January 2021

Routine chest imaging all AI needs to spot impending heart maladies
AI poised to ‘speed up the overall revenue cycle’ for hospitals set back fiscally by COVID
HHS reveals overarching ‘AI ambition,’ lays out strategy for pursuing it
10 notable FDA approvals of AI* in medical devices over the past 90 days
Pausing elective operations cost hospitals $22B in 2020
Telehealth, AI will drive healthcare delivery revolution through 2030
Biden to undo Trump-era healthcare policies
Largest nurses’ union launches collective action to ‘demand our corporate hospital employers put patients before profits during COVID and beyond’
Americans much more wary than South Koreans about sharing whereabouts to help counter COVID
AI recognizes cognitive decline in headshots
Telemedicine gaining fans in dermatology
COVID crisis kept parents away from pediatric ERs early on, may still be doing so
Going by online browsing patterns, telehealth will remain a force after COVID
AI learns COVID’s language to predict its next move
Skin cancer AI not quite ready for clinical primetime
More evidence hospitals grudgingly complying on price transparency for ‘shoppable services’
Large health system paying record $7.75M for carelessness with pain pills
Burnout in healthcare workers quantifiable, reduceable
NIH-led COVID research effort taps AI startup schooled in synthetic health data
FDA going soft on AI reviews?
People with diabetes open to remote digital monitoring; more concerned about intrusiveness than AI per se
NYC hospitals dragging feet on price transparency
COVID-19 hospitalizing more children, raising new worries about resources
Frontline healthcare workers maintaining mental resilience during COVID crisis
One of AI’s leading lights discovers the indispensability of humility
AI-enabled EHRs could help head off severe asthma attacks
FDA clears AI software for reading portable MRI brain scans
HHS goes live with online locator of COVID-countering therapeutic drugs
Dr. Makary to U.S. hospital leadership: ‘Let’s stop arguing and be pragmatic’ about COVID immunization
College campuses both COVID superspreaders and COVID busters
Only 1 healthcare-specific AI startup makes a Forbes top 25
Predicting psychiatric readmission proves ‘hard for humans, hard for machines’
FDA refines its approach to AI-based software
Hospital M&A experts: COVID-19 ‘will be a catalyst in reshaping U.S. healthcare for years to come’
10 things U.S. healthcare should do ASAP for COVID patients, families and caregivers
Unknowingly infected individuals may be spreading COVID as widely as those who’ve tested positive
Mega dollars, major support forthcoming for AI R&D
Cardiological AI gets 510(k) nod
3 reasons humans are irreplaceable by colonoscopy AI
3 ‘states of consistency’ every AI program needs to succeed
Dr. Makary: ‘Just because you can get the vaccine doesn’t mean you should’
More than 30% of 5K surveyed intend to forego COVID vaccination
Eye AI performs unexceptionally in clinical settings
$13B deal unites UnitedHealth with Change Healthcare
AI enables faster, smarter inoculations at COVID drive-throughs
Mandating flu shot availability for healthcare workers saves patient lives
Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway pulling the plug on Haven
Online bullying of physicians common across the board, but women docs face much more sexual harassment