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Competitors Humana, MultiPlan, Optum, Quest Diagnostics and UnitedHealthcare are creating the alliance to advance healthcare uses for blockchain, explains Michael Kim, CIO at MultiPlan.

The startup builds machine learning tools that aim to understand speech, feelings and nonverbal cues like sighs, laughs and gasps.

A review published in JAMA Network Open evaluated 41 RCTs of machine learning interventions. None of the studies fully followed CONSORT-AI standards, a set of guidelines developed for clinical trials evaluating medical interventions that include AI.

Also, Point Robotics from Taiwan has received a US FDA 510(k) clearance for its surgical robot system.

Also, a new research centre at the University of Melbourne will use AI to advance breast cancer screening.

The startup's first product asks patients questions about their concerns and provides a summary with recommendations for follow-up to the physician.

Komodo Health appointed Lauren Stahl as vice president and head of sales, while Woebot Health and Cue Health hired chief commercial officers.

Kaleidoscope, Surge, Optellum, Cionic and Arcascope also announce funding rounds.

Device Connect for Fitbit aims to help healthcare and life science organizations use and analyze data from Fitbit's health-tracking wearables.

The Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model (CCOM) is a new measurement tool to replace O-EMRAM. Natasha Ramontal of HIMSS and Raed AlHazme of the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, explain.