As part of its $5 million pandemic response, Amazon is placing more than 8,000 of its Echo Dot devices across dozens of senior-living facilities in parts of California and Washington State.

Cigna, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, has expanded its virtual support services for mental and emotional health by adding Talkspace to its behavioral provider network.

It was late April when the CDC added impaired taste and/or smell to its list of COVID-19 symptoms. Thanks to AI and natural language processing (NLP), researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina had beaten the federal agency to the punch.

AI enthusiasts have varying aims and incentives for pushing the technology into healthcare, but many parrot a common set of justifications. Do any of these sound familiar?

Researchers have demonstrated a way to visually explore small-molecule inhibitors that, according to algorithmic suggestions, show potential for targeting COVID-19’s main proteins.

Healthcare AI startups are asserting AI’s fitness for the fight against COVID-19. How’s that working from the perspective of healthcare providers?

After seeing telehealth visits skyrocket 3,700% in April over March—most of them COVID-related—UPMC is touting its use of AI to help patients retain and apply doctors’ guidance offered during virtual visits.

CMS has finalized a rule to implement a series of proposals issued earlier this year impacting Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Part D plan sponsors. The rules were rushed into effect to get them out before the contract year 2021 bid deadline in June.