Agencies Look Back at 2020 Accomplishments
HHS and its agencies share their annual reports and 2020 year in reviews. Like everything in healthcare in 2020, COVID took center stage, but agencies did continue their missions and initiatives.
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COVID-19 Report
We’ve rounded up some of the latest news and announcements pertaining to the coronavirus and the healthcare industry.
Sorting out AI, ML, DL, and NLP
This is our ongoing reporting on how AI is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward which include ANSI, Canon Medical, FDA, Abiomed, IBH Population Health Solutions, Lyssn, Endpoint Health, Genial Technology, & Frost & Sullivan.
Hype Collides With Science As FDA Tries To Rein In ‘Wild West’ of COVID Blood Tests
By JoNel Aleccia & Anna Maria Barry-Jester – “Save your business while saving lives,” reads the website of Because Health, a Seattle tech startup selling two types of tests to employers willing to pay $350 a pop to learn whether their workers have been infected with COVID-19.
Community is Everything
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Amy Abernethy, MD, Ph.D. the Principal Deputy Commissioner & Acting CIO for the FDA. We had talked in January at CES about the forthcoming meeting focused on the FDA’s Technology Modernization Action Plan but as a result of the COVID19 pandemic, the meeting was postponed to Jun 30.
COVID-19 Report
We’ve rounded up some of the latest news and announcements pertaining to the coronavirus and the healthcare industry.
FDA Chief Calls For Release Of All Data Tracking Problems With Medical Devices
By Christina Jewett – FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced in a tweet recently that the agency plans to release hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of previously unpublished injury and malfunction reports tied to about 100 medical devices.
Health Officials’ Plug For Next FDA Chief: Go Big On E-Cig Regulation
By Shefali Luthra – In an almost uniform response to the impending exit of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, city and county public health officials are urging the Trump administration to go bigger in its response to adolescents’ growing use of e-cigarettes.
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ What’s Next For The FDA?
From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, This week, The resignation of Scott Gottlieb as commissioner of the Food and…