Google Health is launching a free app that uses AI trained on more than 16,000 clinical dermatology cases and can identify hundreds of skin conditions, including cancers, with accuracy comparable to that of board-certified dermatologists in the U.S.

A medical AI startup focused on breast cancer diagnostics has uncloaked from stealth mode, appointing an MD as CEO and concertedly promoting its initial software offering seven months after the FDA approved the product.

The FDA has approved an AI tool for speeding thyroid sonography workflows while, across the Atlantic, the European Union has OK’d an AI-based ultrasound device that guides nerve blocking as a form of local anesthesia

The last two weeks saw market clearances granted in Europe for AI-based software focused on remote patient monitoring, prostate oncology and real-time guidance of coronary stenting.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to a French startup for surgery software that combines AI with augmented reality and computer vision.

Forbes is out with its third annual AI 50, and almost a fifth of the field works in healthcare.

Steve Cashman has been named CEO and president of the Brisbane, California-based organization, effective April 14.

Mayo Clinic has established a new AI-enabled tech platform and spawned two companies to leverage the might of its Big Data inputs.