Policy & Regulations

This channel includes news coverage of healthcare policy and regulations set by Congress, the states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medical associations and societies.

Healthcare AI newswatch: MAHA’s AI stumble, OpenAI’s healthcare offensive, Mayo’s AI startup support, more
Mayo Clinic is looking to give promising medtech startups a seriously running start. Toward that end, the august institution has launched the new Mayo Venture Partner program.
AI vs. medication errors, Health Tech Investment Act preps, employment apocalypse fears, more
Remember when comprehensive checklists and human vigilance were going to end medical error? That hasn’t happened yet. AI might be able to help.
AI newswatch: OpenAI goes to the UAE, patients get cyberchondria, more
Like remoras hitching a ride on a shark, private businesses are capitalizing on President Trump’s AI-aggressive trip to the Middle East.
AI newswatch: American AI in the United Arab Emirates, healthcare AI investment, med schools embrace AI, more
Here’s a big thing to watch for in the wake of the President’s flashy Middle East tour: the AI “acceleration partnership” between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates.
Newswatch: Trump’s AI extraversion, FDA’s first CAIO, healthcare AI’s true value, more
Where a cautious President Biden wanted to confine American AI know-how to America, a freewheeling President Trump wants to turn it loose—at least to select friends and allies.

Healthcare AI newswatch: MAHA’s AI stumble, OpenAI’s healthcare offensive, Mayo’s AI startup support, more

Mayo Clinic is looking to give promising medtech startups a seriously running start. Toward that end, the august institution has launched the new Mayo Venture Partner program.

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AI vs. medication errors, Health Tech Investment Act preps, employment apocalypse fears, more

Remember when comprehensive checklists and human vigilance were going to end medical error? That hasn’t happened yet. AI might be able to help.

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AI newswatch: OpenAI goes to the UAE, patients get cyberchondria, more

Like remoras hitching a ride on a shark, private businesses are capitalizing on President Trump’s AI-aggressive trip to the Middle East.

AI newswatch: American AI in the United Arab Emirates, healthcare AI investment, med schools embrace AI, more

Here’s a big thing to watch for in the wake of the President’s flashy Middle East tour: the AI “acceleration partnership” between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates.

Newswatch: Trump’s AI extraversion, FDA’s first CAIO, healthcare AI’s true value, more

Where a cautious President Biden wanted to confine American AI know-how to America, a freewheeling President Trump wants to turn it loose—at least to select friends and allies.

FDA gives AI-powered blood test for obstructive CAD breakthrough device designation

The FDA clearly sees significant potential in a new multi-protein blood test from Prevencio. The company's goal is to gain full approval and get the test in the hands of emergency departments all over the United States.

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Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s ‘rush’ to the AI altar, AI and Medicare Advantage, OpenAI benchmarks healthcare AI

For some, the FDA is moving too fast in its drive to adopt generative AI agency-wide.

Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s AI gambit, FDA’s blind spot, everybody’s agentic AI, more

The FDA is getting AI-aggressive about speeding up device reviews. Its plan is to unleash generative AI on tedious and repetitive tasks.

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Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.