U.S. healthcare will soon welcome the country’s first hospital department focused on applying AI to biomedical research and clinical medicine

FDA could do more to police regulated products for algorithmic biases that may affect clinical outcomes in vulnerable subpopulations.

Not much M&A activity has occurred in healthcare during the third quarter of 2021, but a few recently announced deals are big in value. 

Destination healthcare consumers and their traveling companions will soon enjoy all the niceties Hilton hotels have to offer—as long as the provider organization of the patient’s choice is the Mayo Clinic in Florida.

Along with AI in its various iterations, the list may include virtual and augmented reality, 3D printing, robotics and other innovative technologies changing healthcare delivery.

If Mayo Clinic focus groups reflect widely held views, many healthcare consumers will balk if someone other than a physician is put in charge of applying healthcare AI to real-world clinical care.  

Fifteen of the list's top 25 hospitals are located in the United States. 

As of Sept. 23, the resource supplies device and company names, dates of FDA approvals and other details on some 343 devices.