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Xifin has also introduced a patient responsibility estimator for Xifin RPM, which is designed to enhance patients’ understanding of out-of-pocket costs for ordered tests. The estimator, which is available to physicians and patients through Xifin’s multi-portal infrastructure, also offers patients a prepayment option.

Xifin, 866-934-6364

Paige.AI receives FDA breakthrough designation

The FDA has awarded Paige.AI breakthrough device designation for its use of computational pathology to build artificial intelligence tools for cancer diagnosis and treatment.

“We are thrilled to receive breakthrough designation and look forward to collaborating with the FDA to bring our products to market, starting with prostate cancer and expanding from there,” said Leo Grady, PhD, CEO of Paige.AI, in a company press release.

Paige.AI has received more than 1 million deidentified images of digitized slides from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center under a license agreement with that institution. The company is funding the digitization of an additional 4 million slides from MSK’s archives to develop a portfolio of artificial intelligence products across cancer subtypes for use by pathologists.

The FDA grants breakthrough device designation for technologies that have the potential to provide more effective diagnosis or treatment for life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions than alternative approved products or where no alternative exists.

Northwest Pathology implements LigoLab billing/RCM system

LigoLab Information Systems has announced that Northwest Pathology, Bellingham, Wash., recently began using its comprehensive billing/revenue cycle management solution.

The billing/RCM module is provided as part of the LigoLab integrated information system, which also includes anatomic and clinical pathology and molecular diagnostics.

The billing/RCM system offers real-time patient demographic checking and patient insurance eligibility options, automatic CPT and diagnosis coding, claim scrubbing, advance beneficiary notice generation, and patient and client billing. It includes a screen for patient encounters that displays the billing record and claim status, corresponding codes and charges, scans of associated case documents, and reports.

LigoLab, 800-544-6522

Cybersecurity toolkit for small to midsize companies

The Global Cyber Alliance and Mastercard have released a free online cybersecurity toolkit for small and medium-sized businesses.

The toolkit helps users take inventory of cyber-related assets, create and maintain strong passwords, use multi-factor authentication, back up critical data, and prevent phishing and viruses. It provides templates of policies and forms, training videos, and customizable documents.

“What sets the Global Cyber Alliance Cybersecurity Toolkit apart is that it is an action kit,” said Philip Reitinger, president and CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance, in a press statement. “Our focus is on producing a dynamic clearinghouse of operational tools that help small and medium [sized] businesses address risk and improve their cybersecurity posture, leveraging the deep expertise of our network of global partners, such as Mastercard, and the experiences of actual GCA toolkit users.”

The Global Cyber Alliance partnered with several organizations to develop the toolkit, including the Center for Internet Security, Cyber Readiness Institute, and cities of London and New York. The guide will be updated regularly with input from users, industry experts, and public and private partners worldwide.

The toolkit is available at https://gcatoolkit.org/smallbusiness.

Cleveland Clinic launches AI innovation center

The Cleveland Clinic has established the Center for Clinical Artificial Intelligence to develop clinical applications for AI.

The innovation hub will bring together specialists from several departments, including pathology, imaging, information technology, oncology, genomics, and quantitative health sciences.

“The center will serve as a platform for collaboration and communication between physicians and data scientists; provide programmatic and technology support for AI initiatives; and conduct research in several areas of medicine that can solve clinical problems using machine learning, deep learning, and other AI technologies,” according to an announcement from the Cleveland Clinic.

The health care institution expects the center, a project of Cleveland Clinic Enterprise Analytics, to have global reach and include collaborations between industry and academia.

Already underway are projects to build machine learning models that identify patients who have a high risk of death within 48 to 72 hours of admission and predict inpatient length of stay and readmission risk. Researchers are also undertaking cancer-focused projects to predict patient outcomes.

Dr. Aller teaches informatics in the Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He can be reached at raller@usc.edu. Hal Weiner is president of Weiner Consulting Services LLC, Eugene, Ore. He can be reached at hal@weinerconsulting.com.