November 2021

Ingenovis Health acquires healthcare staffing company
Healthcare lacks women in leadership
Notable regulatory approvals of emerging technologies over the past 30 days
RSNA 2021 planner: AI educational sessions
Healthcare margins at risk from labor and supply chain challenges
Oscar Health partners with Emory on health insurance and care offering
Two private equity firms agree to purchase athenahealth for $17B
Residents at private equity-backed nursing homes face higher Medicare costs, more ED visits
Fast Company lauds fast healthtech companies
Novel camera images objects around corners, behind barriers
Prescription VR pain relief earns FDA nod
30% of healthcare workers in U.S. hospitals are unvaccinated, large-scale analysis reveals
AI predictions of protein interactions to drive drug discovery, targeting
Burnout among healthcare workers hits crisis level
AMA updates policy to address lack of rural healthcare workforce
AI assists with kidney transplant follow-through
Pfizer formally submits COVID-19 pill to FDA for emergency use authorization
40% of providers plan to keep COVID-19 protocols in place post-pandemic
Kaufman Hall acquires Healthcare Real Estate Capital
‘Huge for patients’: AI forecasts new atrial fibrillation, stroke risk
130-year-old Johnson & Johnson will split into two public companies
Behavioral health AI predicts effectiveness of talk therapy
FDA recalls 2.2M at-home COVID tests due to false positive results
AI model diagnoses COVID-19 in routine blood tests with impressive accuracy
DOJ investigating Oak Street Health for possible False Claims Act violations
Pandemic effects: Insurance premiums up 4%
1 in 3 defer healthcare due to cost
Machine learning helps scientists predict patients’ response to antidepressants
AI system successfully IDs colorectal cancer in whole slide images
General Electric announces plans to split into 3 separate companies
States sue Biden over COVID vaccine mandate
Justice Department charges Arkansas man in $100M COVID scam
Biden nominates former Microsoft exec as new CIO of Veterans Affairs
COVID-19 vaccines are less effective on the immunocompromised
Andy Slavitt takes over leadership of Cityblock
More than 200 advocates call on governors to retain telehealth flexibilities
50-something physicians sue former employer for ‘unconscionable’ act of bias
Many nationally recognized cancer centers are not complying with price transparency rules
AI gets $20M infusion to go on the offensive against Alzheimer’s
AI guides care of slow-healing wounds