September 2021

Growing pains weaken telehealth’s own health status
Mayo’s medical might combining with Hilton’s eminent hospitality
Panic buttons for hospital workers — passing COVID fad or new but permanent normal?
Notable regulatory greenlights of emerging technologies over the past 30 days
6 points of trepidation in patient perceptions of healthcare AI
Facial recognition AI measures success of browlifts
Walmart teams up with Epic for health centers
Private-insurance policyholders are most satisfied with United Healthcare, Humana
WHO relaunches investigation into COVID-19 origin
Diabetes AI adjustable for surveilling other public health concerns
‘Smart’ EHR taps AI to guide not just info retrieval but also treatment planning
New resource for finding FDA-approved medical devices that incorporate AI
FDA approves Pfizer booster shot for older adults
Pfizer can’t find enough pregnant women to enroll in vaccine study
COVID-19 pandemic cut life expectancy by 9M years
CVS Health hiring 25K
NextGen Healthcare names new CEO and president
AI fed baseline intake information can’t predict psychiatric outcomes
CMS extends Obamacare open enrollment
AI hurts population health status when it’s used to longitudinally hook people on porn
AI has strengths and weaknesses as a decision guide for total joint replacement
2.8M Americans gained healthcare coverage during special enrollment
NIH launches nationwide study on COVID-19’s long-term effects
Opinions clash over COVID-19 booster shots
Deep learning uncovers visual, neural learning differences between children and adults
AI helps push medical gear from the past into the digital present, future
Medicaid expansion associated with better health outcomes
White House releases COVID-19 action plan
Combined flu and COVID-19 vaccine begins clinical trials
COVID-19 vaccines have prevented 140K deaths
Opportunities galore for those who would build Alzheimer’s caregivers a better app
Virtual care a slim margin of total visits
Amazon Care coming to new markets
AMA releases 2022 updates to medical coding
Will virtual physicals augment yearly wellness visits—or replace them?
AI combines with electricity to juice neuroscience
Ventilator support predictable by integrated, AI-inclusive diagramming
Macquarie acquires 50% stake in Medical Properties Trust
Fake COVID vax proofs sold to healthcare workers
Colorado requires healthcare workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine