July 2021

Notable regulatory approvals of emerging technologies over the past 30 days ()
COVID outcomes predictor suffers only slight sophomore slump ()
That time again: The 20 best hospitals in the US ()
Medicare improves racial healthcare inequities ()
Bias-resistant AI advances personalized medicine in surgery ()
AI separates EHR wheat from weeds so clinicians can get on with patient care ()
Healthcare system still suing patients after being sold ()
Lonely older adults take more high-risk medications ()
Medical orgs support mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers ()
AI chatbots spawned by COVID look to grow their niche ()
Scholarly futurists project healthcare AI’s trajectory across 3 time windows ()
US public OK with AI for heart, cancer, anxiety care—AI video pain monitoring, not so much ()
Big Tech player promises big interoperability via new data engine ()
AI biopsy dilemma: Wolf or husky, equity or bias? ()
American Hospital Association wants all healthcare workers vaccinated ()
AI casts wide net to predict functional decline in the elderly ()
Johnson & Johnson reaps higher profits ()
COVID-19 vaccination opinions vary by political affiliation ()
Should COVID-19 vaccines be mandated for healthcare workers? ()
Watson is alive, well and continuing IBM’s quest to help drive AI into healthcare ()
Colonoscopy AI passed meaningful milestones but has miles to go before it sweeps ()
Bedside MR: Improving Outcomes by Decreasing Critical Care Transport ()
Only 5.6% of hospitals comply with price transparency rule ()
CMS may charge hospitals for not posting prices online ()
$103M earmarked for healthcare workforce burnout ()
Explainable AI’s pros ‘not what they appear’ while its cons are ‘worth highlighting’ ()
Bereavement better understood, treated with assist from AI ()
Alcohol consumption linked to multiple cancers ()
COVID cases rise again ()
AI experts to med students: Don’t compete with the machine. Collaborate with it ()
AI guides delicate CT decisionmaking in the ED ()
Walgreens expands partnership with VillageMD ()
Dollar General ventures deeper into healthcare ()
CVS: Pandemic influenced personal health improvements ()
Major medical school finds AI literacy lacking within its walls ()
Virtually trained NICU nurses sensitively respond to babies’ pain ()
University launches ‘first of its kind’ certification program in healthcare AI ()
Retinopathy screening a canary in the coal mine of AI-enabled nonspecialist care ()
AI bests expert surgeons at flagging likely complications in upcoming operations ()
Multigenerational health histories strong medicine for preventive health ()
1 specialty the exception as telehealth continues to tumble ()
Notable regulatory approvals of emerging technologies over the past 30 days ()
10 robots for cranial neurosurgery on the market or in the works ()