K healthcare workers for virus season, possibly beyond ()
Clarion call: Healthcare AI’s advance depends on AI developers’ transparency ()
Deep learning shows promise for cutting overutilization of lumbar imaging, surgery ()
Outpatient care volumes bouncing back, albeit unevenly ()
Top 20 states for healthcare access ()
Brit study: Money-motivated parties weighed in heavily on FDA’s medical AI regulation ()
Industry least fretful over work-from-home cyberthreats: Healthcare ()
Emerging hospital technologies well-funded, widely distributed in Europe ()
Holographic imaging coming for COVID, other viruses ()
Digital health investors plunked down $10.3B in 2020’s first three quarters ()
Patient leakage front and center for almost all health execs ()
Needed medical equipment going unused in hospitals due to avoidable repair lapses ()
Lark Health raises $55M to expand AI partnerships, reach more patients ()
Professional associations encircle CMS over 2021 Medicare fee schedule ()
Where the health-insured are (and aren’t) ()
Playing the percentages on face masks: 5 points to ponder ()
Duke U thinks health AI through ()
AI primed to play crucial role in the war on opioid addiction ()
AI appears headed for the endoscopy suite ()
Cyberattack remediation winding down at sprawling health system ()
To nobody’s gain, psychiatric patients are getting ‘stuck’ in inpatient beds ()
Low-income Americans open to overdue long-term care, as long as it’s paid for ()
National Academies emphasize equity in recommendations for COVID vaccine allocation ()
Initiative aims to leverage technology in mitigating healthcare disparities ()
AI links COVID-19 to poor sleep, bad dreams ()
AI could correct male bias in drug trials ()
UnitedHealth Group acquires online medications provider ()
Acknowledgement of uncertainty a must in COVID communication ()
New international coalition pushes patient advocacy agenda ()