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CMS steps up with support for new AI

BY Jeff Rowe | November 10, 2020

Stakeholders consider the move important as new devices and treatments generally aren’t widely used until the US government authorizes payments for Medicare and Medicaid patients.

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Researchers develop AI to ensure antibiotic effectiveness

BY Jeff Rowe | November 09, 2020

According to the WHO, reduced effectiveness in antibiotics could threaten the ability of health authorities to control major public health threats.

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Survey: Despite pandemic financial woes, providers plan continued AI investment

BY Jeff Rowe | November 06, 2020

The survey results were culled from current healthcare industry users of AI tools and future AI users that participated in Black Book surveys throughout 2020.

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UK turns to AI to monitor reactions to COVID vaccines

BY Jeff Rowe | November 04, 2020

According to officials, the need for a powerful tool to sort through what may be significant numbers of adverse reactions speaks to the scale of the COVID vaccination effort.

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Needed: ethical governance for fair and effective AI

BY Jeff Rowe | November 03, 2020

There’s little question about AI’s potential to transform healthcare, says one stakeholder, but an ethical governing framework is key to ensuring that the changes are definite improvements.

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Startup calls on AI to re-connect patients and PCPs

BY Jeff Rowe | November 03, 2020

The very concept of primary care, says the CEO, has devolved across the past 30 years and is on track to disappear over the next decade and a half.

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Survey finds executive confidence in AI on the rise

BY Jeff Rowe | October 30, 2020

Among other findings, healthcare execs are leveraging AI to accelerate research to help alleviate pressures of the pandemic

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Partnership aims AI at cancer care

BY Jeff Rowe | October 30, 2020

The partners see significant potential in using AI to augment parts of cancer care, hoping their work will enable a better patient experience and help patients expedite critical treatment.

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New AI model helps match cancer drugs with patients

BY Jeff Rowe | October 28, 2020

The model was specifically designed so that its drug recommendations can be explained to clinicians, a necessity given that many healthcare AI tools are still an impenetrable “black box.”