July 2020

‘The New Normal’ AI toolset coming to a public place near you?
Surgical AI raises ethical questions
Major new digital health center quickly taking shape
Pfizer CEO: Expecting pharma to fight COVID for free ‘very fanatic and radical’
Humana partners with Heal to reach patients where they live
3 ways hospitals can cope with costly, dangerous supply shortages
Prostate algorithm may be ready for routine clinical practice
Another FDA green light for Zebra
AI detects conflicts of interest in medical journals, spots unexpected trend
Pandemic may give AI a chance to pass its long audition
U.S. News shuffles the deck with 2020 ‘Best Hospitals’ package
Unencrypted laptop costs healthcare system $1M+ in fines
Esteemed epidemiologist: ‘We must start treating immediately’ with hydroxychloroquine
CDC commits to improving COVID-19 disparities with new data-driven strategy
$17.5K up for grabs in online blockchain hackathon with COVID in its sights
Provider orgs holding off on consolidation during the pandemic
Prof. Hilbert: ‘The merger between biological and AI has already crossed beyond any point of return’
Medtech industry concerned about keeping up with—wait for it—technology
‘Our patients are waiting’: Docs push hospitals to establish clinical AI departments
Least stressed over the COVID crisis: Older adults
3 rays of light piercing the COVID darkness
Hospitals best tread lightly when dispatching doctors to solicit donations
Half of hospitals will operate at a loss without further COVID relief: AHA
4 hazards to avoid as AI expands in eldercare
Name game: ‘AHI’ no more or less loved than AI
Living with the COVID crisis: Questions you’ve been waiting to ask of an expert
Who pays for COVID testing that’s vital to the fight but not to a patient?
Hospitals, nurses and docs urge Senate leaders to earmark funds for disparities in COVID care
Cancer AI tops 92% agreement with multidisciplinary tumor board
98% of health execs expect COVID crisis to end—but when?
Tattoo you: Medical monitors can now be drawn on the skin with pencil and paper
Patients with possible skin cancer trust AI to help
Dark days in Texas: ‘You see COVID, you smell COVID, you hear COVID. Everything’s COVID.’
Where does your state place on hospital safety?
Nearly 95% of women physicians sacrifice personal time for work
AI specialists raise $53M for new ultrasound software
Experimental AI models deliver 90%-plus accuracy in COVID screening
Experiments suggest AI implementation without AI education ‘leads to increasing human stupidity’
AI helps auto-screen 100% of inpatients for sepsis
HHS allocates over $4B in relief to hospitals hit hard by the pandemic
Healthcare thought leaders fear lengthy ripple effects from COVID
COVID making hospitals highly attractive hacking targets
Long thought to be damagingly stressful, family caregiving does no harm
Dermatology researchers: AI tools soon to be ‘tightly integrated into daily clinical practice’
7 healthcare AI companies make the Forbes top 50
Hospitals in India using robots to help treat COVID-19 patients
Virtual therapists growing caseloads on COVID
Top 6 types of germ-blocking face mask
Walgreens, VillageMD opening at least 500 clinics in more than 30 markets
Trump’s move to withdraw from WHO puts America’s health at ‘grave risk,’ leading medical groups warn
VA allocates $100M for Philips eICU offerings
Medical statistician reviewing COVID AI studies: ‘Poorly reported … horrible’
AI, blockchain, cryptocurrency all part of actor/entrepreneur’s vision for universal healthcare
A breakthrough in treating blindness: AI helps scientists grow artificial retinal tissue
AI chatbot named ‘Gene’ to help with hereditary cancer
Should hospitals pay physician leaders for their extra work? And 3 more questions on the subject
COVID a cunning foe even for determined, well-prepared hospitals
Sweden seeing mixed results—including higher mortality—from voluntary COVID response
Hospitals, nurses and physicians unite in urging public to wear masks, social distance
Role emerging for deep learning in online psychotherapy
‘Human–machine hybrid AI diagnostic system’ rolls into Rochester
‘Doomsday predictions’ about AI replacing radiologists are unrealistic, dangerous
During peak COVID scare, more than a third of excess deaths had other causes
Nearly half of people use health tech to talk with their provider
Are 14 hospitals too many for Vermont?
NASA working with Cleveland health system on COVID response