The document summarizes notable events from April 2016 related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cognitive computing in healthcare. It discusses Google shifting from mobile to AI, major tech companies investing in healthcare AI, a startup partnering with MIT and Harvard on medical imaging AI, Medicare payment reforms incorporating "Advancing Care Information", and Facebook's founder stating his goal to cure all diseases by 2100 using technologies like AI.

1. mind↔machine knowledge exchange
augmenting intelligent teams
Our brave new world of cognitive computing with “clinical bits” (biomedical information technology) recently
experienced a rather remarkable week:
 April 21, 2016: Google CEO announces “we will move from a mobile-first to an AI-first world”
 April 22, 2016: Artificial intelligence, machine learning and cognitive computing are coming to healthcare
[IBM, Google, Microsoft, HP, Hitachi & Dell]
 April 25, 2016: Goldman Sachs-backed Singularity Healthcare launches machine learning initiative, bringing AI
to medical imaging with Harvard & MIT
 April 27, 2016: CMS scraps SGR “doc fix”, establishes value-based incentive payments (and penalties) for
700,000+ Medicare providers
 April 27, 2016: Facebook founder declares: “I want to help cure all disease by the end of the 21st century”
 April 28, 2016: Google publishes Annual Founder’s Letter, outlines plans to “win” with machine learning and
artificial intelligence
 April 28, 2016: USPTO publishes ‘Michelangelo’, promising agile innovation teamwork with mind↔machine
knowledge exchange augmenting intelligent teams
 April 30, 2016: apotheosis of Michelangelo, angiogenesis in the Sistine Chapel

2. Google CEO Cites Shift from a Mobile World to an AI World
[Apr 21, 2016]
“We will move from a mobile-first to an A.I.-first world” Google CEO Pichai said
Artificial intelligence, cognitive computing and machine learning
are coming to healthcare: Is it time to invest?
[Apr 22, 2016]
With Google, IBM and Microsoft all setting sights squarely on healthcare, and analysts predicting 30 percent of
providers will run cognitive analytics on patient data by 2018, the risk of investing too late may outweigh the risk of
doing so too soon

3. Goldman Sachs-backed imaging startup partners with MIT,
Harvard for machine learning
[April 25, 2016]
Medical imaging is expected to be one of the early useful applications of
artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare.
How MIT and Harvard Are Helping to Bring AI to X-rays
A machine learning initiative called Singularity Healthcare is bringing the expertise of two top U.S. research
universities to bear on developing an intelligent x-ray engine…
The idea is for the AI to instantly pre-read digital x-rays, identifying potential areas of injury and disease.

4. CMS unveils MACRA proposal; 'Advancing Care Information'
to replace Meaningful Use for Medicare Eligible Professionals
[Apr 27, 2016]
"This proposal, if finalized, would replace the current meaningful use program and
reporting would begin January 1, 2017," said CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt.
The rule creates a "Quality Payment Program" to replace the old reporting programs, including the Medicare
Meaningful Use Program. The new program includes both the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and
advanced alternative payment models.
Zuckerberg: I want to cure all diseases this century
[Apr 27, 2016]
“When I look out at the future, I see more bold moves ahead of us than behind us...
That means investing in areas like spreading connectivity, building artificial intelligence and developing virtual and
augmented reality…
While helping to connect the world will always be the most important thing I do, there are more global challenges
that I feel a responsibility to help solve — like helping to cure all diseases by the end of this century”