September 2020

Technostress has many causes—and cures
Liability for following AI treatment recommendations not so clear-cut, but emerging patterns suggest safe pathways
Trump’s plan to distribute prescription cards remains up in air
Primera Blue Cross hit with $6.85M penalty, corrective action plan for HIPAA violations
US residents may soon be buying drugs from Canada—legally
Physician/AI aficionado dissects Medicare’s first agreement to pay for use of AI
Washington implores parents, providers to catch kids up on regular doctor visits
FDA clears AI lung diagnostics
AI pioneer wins $1M prize for work in breast imaging, drug discovery
AMA urges California governor to veto bill nixing nurse practitioner supervision
Mulling an M&A transaction? Here are 3 improvements in care quality to consider, possibly count on
FDA’s new digital-health ‘center of excellence’ shows the shape it will take
Online database of FDA-approved AI debuts
Drones deliver AEDs in times of need
3 tips to help hospital executives tackle the pandemic-induced surgery backlog
Nursing homes using hospitals as middlemen to bounce low-reimbursement, high-maintenance residents
Rand study suggests hospitals are exorbitantly overpaid by private insurers; AHA reacts
Sleep apnea trackable by smartphone with AI assistance
When to expect a COVID vaccine: 5 views
Hospital CEO turnover rate hits lowest mark since 2012
AI to uncover COVID’s likely course in patients with already-troubled lungs
Microsoft partners with Nuance on ‘ambient clinical intelligence’ for telehealth
$25M more going to rural health orgs fighting the opioid crisis
Lawmaker ‘deeply concerned’ over $250M HHS contract for coronavirus-related PR work
Here comes ‘the most important flu shot of the century’
Stanford researchers: AmI offers an ‘extraordinary opportunity to illuminate the dark spaces of healthcare’
Ransom paid to cybercriminal on behalf of Inova Health, others
Healthcare AI researchers have new guidance for speeding lab-to-clinic turnaround
COVID up first as social data science gets a new center with an assist from Facebook
AI identifies suicidal individuals using basic health data
Alleged Stark violations, kickbacks to cost hospital $50M
How a hard-hit medical center cleaned COVID’s proverbial clock
4 hurdles thwarting AI from conquering clinical practice
Successful drug-shopping company developing telehealth markets, planning $100M IPO
Google bringing AI, augmented reality to military cancer detection
Providers still making more despite flat productivity
AI nabs risky abnormalities in the maternity ward
NIH announces $129M to expand rapid COVID-19 testing technologies
Google Cloud inks deal to help U.S. military improve cancer care with AI, augmented reality solutions