October 2021

Top AI, emerging-tech stories in radiology and cardiology over the past 30 days ()
FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 ()
AI predicts gathering disease with a deep dive into evolutionary genetics ()
10 principles that 3 regulators deem essential for healthcare AI development ()
Notable regulatory approvals of emerging technologies over the past 30 days ()
Opioid overdoses more readily preventable with ensemble learning ()
UnitedHealthcare sues hospital staffing firm TeamHealth, alleging $100M in fraudulent claims ()
Emergency department spending in the US grew 4.4% to $136B, outpacing healthcare overall ()
DOJ alleges Kaiser Permanente defrauded Medicare of $1 billion ()
AI exposes tactics, routes taken by antibiotic-resistant infections ()
Small cash incentives kept vaccination rates from nosediving, pilot study shows ()
What limits AI as it continues ‘significantly altering the fundamental means of biological discovery?’ ()
Meet the ‘most loved’ healthcare companies ()
Mark Cuban jumps into the PBM space ()
Federal security officials warn that ‘Made in China’ could one day go for tech-dependent US healthcare ()
AI scores 1 against a knee injury common among athletes ()
Google gains a sure foothold for building its healthcare AI résumé ()
Barrett’s esophagus on AI’s radar ()
Top 11 in-demand healthcare jobs ()
Walmart partners with Transcarent for care solution ()
2-year chatbot mission unites scores of co-developers, yields ‘trustworthy and friendly Rosa’ ()
AI has far to go before solving deafness, but along the way are opportunities to ‘reshape hearing healthcare’ ()
Americans wary of face recognition technology in healthcare ()
Walgreens launches new business, invests in VillageMD ()
CMS increases call center wages to $15 per hour ()
To pull off instant claims processing, Big Blue payer taps Big Tech player ()
Dangled dollars did next to nothing for COVID vax campaigns ()
Another itemized set of actions Washington could take to better regulate medical AI ()
AI predicts tumor metastasis from colon to lymph nodes ()
FDA hopes new guidance will prove ‘one of the most significant public health nutrition interventions in a generation’ ()
More than half of COVID survivors struggle to shake off direct, indirect symptoms ()
Voice of herd immunity pipes up after hiding in plain sight ()
Primary care’s plea: ‘Wake up to the fact that [we] are key to getting us [all] out of this prolonged pandemic’ ()
Major academic health system reveals plans for dedicated AI department ()
Mobile self-test can serve as early-warning system for Alzheimer’s ()
5 ways US regulators could go further to beat back bias in medical AI ()
Physicians’ behaviors are nearly all AI needs to head off faulty drug prescriptions ()
AI helps uncover, illustrate the inner workings of cells ()
Telemedicine has improved access to healthcare ()
Bigger healthcare mergers are on the horizon ()
AI finds forgotten surgical instruments in patients’ bodies ()
AI-generated ‘digital twins’ help head off silently approaching sickness ()
COVID-19 smartphone diagnostics so close yet so far ()
AI right at home in cancer research, but associated clinical improvements slow to show ()
COVID’s ‘mysterious 2-month cycle’ may point to its own end ()
Ultraviolet light form emerges as a sure yet safe COVID slayer ()
Algorithmic app could head off suicides of high-risk adolescents ()
3 steps toward setting and sustaining standards for medical AI ()