August 2019

Wearables market to hit $54B in 2023 ()
HHS speaks out on illnesses linked to e-cigarettes ()
Judge says former CVS executive cannot join PillPack ()
AI gives OCT images a resolution boost ()
Top 10 healthcare marketing mistakes ()
CMS updates Medicare Plan Finder for usability ()
FDA may use blockchain for medical recalls ()
Purdue Pharma opioid settlement between $10-$12B ()
Vaping illnesses highlight unregulated e-cigarette market ()
Siemens Healthineers Announces First U.S. Installations of Mobilett Elara Max ()
Infosys teams up with Univ. of Illinois in precision medicine play ()
HHS to fund Ebola vaccine ()
How AI can be applied to an EKG to measure overall health ()
NTT DATA Collaborates with Google Cloud on Next-Gen Healthcare Solutions ()
Physician pay rose in 2018 while productivity held steady ()
Quality Interactions Chosen as a Preferred Vendor by the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) ()
Johnson & Johnson to appeal $572M opioid judgment ()
Echosens North America Names Jon Gingrich as CEO: Global Medical Device Business Executive Leads Strategic US Company Growth Strategy in Liver Disease Assessment ()
Cricket Health Names Colleen Reitan to Board of Directors and Adam Hameed as Chief Development Officer ()
AI reduces diagnostic workload of detecting UTIs ()
Medicare Advantage savings aren’t adding up ()
Illinois ties one death to vaping ()
Researchers are trying to make AI a force for good ()
Housework can reduce risk of early death ()
Mexico looks to AI for help solving healthcare challenges ()
Tech company, insurer partnering on virtual prescription assistant ()
How to make price transparency work ()
HHS gives $107M to health centers ()
Few healthcare workers get cybersecurity training ()
California legislature ramps up transparency pressure on Kaiser Permanente ()
New partnership injects AI into portable cardiac imaging ()
Healthcare AI’s slow progress from concept to clinic: an ‘inconvenient truth’ ()
Google AI founder placed on leave ()
HHS revamps fight to publish drug prices in TV ads ()
What AI could mean to healthcare’s supply chain ()
Top 10 harms patients experience in hospitals ()
Migrants in border centers won't receive flu vaccines from US ()
Signify Health and Remedy Partners to merge ()
AI screens populations, subgroups for clinical depression ()
Trump’s hospital transparency rule faces new challenge ()
Algorithm guides care of ICU patients at risk of acute kidney injury ()
CDC to investigate lung diseases associated with vaping ()
Nurses urged to help lead as AI, robotics move deeper into healthcare ()
US social spending on pace with other countries ()
AI-minded builder of online health networks raises $9.44M ()
The market is healthy for healthcare AI research, but what’s in it for patients? ()
CMS to add star ratings to health plans ()
Virtual reality as pain management is taking off ()
When Google’s DeepMind bleeds money, should all AI stakeholders worry? ()
Changing up CMS model codes improves payment outcomes ()
AI finds unmapped regions in need of health services ()
Healthcare among top 10 fastest-growing companies ()
How those hospitals rankers stack up ()
High-tech ‘mission control center’ helps hospital system run like NASA ()
Employers clamp down on rising healthcare benefit costs ()
Illinois requires insurance to cover EpiPens for kids ()
Automated, AI-based insulin management in the works ()
Tufts, Harvard health plans to merge ()
PBMs passed on 99% of rebates ()
Kaiser workers vote to strike in October ()
Genetic data trades hands between hospitals and drugmakers ()
Homecare plus AI equals smart medicine for seniors ()
AI-powered brain aneurysm project gains big healthcare names ()
Neurosurgery asks AI to help answer hard questions about injured brains ()
Brit plan to spend millions on AI in healthcare draws detractors ()
Consumers more likely to embrace AI in commerce than healthcare ()
Emergency end-of-life care decisions eased by AI ()
How Vox analyzed and explained the high prices in emergency departments ()
CMS Obamacare report reveals drop in unsubsidized enrollment ()
IBM’s ‘Dr. Watson’ may have been misguided from the start ()
HHS drug price advisor to depart ()
Hospital, physician prices jumped over the last 5 years ()
Out-of-network billing rises, leaving patients with surprise expenses ()
AI tool guides management of elevated blood sugar during surgery ()
Eli Lilly’s half-price insulin hard to obtain ()
Robotic pal brings more than just fun to young hospital patients ()
AI emerging as healthcare leaders’ top toolset for reducing risk ()
Conversational AI helper goes live for healthcare consumers in Colorado ()
HHS directs $400M to battle opioid abuse epidemic ()
Editor’s pick: 8 data-driven healthcare trends to watch ()
Pricey cancer treatment will be covered by Medicare ()
Robotic cane gives unsteady walkers a virtual friend to lean on ()
Patients want price transparency in healthcare, but don’t really shop around ()
Humana’s wellness program for employees pays off ()
Undaunted by the unknown, hospital leaders leaping into nonclinical AI ()
Medical schools pushed to teach climate change ()
Pittsburgh Alliance, Amazon drive AI product development in Steel City ()
AI in healthcare funding hits new high ()
PA salaries rose slightly in 2018 ()
EHR voice assistant lets docs stay attentive to patients ()
AI startup company raises $550M ()
32M patient records have been breached in first half of 2019 ()
More than half of psychiatry studies spin conclusions ()
Elderly at risk of falling cool-headedly watched by AI ()
Trump reportedly working on alternative to Medicare for all ()
CVS expands drug delivery across nation ()
Elderly missing persons getting found by AI in China ()
Ultrathin human-machine interface device could let robots touch, feel ()
Axios: Healthcare responsible for wage stagnation ()
How healthcare providers are managing their digital reputations ()