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Mendaera raises $73M to develop handheld robotics platform
Fred Moll, founder of surgical robotics firms Intuitive Surgical and Auris Health, participated in in the financing round, along with previous Auris investors.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 27, 2024 -
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Advamed backs FDA’s misinformation draft, calls for updates on AI and deep fakes
Advamed said the draft guidance “better reflects the wide scope of internet-based content seen in today’s information age” than an earlier version.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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Many FDA-authorized AI devices lack validation data
About 43% of all AI-enabled devices cleared or approved by the FDA through 2022 were missing validation data, and only 28% were tested prospectively, according to a Nature Medicine study.
By Elise Reuter • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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AI still the most exciting emerging technology for healthcare: survey
AI was the most compelling new technology for the fourth year in a row, with leaders also saying the technology had shown the most improvement, according to the Center for Connected Medicine.
By Emily Olsen • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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ARPA-H program to focus on AI degradation in medical tools
The agency will fund work to identify and auto-correct AI-enabled tools that are misaligned with their underlying training data.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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Johns Hopkins, CareFirst, Techstars launch healthcare AI accelerator
The 13-week program will offer funding and guidance to up to 12 health tech, medtech and biotech startups working on AI tools.
By Emily Olsen • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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FDA officials outline benefits of AI lifecycle management
The digital health leaders detailed a seven-stage diagram for how the healthcare industry could monitor artificial intelligence software development.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 30, 2024 -
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AI’s expert-level image analysis can be built on flawed rationales: study
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that a version of ChatGPT analyzed images at an expert level but frequently reached the right answer with incorrect reasoning.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 25, 2024 -
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Q&A‘Our next frontier is prediction’: Medtronic on AI and heart disease
Stacey Churchwell, who leads the company’s cardiovascular diagnostics and services business, says artificial intelligence is reducing false positives in its insertable cardiac monitors, saving clinicians valuable time.
By Susan Kelly • July 22, 2024 -
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GE Healthcare to buy AI software from Intelligent Ultrasound for $51M
After purchasing Caption Health last year, GE Healthcare plans to add another artificial intelligence acquisition to the company.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 19, 2024 -
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Federal officials step down from health AI group’s board
HHS officials Micky Tripathi and Troy Tazbaz resigned from their roles as non-voting members of the Coalition for Health AI, an industry group working to create standards for artificial intelligence in healthcare.
By Emily Olsen • July 10, 2024 -
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Q&AONC’s Micky Tripathi on laying the digital floor for healthcare AI
The agency head discussed ONC’s accomplishments over the past two decades, artificial intelligence opportunities and improving the documentation burden among clinicians.
By Emily Olsen • June 20, 2024 -
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FDA official sets out approach to AI in medical devices
Developing quality assurance practices for AI models should be a priority, said Troy Tazbaz, director of the CDRH’s Digital Health Center of Excellence.
By Elise Reuter • June 18, 2024 -
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Senators urge CMS to create AI payment pathway
Uniform reimbursement standards are needed to protect patient access to algorithm-based devices and ensure future innovation, the lawmakers said.
By Nick Paul Taylor • June 18, 2024 -
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Zimmer, RevelAi partner to sell AI tool for orthopedic care
RevelAi uses generative artificial intelligence to automate clinical workflows and support patients with conditions such as osteoarthritis.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Updated June 14, 2024 -
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Danaher names Martin Stumpe as chief data and AI officer
Martin Stumpe will take over the new position after previously working as Tempus’ chief of AI and the head of Google’s pathology team.
By Nick Paul Taylor • June 6, 2024 -
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Q&AStronger oversight of AI needed in medical devices, ECRI CEO says
Marcus Schabacker called for more upfront regulations and postmarket monitoring to better understand how AI features affect patient care.
By Elise Reuter • June 5, 2024 -
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FDA seeks AI tech to predict, detect Parkinson’s symptoms
By testing artificial intelligence and machine learning models, the agency hopes to come up with best practices for Parkinson’s measures from wearables and smartphones.
By Elise Reuter • May 21, 2024 -
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UK sets out position on regulating AI as a medical device
Some AI products that currently can be put on the market without conformity assessment will move to a higher risk class, requiring more scrutiny.
By Nick Paul Taylor • May 3, 2024 -
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Quest to ramp up AI capabilities with purchase of PathAI’s diagnostic lab
PathAI is selling its diagnostics assets, including a Tennessee laboratory, but will continue to support its biopharmaceutical customers.
By Nick Paul Taylor • May 2, 2024
