Policy & Regulations

This channel includes news coverage of healthcare policy and regulations set by Congress, the states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medical associations and societies.

Industry Watcher’s Digest
Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.
AI in healthcare: 3 areas of likely risk for legal liability
As healthcare AI opens new avenues to improve care quality without unduly increasing operational costs, the technology also expands potential exposure to civil and criminal liabilities. And that’s not only for providers but also payers and suppliers.
In the House, a new bipartisan push to get arms around AI
The move will bring together 24 representatives—12 from each party—who will work to stimulate American AI innovation while mitigating AI-related threats.
FDA has now cleared 700 AI healthcare algorithms, more than 76% in radiology
Medical imaging makes up 76% of all the FDA-cleared artificial intelligence clinical algorithms used for direct patient care.
FDA clears AI-powered image reconstruction technology for cardiac CT scanners
The new technology, trained using more than 3 billion data points, was designed to reduce image noise and improve the overall quality of CT scans.

Ohio's 6th Annual Healthcare Information Technology Day Highlights the Importance of HIT for Ohio Legislators

Columbua, Ohio, April 3, 2013 -- The connection between Ohio's economic future and Technology in Healthcare will be the focus of discussions with legislators at the Ohio Statehouse by advocates of Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) on April 11.

April 3, 2013

Healthbox Kicks Off Second Boston Accelerator Program with Lead Partner Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

April 2, 2013 -- Healthbox, a leading business accelerator that supports early-stage health care companies, kicked off its second program today in Kendall Square. After completing the inaugural Boston program in November 2012, Healthbox and anchor partner Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA), quickly launched a second program dedicated to supporting innovative start-up companies to respond to continued industry demand for creative solutions to pervasive healthcare challenges.

April 2, 2013

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These health systems have the biggest digital health portfolios

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

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Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Policy & Regulations

Industry Watcher’s Digest

AI in healthcare: 3 areas of likely risk for legal liability

In the House, a new bipartisan push to get arms around AI

FDA has now cleared 700 AI healthcare algorithms, more than 76% in radiology

FDA clears AI-powered image reconstruction technology for cardiac CT scanners

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