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    Health systems band together to test and publicly rank top AI models

    Mass General Brigham, Emory and other providers will assess different AI models from companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon.

    By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 18, 2024
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    Transforming MedTech innovation with complete asset and service lifecycle management

    An effective lifecycle management strategy is essential, as the reliability and performance of these devices can be a matter of life and death.

    Nov. 18, 2024
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    GE Healthcare inks AI mammography pact with Radnet

    The alliance positions GE Healthcare to distribute Radnet software designed to help mammography centers view images, prioritize cases and support other steps in the workflow.

    By • Nov. 12, 2024
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    Tempus AI to buy genetic testing company for $600M

    CEO Eric Lefkofsky said the purchase of Ambry Genetics will expand Tempus’ testing portfolio and bring in a fast-growing business.

    By • Nov. 6, 2024
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    Tech companies pitch AI platforms for healthcare, outline plans for responsible rollout

    Google, Microsoft and GE Healthcare say they’ll power the next wave of AI advancement. But executives are split on how to offer the tools to providers responsibly — and whether all clinicians are equally ready for them.

    By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 1, 2024
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    AI could be a game changer, but healthcare needs to be ‘exceedingly careful’

    Artificial intelligence tools could help solve workforce challenges. Implementation, however, can be difficult, pushing organizations to consider less risky administrative and back-office tasks first.

    By Emily Olsen • Oct. 29, 2024
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    Thoughtful implementation, ongoing monitoring key to safe health AI

    Healthcare organizations will need to test models in their local environments, keep an eye on performance and work together to implement the technology, panelists said at HLTH.

    By Emily Olsen • Oct. 28, 2024
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    Medtech Conference recap: New CDRH leader details approach; AI and LDTs in focus

    Catch up on our recent coverage of Advamed’s The Medtech Conference.

    By • Oct. 23, 2024
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    That’s a wrap: 5 takeaways from The Medtech Conference

    The conference — Advamed’s largest — featured an appearance by the device center’s new acting director and sessions on AI, clinical trial diversity and the FDA’s contentious LDT rule.

    By • Oct. 22, 2024
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    FDA prioritizes guidance on lab developed tests in 2025 plan

    The Center for Devices and Radiological Health intends to develop final guidance on its enforcement discretion policy regarding special controls for LDTs, among other topics.

    By • Oct. 18, 2024
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    Health officials outline industry role in AI oversight in JAMA article

    FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and two colleagues warned that the “scale of effort” needed to repeatedly evaluate AI models “could be beyond any current regulatory scheme.”

    By • Oct. 16, 2024
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    FDA, Health Canada give sneak peek into future AI regs

    Canada’s device agency plans to issue guidance on machine learning, and the FDA plans to release a draft guidance next year on lifecycle management and premarket submissions for AI devices.

    By • Oct. 16, 2024
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    4 trends to watch at Advamed’s The Medtech Conference

    As medtech companies, experts and regulators gather in Toronto, FDA leadership changes and the upcoming U.S. presidential election loom over the industry.

    By • Oct. 14, 2024
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    The number of AI medical devices has spiked in the past decade

    The FDA has authorized nearly 1,000 medical devices with artificial intelligence features as companies including GE Healthcare and Siemens Healthineers build out their AI efforts.

    By , • Oct. 9, 2024
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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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • July 25, 2024
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    ‘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 • 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 • 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