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 ()