April 2021

Total knee AI/AR cleared for sales in the US
AI picks the right test for chest pain
9 healthcare outfits named among Forbes’s ‘top AI companies to watch’ in 2021
IBM examines best methods to reduce bias around AI in healthcare
Medical AI company Caption Health appoints new CEO
Stanford study questions how medical AI devices are evaluated
Mount Sinai to offer AI and emerging tech PhD program
With added X-ray insights, AI helps diagnose heart arrhythmic disorders
Cigna and Oscar Health offer new small business health plan
CEO pay fell slightly in 2020. See which healthcare CEOs are top earners
Hospital allocates $517,000 toward vaccination bonuses, as health systems team to target hesitancy
Omada Health launches internal tool and new platform capabilities
AccentCare turns to AI for readmissions help
AI spots budding conspiracy theories on social media, helping public health officials intervene
GoodRx acquires healthcare video platform HealthiNation
Half of US adults have received one COVID-19 vaccine dose
In face of COVID-19 pandemic, physician salaries remained largely unchanged
1 new platform, 2 new companies sprout in Rochester, Minn.
CDC recommends pause on Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine
Sedentary lifestyle doubles risk of death from COVID-19
How to Bring Non-DICOM Imaging into Your Enterprise Imaging Strategy
AI teases out socioeconomic factors as personalized predictors of health
FDA greenlights tabletop heart/lung sensor
Boston Globe to academic hospitals: Forbid your leadership from serving on industry boards
9 healthcare orgs stand among Fortune’s ‘most heroic’ places to work
FDA approves first-of-its-kind colonoscopy AI
AI, biology poised to scratch each other’s back
Smart speakers expected to penetrate healthcare without disrupting it very much
Thermal imaging–AI breast cancer exam cleared for sales in Europe
Almost 40% of Americans delayed healthcare due to COVID-19
UnitedHealthcare names new CEO
500K people signed up for Obamacare during special enrollment period
FDA greenlights 3D-printed cervical spacer system
Watching social media in real time, AI could help change vaccine skeptics’ minds
Healthcare companies struggle with staff vaccination mandates
$500K up for grabs in HHS mask improvement contest
CVS Health opens COVID-19 antibody testing at MinuteClinic
Deep learning to improve immunotherapies for cancer, other diseases
Student-athletes outfitted with wearables to help study COVID
Deep learning discerns meat safety quickly, economically