The World Health Organization director general and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discussed how the two could work to control the spread of COVID-19 during a recent video conference, Yahoo Finance reports.

A new artificial intelligence consortium will offer nearly $6 million in funding and resources for researchers using AI and data analytics to address and slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

The CDC launched its "Coronavirus Self-Checker" on March 20 to guide Americans who may have COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, to appropriate medical care.

Though many healthcare organizations have recently launched artificial intelligence chatbots to take on some of the burden of triaging potential COVID-19 cases, those chatbots are producing vastly different findings, Stat reports.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is among many healthcare organizations that are turning to artificial intelligence to screen and monitor patients through the coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reports.

A portable artificial intelligence device was able to analyze coughing sounds in a clinic waiting room and produce models of the spread of the flu and other viral respiratory diseases, such as COVID-19, a new study finds.

Patient engagement software startup Gyant began rolling out on March 17 a new virtual clinical assistant to aid healthcare providers as they offer patients COVID-19 screening for and education about the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Data scientists and epidemiologists are working together to develop a tool that will forecast the number of patients who will contract the novel coronavirus using big data, machine learning and other digital tools, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Kousik Krishnan, MD, a cardiologist at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center, has joined the medical advisory board for Ninety One, which uses artificial intelligence and data analytics to power a comprehensive remote monitoring platform.

The White House on March 16 joined Microsoft, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Allen Institute for AI, among others, in issuing a call to action to artificial intelligence experts to develop new text and data mining techniques that can help researchers tackle COVID-19 scientific questions.

By adapting the CDC's Flu Surge model to fit the known patterns of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, artificial intelligence platform Qventus has built a predictive model estimating the effects of the disease on the U.S. healthcare system.

Chicago-based Medical Home Network’s Accountable Care Organization has implemented artificial intelligence to help identify patients most at risk for diagnosing COVID-19.

Though a study published Jan. 1 describing the success of Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence at diagnosing breast cancer was largely met with praise and excitement, in a Feb. 28 response, a group of AI researchers criticized the study's lack of transparency.

Physician burnout is a major concern in the United States. In 2018, researchers with Medscape surveyed 15,543 physicians across 29 specialties. Over one third (42 percent) reported being burned out and 56 percent indicated that a high volume of bureaucratic tasks, like charting and paperwork, contributed to their burnout.

Jvion, a company that specializes in clinical artificial intelligence, announced March 11 the launch of its social determinants of health solution that identifies socioeconomic barriers that are influencing patients' health risk.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into healthcare delivery, and especially in the field of radiology, the industry must determine who — or what — is liable if an algorithm leads to a mistaken diagnosis or treatment, according to Saurabh Jha, MD.

Once finalized, a machine learning-enabled app developed at the Augusta-based Medical College of Georgia will allow individuals to test their own risk of contracting COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests.

The Texas Hospital Association will encourage the adoption of artificial intelligence-powered autonomous patient monitoring by hospitals and health systems across the state as part of the organization's new partnership with Care.ai.

Leaders from IBM and Microsoft met with senior Vatican officials in Rome on Feb. 28 to discuss ethical concerns around the design and implementation of artificial intelligence technology, the BBC reports.

In a grouping of the 100 most promising artificial intelligence startups in the world, healthcare was the most-represented industry, according to a new CB Insights report.