MaxQ AI has announced that its AI-based intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and stroke software will soon be integrated into Philips CT scanners.

Physician-led accountable care organizations (ACOs) outperform those led by hospitals, according to a new report from Avalere Health. Not only did physician-led ACOs outperform by a significant margin, but all ACOs had higher savings the longer they were around.

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) hosted an open discussion on the future of AI on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Washington, D.C. Topics included AI’s impact on the economy and how public policies may change in the near future as a response to these evolving technologies.

Seattle-based Amazon will pay the travel expenses for its workers diagnosed with cancer to see specialists at a Los Angeles health system, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Americans spend more than a trillion dollars annually at hospitals, accounting for about one-third of all national health spending. And nonprofit hospitals are actually reaping in a huge profit, NPR reported.

UnitedHealth Group, which owns the nation’s largest private health insurer UnitedHealthcare, reported revenues of $60.4 billion during the third quarter of 2019––a 6.7% jump compared to the same three-month period in 2018.

“We’ve been telling patients that even if these injections don’t relieve your pain, they’re not going to hurt you, but now we suspect that this is not necessarily the case,” said Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, a professor of radiology at Boston University’s School of Medicine. 

Sky-high drug prices are a huge issue for many Americans who can’t pay for necessary medications, and 78% feel the federal government should be able to negotiate better prices.