Todd Fruchterman, MD, PhD, will assume the role Feb. 1 after previously working at 3M for nearly a decade.

Acting HHS Secretary Norris Cochran revealed the news in a letter to governors sent on Friday, Jan. 22. 

The agency has ordered six major commercial insurers to share 2015-2020 data to better understand how these trends alter competition.

Radiologists had previously sought clarity around the practice of waiting to release rad reports via patient portals.

The NIH, FDA and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are working with a San Francisco startup whose calling card is an AI-enabled engine that renders patient data unidentifiable by reproducing it in synthetic versions.

Based in Andover, Massachusetts, the company helps hospitals and other healthcare organizations connect devices and EHRs through its vendor-neutral system. 

Last Tuesday the FDA posted an action plan telling how it will evaluate AI for medical applications going forward. Three days later the agency officially proposed letting numerous products through without review. 

Combining the Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data System with AI-based malignancy risk scoring bolstered exam specificity up to 96%, compared to 66% when using Lung-RADS alone.