NYC Health + Hospitals announced Wednesday, Oct. 9, it plans to invest nearly a quarter of $1 billion to upgrade its imaging capabilities, hoping to standardize care across the vast enterprise.

As more businesses begin to implement state-of-the-art technologies, one industry expert is predicting AI will boost the global economy by $14 trillion by the year 2035.

Imaging giant GE Healthcare announced this week that it’s teaming with biotech firm Theragnostics in a bid to improve prostate cancer treatment.

The continued evolution of AI will lead to more job opportunities in the healthcare industry, according to new survey of high-ranking executives. Investments in AI and the implementation of AI-focused strategies are both also on the rise.  

Some 46% of Americans are open to the idea of their physicians using AI to help make diagnoses.

Recent pushback against a nutritional guideline that supports the consumption of red and processed meats includes allegations that the guideline’s lead author had ties to the meat industry, Health Exec reports.

Physicians who reject an AI-based recommendation of established care guidelines in order to provide more personalized medicine are at heightened risk of being sued for malpractice should the patient be harmed.

Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack last week, his campaign confirmed Oct. 4.