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 ()