Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic said it has no evidence of unauthorized access to its systems or data after Asymmetric Security reported finding evidence that OpenAI agents had probed its website. In an Oct. 1 report, Asymmetric Security said it investigated…
UVA Health is the latest health system to offer virtual primary care that uses AI to gather information from patients before connecting them with a clinician, joining at least nine other systems with similar 24/7 care models. Here are the…
Two recent developments have sharpened a question health systems will eventually have to answer: How much care can AI deliver on its own? A Sept. 28 McKinsey & Co. analysis estimated that AI can perform the care represented in 16%…
UC San Diego Health is working with Harvard Medical School and Anthropic to develop an open-source oversight system designed to check the safety of medical recommendations made by patient-facing AI. The collaboration is part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency…
OpenAI and Anthropic are among the artificial intelligence companies facing a Federal Trade Commission investigation into potential risks associated with their products, CNBC reported Sept. 30, citing an agency spokesperson. The spokesperson declined to identify the other companies under investigation.…
The Pennsylvania House has passed a bill that would require hospitals, clinicians and payers to disclose how they use AI and would keep humans responsible for final patient care decisions. The bill passed 144-59, with 41 Republicans joining all Democrats…
Researchers at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine are receiving up to $14.9 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to build a monitoring system for autonomous AI agents used in cardiovascular care. The project, called STEWARD, short for safety, trust,…
The American Hospital Association is urging Congress to address cybersecurity gaps involving AI vendors and other third parties that handle patient information, warning that hospitals cannot defend against threats across the healthcare sector alone. In a Sept. 30 statement submitted…
Burlington-based University of Vermont has received a research and development contract worth up to $38 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to build AI-powered digital twins that help clinicians personalize treatment for critically ill patients. The contract…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said AI can provide patients with a better-informed second opinion than any physician in the country, The New York Times reported Sept. 29. Speaking alongside Vice President JD Vance at the MAHA Summit in…