January 2019

Radiologists at Belgian hospital adopt Aidoc neuro tool into workflows ()
Makers of OxyContin misled patients, doctors on addiction dangers ()
Kaiser Permanente to invest in housing with $100M loan fund ()
Tyto Care extends Series C funding to add key strategic partnerships, bringing total funds raised to $33.5M ()
Toronto children’s hospital names first chair of AI, biomedical informatics ()
2018 M&A market brought out new competitors, strategies ()
Change Healthcare, Health Fidelity partner on AI solution for risk adjustment coding ()
Walmart, CVS split over prescription drug price battle ()
Ping An Global Voyager Fund invests in Airdoc ()
ACA lawsuit on pause during government shutdown ()
IBM, Michael J. Fox Foundation to research Parkinson’s using AI ()
Policy shifts likely to be top healthcare factor in 2019 ()
Executives shuffle at Baylor St. Luke’s following ProPublica investigation ()
Washington scientists test elderly care robot ()
70% say US healthcare is in a state of crisis ()
Despite AI readiness, Middle East lags in adoption ()
ACOs should brace for new shared savings changes ()
Trump administration considering block grants for Medicaid ()
Duke researchers to address AI transparency struggle ()
Flu contributed to 145,000 deaths in 2017 ()
AI algorithm outperforms doctors at finding cervical cancer ()
Boston leads in healthcare M&A ()
ACO industry requests more time to apply for CMS program changes ()
Machine learning gaining importance in imaging field ()
Florida university receives $650K grant to create AI, deep learning lab ()
Johns Hopkins hires investigator amid children’s hospital scandal ()
[Video Presentation] Architecting AI: Rethinking Medical Imaging & Defining the Strategy ()
AI-driven robot industry to approach $19B market by 2020 ()
CMS hires new acting Medicaid, CHIP director ()
Why private equity money targets physician practices ()
Gov. shutdown could delay CVS-Aetna deal proceedings ()
New algorithm could help solve AI’s ‘black box’ challenge ()
Trump administration’s assault on drug prices stuck on Twitter ()
Rising drug costs caused by price hikes, not new innovations ()
Best healthcare jobs of 2019 ()
Former healthcare CEO starts private equity firm ()
Healthcare orgs accelerating AI, big data investments ()
Trump summons top officials after drug prices rise ()
Lark Health and 23andMe Collaborate to Integrate Genetic Information in Two New Health Programs ()
AI-based technique detects early diabetes complication with 98% accuracy ()
American cancer death rate dropped 27% over last quarter-century ()
Hospital readmission reductions aren’t as positive as previously reported ()
Insilico Medicine, TARA Biosystems announce drug discovery partnership ()
The surprising, aggressive billing practices of Zuckerberg Hospital ()
Mayo Clinic researchers use AI, EKG test to detect heart condition ()
Medicaid director resigns after 3 months ()
Women are the majority of the healthcare workforce, but only 30% of leaders ()
GE Healthcare, Vanderbilt to develop AI-powered apps for immunotherapy cancer treatments ()
NPR: Temperature control in medicine delivery a rising risk ()
Cigna, Tenet reach agreement on brink of network coverage lapse ()
New transparency rule requiring hospitals to post prices confuses patients ()
SouthCoast Health, Southeast Georgia’s Largest Independent Physician Group, Partners with Privia Medical Group ()
Healthcare employment soared through end of 2018 ()
Verily raises $1B in investment round ()
WSJ: Private insurers kept $9B in cash from Medicare ()
CarePredict raises $9.5 million for AI technology that monitors senior health ()
New bundled payment program successful in lowering costs ()
AdventHealth Signals a New Beginning in Health Care ()
HHS, industry leaders release voluntary cybersecurity practices for healthcare ()
AI in healthcare market to reach $36.1B by 2025 ()
Payment cuts to 340B drug program put on pause ()
More executives resign from Johns Hopkins ()
Obamacare lawsuit appeals process to launch ()
Newly-formed alliance for AI in healthcare to officially launch ()
AI-powered nutrition app launches in the UK ()
Machine learning reidentifies private health data of children, adults ()
Investigation: Johns Hopkins hospitals don’t follow safety rules ()
Judge: ACA to stay in place during appeals process ()