June 2019

One nonprofit hospital is aggressively pursuing the poor for medical debts ()
Want to see AI help cure the world? Convince more people to share their health data ()
Sanford, UnityPoint to merge in $11B deal ()
Only 20% of consumers trust AI-generated advice for healthcare ()
Patients have more complications when they have a rude doctor ()
Demand for AI, VR driving OR technology market toward $7B ()
Patient sues Google, UChicago for sharing patient data ()
Mount Sinai partners with Discovery in digital series featuring AI in healthcare ()
AI model predicts in-hospital mortality; study among first in new preprint server ()
Obamacare lawsuit faces another court challenge ()
AARP: Drug prices vastly outpace inflation rate ()
Out-of-pocket costs rising for patients ()
8 AI strategies the White House plans to pursue, push ()
Shareholders of Centene, WellCare approve merger ()
Healthcare stocks take a hit after Trump order ()
Consumers agree insurers are to blame for surprise billing ()
Machine learning heads off unwise eye surgeries ()
AI-powered pharma supply chain solution launches ()
How well do we really want AI to know our minds? ()
AI powers patients through home-based PT following total hip replacement ()
International drug pricing index plan sent to White House ()
Drugmakers to merge in $63B deal ()
Young Brit doctor creates app, nudges NHS along on AI ()
First-ever chief health informatics officer leaves role at CMS ()
Google Assistant tops AI-powered devices for medication help ()
3 key points to consider before further advancing AI, big data in healthcare ()
Trump order will require hospitals, insurers to disclose prices ()
Medicaid work requirements aren’t boosting employment in Arkansas ()
Journo leaders in the UK warn on old regulations for new healthcare AI ()
AI wearables will only live up to the hype if patients like the tech ()
Algorithm unmasks bugs bearing diseases ()
Repeal of ACA would leave 20M more uninsured ()
WSJ: Trump to draw executive order on healthcare prices ()
Not-for-profit hospitals act like corporate titans but don’t pay taxes ()
Civica Rx partners with Vizient to address drug shortages ()
Why Humana is on the ‘bleeding edge’ of integrated care ()
Ambitious academic AI institution opens in Paris ()
UNC Children’s Hospital suspends complex heart surgeries after media investigation ()
Geisinger appoints CEO, president ()
Developer of AI app for people with digestive disorders raises $7M ()
Some experts are seriously wary of AI in healthcare ()
Parkinson’s disease remotely monitorable with machine learning ()
Depression detectable early with AI analysis of social-media language ()
Major companies selected in FDA's drug tracking blockchain pilot ()
Kaiser Permanente’s new headquarters will cost $900M ()
Trump touts forthcoming healthcare plan ()
Health-insurance technology company raises $205M in new funding round ()
Pharma industry sues to keep drug prices off TV ()
Machine learning cuts diagnosis, treatment time for gut disease ()
AI in radiology: There’ll be an ‘app store’ for that ()
CMS head warned about consequences of ACA changes ()
AMA votes no on Medicare for all ()
Digital drug pushers may run but can’t hide from deep learning ()
Are Americans the worst patients in the world? ()
HHS expands health reimbursement coverage ()
Machine learning predicts psychosis with 93% accuracy ()
Uber teams up with care coordination company Carisk ()
AI-focused therapeutics company raises $76M ()
Heightened opioid risk predictable by algorithm prior to back surgery ()
Huffington Post highlights the GoFundMe reality of healthcare costs ()
AMA announces new trustees ()
Humana CMO on the role of AI in an integrated care landscape ()
AMA updates advocacy aims for AI in healthcare ()
With new leadership, AMA rolls out new policies ()
The ‘emotional intelligence’ of assistive robots can rub off on human caregivers ()
$69B CVS-Aetna deal could be at risk under court review ()
Algorithm identifies respiratory illness by the sound of a child’s cough ()
Vaccine tested for Alzheimer’s disease prevention ()
Louisville to become a hub for AI in healthcare with Microsoft support ()
CVS launches new platform for its PBM clients ()
UnityPoint launches $100M venture fund to invest in digital health ()
$100M facility focused on AI in healthcare planned for Manhattan ()
CVS and Amazon are the biggest threats to healthcare organizations ()
AI tool helps doctors find brain aneurysms ()
The role of the chief medical social media officer ()
AMA names a new president ()
AI can design your daily ‘caffeine strategy’ with military precision ()
Adverse drug reactions detected on social media with natural language processing ()
Kaiser study finds unmet social needs are a barrier to care ()
Physicians are earning more money ()
CMS asks for input in efforts to reduce paperwork ()
Hospital discharge planning better with machine learning ()
Walmart joins blockchain group to track pharmaceuticals ()
Washington Post: Pfizer hid effectiveness of drug to reduce Alzheimer’s risk ()
Partners Healthcare won’t buy Care New England ()
Majority of healthcare organizations are testing out AI ()
Former CDC head pleads guilty in sexual misconduct incident ()
AI figures big as CVS plans consumer-driven modernization ()
Industry groups voice privacy concerns over health IT proposals ()
Symptom tracking comes with downfalls ()
UCLA deploys Microsoft AI to synthesize data ()
CVS to expand HealthHub concept ()
Adult asthma diagnosable by deep learning ()
AI good for human health and that of global data science ()
Top-selling drugs keep rising in price ()
Facial recognition trained to keep watch over sedated hospital patients ()
AI-focused precision medicine company raises $200M ()
CVS to defend $69B merger with Aetna in upcoming court proceeding ()