May 2020

Cancer patients with COVID-19 have higher risk of death
CVS facing lawsuit from six Blue Cross insurers
Resuming healthcare procedures comes with new set of concerns
Healthcare companies are returning COVID-19 relief funds
US surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
Amazon donates 8K Alexa devices to communities isolated by COVID
Major health system delivering COVID supplies by drone
Hydroxychloroquine trial suspended by WHO
Testing AL and nursing homes for COVID-19 would cost $672M
AI adoption in clinical radiology: 4 ups, 4 downs
Cigna adds mental health provider to virtual network
AI quickly sniffs out COVID in virtual-visit notes
Reality-checking 3 assumptions about healthcare AI
North Dakota has the best health infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kaiser Permanente CIO to retire
More Part D plans will likely offer $35 monthly co-pays for insulin in 2021
AI, virtual reality combine to fine-tune drug compounds for fighting COVID-19
Mixed results for healthcare providers pitting AI against COVID
How private equity is ruining healthcare
Surge in telehealth shows AI’s potential for keeping patients on track
CMS finalizes expansion of telehealth benefits in MA plans, Part D policies
Apple and Google join forces for COVID-19 contact tracing
Biopharma may not come out on top from COVID-19 pandemic
AstraZeneca ramps up COVID-19 vaccine accessibility with $1B in funding
Why AI has fallen well short of outsmarting COVID-19
Testing nursing homes for COVID-19 costs $440M
CMS issues plan to open up nursing homes
CVS Health to return $43M in coronavirus funds
AI helps medical researchers forge ahead despite COVID’s blocking
5G innovation lab opens to support AI development, edge computing, more
AI’s ‘radical potential’ to personalize medicine using population data
Hospitals face steep revenue declines amid patient volume losses
Civica Rx partners with US government to produce generics for COVID-19 response
President Trump taking unproven drug to prevent COVID-19 infection
COVID lessons emerge from AI tracking of Reddit talk trends
FDA clears AI software for early osteoporosis intervention
Stroke care delayed during COVID-19 pandemic
Record breaches soared 273% in beginning of 2020
When the pandemic is in the past, will digital health have gained much ground?
$20M to help machine learning map the immune system
AI called the ‘perfect tool’ to flag signs of serious trouble ahead for new COVID patients
6 hurdles primary care must clear to begin leveraging AI
Digital health a hub as HHS makes $5M available to COVID researchers
10% of patients with a ‘big three’ disease are misdiagnosed
Health coverage during and after COVID: 6 fallouts to watch for
New consortium seeks the ‘sweet spot of AI’ in the fight against COVID
Federated machine learning to take on brain-tumor diagnosis
Algorithmic model almost 80% accurate at diagnosing COVID in app users
Hospitals in the mix as House Democrats pitch another $3T in COVID relief
Healthcare disrupter Haven recruiting replacement for Gawande
Mayo Clinic partnering with UK tech company on COVID’s cardiac impact
5 notable quotes on COVID’s culling of 1.4 million healthcare jobs in April
AI deftly reclassifies lung nodules for cancer risk
FDA signs off on AI algorithms for detecting COVID-19 in incidental CT findings
Healthcare AI players advised to see explainability as ‘tailored interpretability’
Many eyes on x-ray AI for COVID-19 detection
Students design new face mask that monitors vital signs
University announces healthcare AI ‘cluster hires’
Gartner: 5 areas ripe for better COVID decision-making through AI in healthcare
AI researchers set sights on detecting COVID-19 in imaging results
Costly COVID: AHA braces hospitals, health systems to lose $51B per month
COVID-19 puts 1,400 out of work at Michigan Medicine
Hospital converts main entrance into COVID x-ray room
Hospital federation: Many hospitals now ‘teeter on the brink of financial collapse’
Babylon launches AI-powered healthcare app to help New Yorkers
South Dakota, Hawaii bookend states with fewest, most COVID constraints
Almost 80% of US nurses worry about infecting loved ones with COVID-19
Agfa-Gevaert completes healthcare IT sale to Dedalus for $1.07B
Deep learning classifies Alzheimer’s for personalized diagnosis, risk prediction
Google’s healthcare API has its ‘first and only’ supplier of MFT software
Scale AI announces $3.4M investment in COVID-19 research
AI-powered test spots early signs of glaucoma progression
Telehealth company wins FDA go-ahead on 2 neurodiagnostic AI applications