Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Lung lesion AI earns FDA’s OK

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to clinical decision support software that uses AI to detect small but potentially cancerous lesions in the lungs.

AI armband for COVID screening passes muster for emergency use

The FDA has blessed an AI-packing armband that checks for biometric patterns pointing to possible SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals with no symptoms.

Breast cancer AI cleared for EU markets

The European Union has granted CE mark approval to a U.S.-based maker of AI software that aids radiologists in distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions on breast ultrasound images.

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AI for CT angiography gets go-ahead

The FDA has greenlit an AI algorithm that automatically measures dilation in the heart’s right ventricle on CT images.

Is COVID-focused AI ready for legal scrutiny?

Affronts against privacy and equality—real, perceived or ginned up—may fuel lawsuits by patients whose COVID care incorporated AI.

Wrist-based early alert for COVID cleared for sale in Europe

An MIT spinoff based in Boston and Milan in Italy has earned CE certification for software that flags respiratory infection in wearers of the company’s smartwatch devices.

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Healthcare consolidation deserves stronger antitrust examination

More consolidation across the healthcare sector is on the horizon thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an opinion by Commonwealth Fund leaders published in Harvard Business Review.

Portable MRI enhanced by AI cleared for prostate imaging

A manufacturer of compact MRI machines that leverage AI to upgrade image quality has received FDA’s blessing to market its technology in the U.S.

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Updated compensation data includes good news for multiple subspecialties. The new report also examines private equity's impact on employment models and how much male cardiologists earn compared to females.

When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

If passed, this bill would help clinician-led clinical registries explore Medicare data for research purposes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology both shared public support for the bipartisan legislation. 

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