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