February 2020

How AI, VR will train the surgeons of tomorrow ()
Affordability, access are top healthcare concerns for physicians ()
FTC plans to kill a hospital merger ()
3 things radiologists need to realize AI’s full potential ()
Whistleblower claims HHS failed to protect workers from coronavirus ()
On the hunt for coronavirus: AI solution scans imaging results for signs of fatal disease ()
Discount drug app shared patient info with Google, Facebook ()
Aetna launches new insurance options in Atlanta market ()
AI startup raises $16M for expansion ()
The 5 most overpaid CEOs in healthcare ranked ()
Pence charged with fronting coronavirus risk, Azar says he’s still in charge of taskforce ()
AI, robotics could lead to a big breakthrough for children with autism spectrum disorders ()
Nuance, Microsoft design new AI solution for improving physician-patient communication ()
AI-powered map monitors spread of coronavirus ()
Envision Healthcare appoints new CEO ()
HHS mitigates coronavirus risks, asks for $2.5B in funding ()
Patients often struggle when describing their own coughs to doctors—but AI could help ()
CMS may increase accreditation control ()
UnitedHealth’s stock just had its worst day in 9 years ()
Amazon, Google, other industry leaders sign off on new healthcare-focused AI standard ()
AI-based breast cancer screening could cut costs, save patients from radiation exposure ()
How AI, ultrasound imaging could stop bedwetting ()
Humana joins effort to improve healthcare provider directories ()
Medicare for all studies agree universal healthcare will lower costs ()
Wearable AI sensor predicts changes in heart failure patients, could limit readmissions ()
27M people affected by health data breaches in 2019 ()
HHS aims to reduce clinician burden when using EHRs ()
FDA hosts 2-day workshop focused on AI, medical imaging ()
Welcome to the future: AI-powered ‘super nurse’ now monitoring patients ()
Will blockchain answer the pharmaceutical industry’s prayers? ()
Health insurers step up appeal of clinics ()
How AI can match schizophrenia patients with the best, most effective treatment plans ()
NAACOS wants more details, changes to direct contracting payments ()
AI platform expected to improve medical image analysis, expand ALS research ()
Coronavirus spread puts medicines at shortage risk ()
Mednax gets the axe from UnitedHealth Group’s network ()
Americans ready to embrace healthcare AI on one condition ()
Algorithm finds promising—and heretofore hidden—superbug-buster ()
Hip and knee bundles may receive 3-year extension ()
Oscar Health introduces $3 monthly drug program ()
AI predicts patient payments following online doctor visits ()
Patient records breaches soared in 2019 ()
Watson rolls out toolset to streamline clinical study design ()
Amazon Care goes live in Seattle ()
The best 50 healthcare providers based on supply chain excellence ()
Advanced AI models improve data extraction from free-text pathology reports ()
Private equity continues to snap up physician groups ()
Cerner hires new execs, extends Intermountain Healthcare partnership ()
How AI can improve care, limit unnecessary surgeries for patients with kidney tumors ()
Mayo Clinic expands access to clinical insights and digital content ()
Hedge funds distance themselves from Purdue Pharma ()
The rise of AI is approaching—have we really thought this through? ()
Marketers using personal Medicare under investigation ()
Inconsistent AI: Deep learning models for breast cancer fail to deliver after closer inspection ()
VR assists with diagnosis, treatment of congenital heart defects ()
HHS teams up with Janssen to treat coronavirus ()
Unregulated Craiglist drug market rising due to sky-high prices ()
Do robotic endoscopic systems provide value? ()
Study: Universal healthcare system would save lives, improve healthcare ()
Children hit hard as flu refuses to concede ground to Covid-19 ()
Healthcare spending closes in on $6K per privately insured person ()
AI measures blood flow to predict death, heart attack—and is more accurate than humans ()
Singapore combatting coronavirus with AI-powered screening system ()
New ‘time machine’ tracks pancreatic cancer growth ()
Free tuition for future physicians expands southward ()
Making history: First AI-developed drug to be tested in human trials ()
AI predicts malignancy, survival in patients with brain tumors ()
10 key uses for AI in radiology that don’t involve interpretation ()
Fewer struggling to pay medical bills—surprise or not—but millions still set back ()
EEOC cries foul over ‘ageist’ physician policy at Yale New Haven ()
Meet the robot that draws blood better than humans ()
How AI could change our understanding of the aging process ()
WHO newly assesses coronavirus, officially names it ‘Covid-19’ ()
New telehealth clinic to provide VR-powered treatment ()
China ramps up AI surveillance in face of coronavirus outbreak ()
America’s 100 best hospitals, according to Healthgrades ()
AI predicts patient responses to antidepressants ()
Olaris gains funding to use AI, spectroscopy for Parkinson’s research ()
Health impacts are mixed when the minimum wage is raised ()
AI’s role in assessing PET/CT images, diagnosing brain disease ()
Trump’s 2021 budget boosts AI funding, cuts healthcare and science research ()
Transplant-ready organs are ‘frequent flyers’ with delay-prone commercial airlines ()
New research from China clarifies clinical harms, risks of coronavirus ()
Blockchain-managed healthcare records? Patients love it, physicians are skeptical ()
Hospitals, ambulatory care centers hired 34K workers last month ()
How AI helps health systems predict in-hospital mortality ()
FDA authorizes AI-powered cardiac ultrasound guidance software ()
AI improves radiologist performance when detecting breast cancer ()
4 key ways blockchain can help health systems ()
AI predicts 2.5B coronavirus infections ()
CMS administrator defends Medicaid block grants policy ()
macro-eyes receives $2.2M to expand supply chain AI for vaccines ()
AI tech behind deepfake videos creates bogus imaging results—and it could be big for radiology ()
60 health systems sign Epic’s letter against interoperability rule ()
Envision Healthcare CEO out ()
Coronavirus will infect 2.5 billion people, kill 53 million by March, AI predicts ()
E-cigarette rules go into effect ()
CMS wants patients to know the cost of Part D drugs in real time in proposed rule ()
Some robots battling spread of coronavirus may not be needed ()
Another red meat study says heart health, death risks rise with consumption ()