October 2019

Trump administration finalizes kidney care rules
FDA clears hands-free robotic system for CT exams
Apple hires prominent cardiologist
25 participants advance in $1M AI challenge
Majority of physicians optimistic about AI’s impact on healthcare
Medicare fraudsters harm patients
Private equity has a role in increasing healthcare prices
AI provides personalized care for MSK disease
AI IDs cancer patients at risk of short-term mortality
Pelosi plan to lower drug prices faces political challenges
Facebook announces preventive health tool
Facebook, NYU continue collaboration to speed up medical imaging with AI
Majority of consumers hope to use voice assistants for healthcare
Walgreens changes in-store clinic strategy with closures, partnerships
Americans are split on healthcare reform plans
Siemens Healthineers finalizes $1.1B robotics acquisition
Humana lays off 800 employees
AI helps predict when DCIS will progress to invasive breast cancer
Some Americans avoid healthcare because they don’t understand insurance
These companies want to see your poop—all in the name of AI
Google parent company in talks to acquire Fitbit
Mastercard branches out into healthcare solutions
AI-powered cardiac MRI solution gains FDA clearance
AI accurately detects melanomas
care.ai, NVIDIA collaborate on AI-powered hospital room solutions
EHR provider Cerner partners with Uber Health
Telehealth adoptions, acceptance grows
Healthcare algorithm biased toward black patients
AI helps manage ‘tedious, lengthy’ image labeling process
Bulimia nervosa in women linked to CVD, death
Half of nurses and doctors feel burned out
Google, care.ai join forces to build safer hospital rooms
Amazon purchases digital firm Health Navigator
How racial bias can sink an algorithm’s effectiveness
States prep for loss of ACA
Researcher working with AI to change breast cancer care forever
$1.5M grant to fund AI-focused lung cancer research
AI’s effect on healthcare could be transformative—but it will need some help
Cleveland Clinic’s top 10 medical innovations for 2020
AI could help diagnose thyroid nodules
FTC to study the impact of hospital, health system mergers
Biogen to seek FDA approval for Alzheimer’s drug
Why all AI strategies need an imaging informaticist
Republicans unveil a new healthcare plan
CMS seeks feedback on how AI could improve Medicare
Cleveland Clinic, American Well partner on digital health company
Top 10 states for pharmacists in 2019
3 AI systems detect TB better than radiologists
Americans worried about healthcare costs, confused on single payer
1 in 8 pharmacies hit with closures
Viz.ai Raises $50 Million Series B Round to Bring AI Powered Synchronized Stroke Care to More Patients
Densitas, MaxQ AI solutions coming to Nuance AI Marketplace
AI IDs brain hemorrhages at high level, bests 2 of 4 radiologists
CVS Health partners with UPS on drone delivery
Partners HealthCare announces new investment funds for AI, other advanced technologies
Physicians might be facing a moral dilemma when it comes to immigration
AI earns high marks for evaluating x-rays in ED setting
Obamacare premiums drop 4%
Microsoft, Humana announce 7-year partnership built around AI, cloud technologies
Humana partners with Microsoft for cloud computing
How nursing salaries stack up
Kaiser Permanente workers ratify new agreement
AI flags patients at increased risk of CVD
Warren will soon reveal how to pay for Medicare for all
How AI can help healthcare providers with patient risk stratification
Intelerad workflow solution to include Zebra Medical Vision’s AI offerings
Centene, Walgreens, RxAdvance form PBM model
Radiologists, AI an accurate combination for detecting breast cancer
Hospital payments have dropped $250B
Adopting AI no walk in the park for healthcare providers
AMA, industry groups urge Congress to act on surprise billing
3 key ways imaging professionals can influence the implementation of AI
Drug prices surge thanks to new product launches
AI-powered radiation reduction solution gains FDA clearance
Accurate AI: New pneumothorax software outperforms many radiologists
Tokyo is the best hospital city in the world
Former Cigna exec warns of lobbying power by insurance industry
Microsoft, Nuance using AI to ‘power the exam room of the future’
AI’s impact on healthcare, other industries continues to grow
Healthcare providers say regulatory burdens are rising
Advances in AI helping healthcare providers, patients throughout Asia
MaxQ AI’s ICH and stroke software to be available on Philips CT systems
Physician-led ACOs are top performers
Bipartisan Policy Center hosts public event on the future of AI
Amazon will pay to send workers with cancer to another state for care
Can AI help pharmaceutical companies plan for drug shortages?
New blood test uses infrared light, AI to detect signs of brain cancer
Nonprofit hospitals are driving up the cost of care
UnitedHealth Group reports $60B revenue increase in third quarter
NVIDIA, King’s College London develop federated learning system for medical imaging
Most Americans want government interference on drug prices
Subtle Medical’s AI-powered MRI software gains FDA clearance
Digital health VC funding in 2019 so far tops $7B
Kaiser leads in 2020 MA, Part D star ratings
VIDA Diagnostics, TeraRecon announce new partnership
Cancer center names first chief digital officer
AI helps connect sleep quality with how a patient walks
Vaping lung injuries named in latest health update
Americans don’t believe Trump has a ‘phenomenal health plan’
UCSF recruits NVIDIA to study AI in radiology