In an analysis of hospital reviews posted on Yelp, researchers found the word “told” was correlated to negative reviews, while words like “great” and “friendly” were correlated with positive ones. Findings were posted in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Though the use of AI is still in early stages, its wide-reaching potential is expected to be felt by all industries in the near future. The technology is expected to contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, according to a PwC global AI study.

Several healthcare companies have made it onto the Ethisphere Institute’s World’s Most Ethical Companies list for 2019.

The Department of Justice has asked a judge to approve the $69 billion merger between CVS Health and Aetna, which was closed by the two companies at the end of 2018, Reuters reported. The deal has been hung up on court approval, though it has been approved by all other regulators and the DOJ.

Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed a new AI-based software––Ensemble Algorithm with Multiple Parcellations for Schizophrenia Prediction, or EMPaSchiz––that will allow physicians to identify schizophrenia in fMRI scans with 87 percent accuracy. Their research was published in NJP Schizophrenia.

Dana Solutions, a California-based AI company, is partnering with the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research to improve the drug development process by using AI, the company announced Feb. 25.

More employers are actively integrating or considering integrating their medical, pharmacy, dental, vision and/or disability benefits under their health and wellness programs in the next five years thanks to the positive impact on employees, a study from Anthem found. 

AI continues to make strides in medicine, with an expected market size in excess of $13 billion by 2025. But physicians and medical school deans at the Imagine Solutions Conference in Naples, Florida, stressed there is no substitute for the patient-physician relationship. 

A CMS report found the problems at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, were more extensive than the pediatric heart unit, The Tampa Bay Times reported.

Crossover Health, a leading provider of comprehensive health services for self-insured employers, announced today that it has acquired the exclusive rights to the technology platform developed by Sherpaa Health, the pioneer of virtual primary care.