Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, have introduced the AI Kill Switch Act, legislation that would require developers of the most powerful AI systems to maintain the technical ability to throttle, suspend or shut down their models.…
Health systems have become increasingly disciplined about vetting AI before it goes live, building out governance committees, model reviews and risk assessments. What happens after go-live is often a different story. Once an AI tool is deployed, responsibility for watching…
Tech budgets at Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health are absorbing a price increase that has nothing to do with vendors relabeling old tools as AI, Deb Muro, the health system’s CIO told Becker’s. The pressure is coming from further…
OpenAI has expanded Health, a ChatGPT feature that lets users securely connect personal health data, to all eligible users in the U.S. The rollout covers logged-in users age 18 and older on web and iOS across the Free, Go, Plus…
Rhode Island and Hawaii enacted new AI healthcare laws in June and July, while Arizona’s governor vetoed a similar chatbot disclosure bill, reflecting a split national picture on state-level AI oversight. Here’s a look at which states enacted or rejected…
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The White House has directed HHS and NIH, along with every other federal department and agency, to realign fiscal 2028 research and development budgets around nine priority areas, including AI and foundational biological sciences. The order applies governmentwide, not just…
Vendors are slapping an AI label on tools that have not changed and charging health systems far more for them, and CIOs say they are not paying for the label alone. Health system CIOs have grown accustomed to vendors adding…
When UT Health San Antonio opened the UT Health Multispecialty and Research Hospital in late 2024, the facility wasn’t designed simply to expand the system’s inpatient capacity. It was designed as infrastructure, a physical proof point that artificial intelligence had…
MaineHealth defended its use of a Palantir Technologies product, saying the tool helps patients overturn improper insurance claim denials, a day ahead of a July 23 rally planned by the union representing nurses at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland.…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has built its AI strategy around a portfolio of six initiatives spanning nurse scheduling, clinical documentation, maternal care and hospital discharge. Among the initiatives detailed in a Management in Healthcare: A Peer-Reviewed Journal piece republished July…