GlaxoSmithKline has hired Kim Branson, PhD, to serve as the British pharmaceutical company's global head of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Bloomberg reports.

A deep learning algorithm determined whether a thyroid nodule required a biopsy with a level of accuracy equal to or, in some cases, better than that of trained radiologists, according to a study published July 9 in Radiology.

Waystar, a Louisville, Ky.-based revenue cycle technology provider, has acquired Digitize.AI, a Charlotte, N.C.-based tech firm using artificial intelligence to make the prior authorization process faster and more efficient.

On average, the base salary of CIOs and other senior healthcare IT executives was $235,806 in 2018, with women earning $30,000 more than their male counterparts, according to a College of Healthcare Information Management Executives survey.

Jefferson Health has partnered with NeuroFlow to launch a digital platform helping clinicians remotely track and treat patients' mental health, the Philadelphia-based organizations announced July 9.

GNS Healthcare, a Cambridge, Mass.-based startup using artificial intelligence to develop precision medicine solutions, announced on July 9 the close of a $23 million funding round led by Cigna Ventures.

Amazon recently posted several job openings related to its health business.

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia researchers are developing an artificial intelligence-powered system that can analyze the voice and tone of caregivers to identify when they are stressed and prompt them to relax, The Daily Progress reports. 

IBM announced July 9 that it closed its $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, an open-source cloud software vendor.

Though many claims about artificial intelligence's ability to upend healthcare, business processes and, in fact, all of society have been greatly exaggerated, there is no denying that the technology does indeed hold huge potential for transformation.

GE Healthcare has expanded its partnership with Santa Barbara, Calif.-based InTouch Health to integrate the latter's virtual communication features into Mural, GE Healthcare's new telehealth platform, the companies announced July 9.

Allscripts is making its patient engagement platform FollowMyHealth available to Microsoft HealthVault users to transition their health data to before Microsoft shuts down its service in November.

XLerateHealth, a healthcare accelerator program originally based in Louisville, Ky., announced on July 9 the first cohort of startups chosen to join its bootcamp program in Flint, Mich.

One possibility to fix physician burnout has been the introduction of scribes. Various physicians are utilizing scribes for documentation, which allows them to spend more time with patients.

SnapMD has begun rolling out a new version of its smartphone app, which enables healthcare providers to add telemedicine services to their offerings, the Glendale, Calif.-based startup announced July 8.

For every medical device backed by valid, peer-reviewed clinical tests, there are just as many based on faulty studies and even more sourcing their claims from nothing more than pseudoscience.

Blockchain continues to be a talking point among healthcare executives because of the increased privacy and security it can bring to hospitals and health systems.

Uber's healthcare subsidiary announced July 9 that the company has partnered with blockchain startup Solve.Care, according to Forbes.

Across the globe, digital health companies have generated $6.8 billion in the first half of 2019, up form $6.6 billion at the same time in 2018, according to Startup Health and cited by Business Insider.

Walmart Labs, the retail giant's San Bruno, Calif.-based technology and innovation arm, has acqui-hired Flocare, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based software company developing an app to streamline scheduling and communication for home healthcare providers, Mint reports.