February 2019

AI-based tool maps fertility, hormones ()
Marketplace insurers deny many claims—and enrollees seldom push back ()
AI app Google Translate helps bridge the language gap ()
Uninsured rate remains below 10% as more choose high-deductible plans ()
AI screens for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder with 85% accuracy ()
Aidoc announces CE mark for the first AI-based workflow tool for Pulmonary Embolism ()
Weekly Watchdog: Convictions in $20M healthcare fraud scheme ()
Medicare for all introduced in Congress ()
Amazon appoints leader of new pharmacy business ()
Machine learning model designed to measure sepsis risk ()
Sepsis mortality likely unpreventable with better hospital care ()
Cedars-Sinai launches Alexa pilot in 100 patient rooms ()
Shanghai Cancer Center, Tencent to streamline cancer treatment with AI ()
Why CMS is pushing for interoperability ()
Machine learning predicts arthritis severity in children ()
Google, Verily’s diabetes machine learning algorithm gets clinical testing ()
Out-of-pocket costs have little to do with price of procedures ()
UK government introduces AI ‘code of conduct’ ()
Healthcare tech company to add 100 jobs following success of AI-powered bot ()
Physicians generate $2.4M for hospitals annually ()
The word ‘told’ most correlated with negative hospital reviews ()
AI could add $15.7T to global economy by 2030 ()
Healthcare companies make most ethical list ()
DOJ asks court for final approval of CVS-Aetna deal ()
AI identifies schizophrenia with 87% accuracy ()
FDA, AI company partner to improve drug development process ()
More employers integrating healthcare benefits ()
AI not a substitute for patient-physician relationship ()
CMS: All Children’s Hospital failures were widespread ()
Crossover Health Acquires Sherpaa Health Virtual Primary Care Platform ()
AI detects high-risk breast lesions with accuracy ()
Diagnostic company raises $6M for AI-based breast cancer screening tool ()
GE to sell biopharma biz for $21B, postpone healthcare IPO ()
Report reveals drug middlemen snagged $124M in Kentucky ()
Amazon exec: Use AI ethically ()
Five more AI-powered health clinics open in Phoenix grocery stores ()
Optum exec free to work for Amazon health joint venture ()
Low-value procedures harm patients, consume hospital resources ()
Cedars-Sinai uses Alexa-powered platform to create smart hospital room ()
Health apps stop sharing sensitive data with Facebook after media reports ()
Physician burnout varies by specialty ()
Cigna, Anthem dispute bills after failed merger ()
Patient satisfaction scores should adjust for race, ethnicity ()
Dutch company raises $11.3M to expand AI platform that detects lung cancer ()
CivicaRx wants to change drug costs by working with pharma ()
Radiology group unveils draft of AI guidelines for healthcare ()
Fast Company names most innovative companies in healthcare ()
Opioid-related deaths strike DC, eastern states ()
AI platform designed to monitor, predict ALS progression ()
Traveling and waiting for healthcare services costs $89B each year ()
US urgent care centers experience 8% growth ()
L’Oreal launches skin diagnostic tool ()
Physician burnout improves, but more work ahead ()
How conversational AI mitigates physician burnout ()
UK groups invest $260M to create AI doctoral training centers ()
How AI can improve mammography ()
Hospitals team up in surprise billing framework ()
Researchers use AI to predict signs of alcohol misuse in trauma patients ()
Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan venture wants to redesign health insurance ()
Ohio health system uses AI to help stroke patients ()
Yale launches new health informatics division ()
AI predicts, identifies the development of cancer symptoms ()
Kaiser Permanente medical school to open tuition-free ()
Humana CMO: AI can revolutionize patient care ()
Healthcare to reach 19.4% of GDP by 2027 ()
Consumers are split on receiving primary care at CVS ()
CVS Health reports losses after Aetna merger ()
Apple could shift focus toward AI efforts as iPhone sales decline ()
Paige.AI names Leo Grady as CEO ()
Providing detailed information on AI systems can address patient concerns ()
CMS wants to reach stakeholders with a podcast ()
Rural US needs more primary care doctors ()
Healthcare stocks rise during market volatility ()
Oxipit at ECR: Save rads from burning out and ‘behind the scenes’ look at ChestEye ()
Nurses with poor health 26% likelier to make medical errors ()
Vanderbilt leveraging AI to integrate voice assistants into EHRs ()
AI-based app provides personalized recommendations to cancer patients ()
AI in healthcare market to top $13 billion by 2025 ()
Partners HealthCare names interim CEO ()
CMS proposes to cover new cancer therapy ()
AI tool predicts survivability in ovarian cancer patients ()
HIMSS19: Premier head DeVore outlines 5 big items on U.S. healthcare’s to-do list ()
Florida hospital to save $20M through AI-enabled clinical variation ()
Medical device company raises $27.8M for AI-enabled blood tests ()
HIMSS19 panel: Time has come for public-private partnership to advance interoperability ()
Weekly watchdog: CVS employee stole $2.5M worth of test strips ()
IBM Watson Health, Broad Institute to use AI, genomics for predicting risk of cardiovascular disease ()
Researchers awarded $1M to combat opioid epidemic using AI ()
Providers, associations hopeful new interoperability rules will achieve aims ()
Integrating Wearable Devices Into Patient Care ()
Unnecessary ED visits for chronic conditions cost $8.3B ()
CVS previews a new type of store post Aetna merger ()
HHS launches new model for ambulatory services to serve outside the ED ()
Vatican, Microsoft look to address AI ethics ()
NHS hospital, KenSci earn Microsoft AI award for COPD research ()
Physicians provide better care when their bonuses are bigger ()
IBM Watson invests $50M in AI research for health issues ()
Health insurers launch food delivery in Chicago and Dallas ()
Higher employee satisfaction associated with improved patient care ()
AI has ‘untapped potential’ for entrepreneurs ()