The majority of technology vendors––75 percent––believe advanced analytics and AI will be among the top areas of focus for healthcare companies in 2019, according to a survey by Damo Consulting.

The Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAIH) has officially launched after the board of directors held the organization’s inaugural meeting Jan. 9 in San Francisco.

It was a record-breaking year for global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health, with more than $9.5 billion raised in 698 deals for 2018, according to a report by Mercom Capital Group. The previous record was set last year, with $7.2 billion raised in 778 deals.

Healthcare spending on wearables is expected to reach $60 billion by 2023 as the technology becomes more popular within the medical industry, according to a recent report by Juniper Research.

Change Healthcare and Health Fidelity are partnering to offer a risk adjustment coding solution that uses natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to increase claim accuracy and address compliance issues, the companies announced Monday, Jan. 14.

Ping An Insurance Company of China’s corporate venture fund is investing in AI medical solution company Airdoc, the company announced on Saturday, Jan. 12.

Two-thirds of public citizens in the Middle East are ready to embrace AI in healthcare, while only 10 percent of businesses in the region are ready or have begun adopting the technology, according to a new report by PwC Middle East.

Medical marketing in the United States reached $29.9 billion in 2016, up from $17.7 billion in 1997, according to a new analysis published in JAMA.