Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a crucial component of healthcare to help augment physicians and make them more efficient. In medical imaging, it is helping radiologists more efficiently manage PACS worklists, enable structured reporting, auto detect injuries and diseases, and to pull in relevant prior exams and patient data. In cardiology, AI is helping automate tasks and measurements on imaging and in reporting systems, guides novice echo users to improve imaging and accuracy, and can risk stratify patients. AI includes deep learning algorithms, machine learning, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, and convolutional neural networks.

6 things high-achieving orgs do to wring real value from AI
What makes an organization an AI leader? Demonstrating success in one of two pursuits.
A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan
As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”
4 points crucial to the nimble regulation of GenAI
With generative AI coming into its own, AI regulators must avoid relying too much on principles of risk management—and not enough on those of uncertainty management.
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT
CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.
FDA clears AI tool that flags signs of heart disease in chest CT scans
The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer.

ONC welcomes new CMO

Thomas Mason, MD, will be joining the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT as the new chief medical officer, effective Feb. 23.

January 28, 2015

Centene Corporation To Acquire Oregon-Based Agate Resources

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26, 2015-- Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Agate Resources, Inc., a diversified holding company that offers an array of healthcare products and services to Oregon residents. Agate is based in Eugene, Oregon.

January 26, 2015

Accenture Study Identifies Top Five Healthcare Investment Priorities for States in the U.S.

ARLINGTON, Va.--The State Health Innovation Plans developed by 25 states – with federal government support – reveal a variety of emerging approaches to healthcare reform that will likely take root and grow more broadly around the United States, according to a new report by Accenture (NYSE:ACN).

January 22, 2015

Qualcomm and Novartis to invest up to $100M in health technology companies

Qualcomm Ventures and Novartis have established a joint investment company that will invest up to $100 million to support early stage companies with technologies, products or services that "go beyond the pill.” 

January 21, 2015

ExamMed Launches Universal Healthcare Technology Platform, Sets New Standard For Industry

ATLANTA and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 21, 2015-- The healthcare market is crowded with fragmented technologies that cannot stand alone to improve efficiencies for providers – from new devices and apps to in-office systems.

January 21, 2015

NeoDeck Holdings Partners with DataMotion to Offer Secure Messaging for Clinical and Non-Clinical Healthcare

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. and PONCE, Puerto Rico, Jan. 20, 2015  -- NeoDeck Holdings, Puerto Rico's leading provider of healthcare management solutions, today announced it has partnered with DataMotion, an accredited health information service provider (HISP) supplying email encryption solutions for clinical and non-clinical exchange of protected health information (PHI). 

January 21, 2015

US Hospital Information Systems Overview and Outlook, 2013-2020 - Expenditures For Hospital Care Will Reach $1.27 Trillion by 2019

DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fq7rld/us_hospital) has announced the addition of the "US Hospital Information Systems Overview and Outlook, 2013-2020" report to their offering.

January 19, 2015

10 healthcare tech trends to watch in 2015

Disinfection robots and 3-D Printing Buzz top the ECRI Institute’s list of top 10 technologies for health executives to watch in 2015.

January 14, 2015

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Cardiovascular Business

Payment cuts and beyond: Key takeaways for cardiologists from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals.

AI in Healthcare

A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

Cardiovascular Business

FDA commissioner urges clinicians to join fight against medical misinformation

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."