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 has reviewed and approved more than 100 clinical AI applications in 2026 under an executive-led governance process. The health system requires every clinical AI tool to undergo review before deployment, evaluating factors including complexity, clinical setting,…
A June study in Nature Medicine found that general-purpose models from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic outperformed specialized clinical AI tools from OpenEvidence and Wolters Kluwer across a series of medical benchmarks. OpenEvidence has since asked the journal to retract the…
Anthropic is launching an internal drug discovery program with a focus on neglected diseases that traditional pharmaceutical companies would not consider commercially attractive, CNBC reported June 30. At a June 30 event in San Francisco, Eric Kauderer-Abrams, Anthropic’s life sciences…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is moving beyond predictive AI models toward systems that support clinical decision-making, health system leaders said at its recent AI Research Summit. More than 750 researchers, clinicians, AI scientists and engineers attended the June 4-5 event…
Health systems’ AI champions — the people who develop novel uses for the technology and sell their peers on its value — don’t always come from the C-suite, or even the IT department. Some are bedside clinicians finding new uses…
When Texas’ new clinical AI disclosure law took effect Jan. 1, two of the state’s largest health systems had quietly reached the same conclusion: Existing consent forms provided a practical path to compliance. Lawmakers in 47 states introduced more than…
The macro case for healthcare transformation is well established. An aging population is driving demand upward and the clinician pipeline cannot keep pace. Costs are rising faster than margins can absorb. Mouneer Odeh, the inaugural chief data and artificial intelligence…
Autonomous AI is one of healthcare’s fastest-moving technologies, but some health system CIOs say they are not yet ready to let it operate without human oversight. Becker’s asked three health system technology leaders: What technology are you watching closely but…
Rhode Island’s General Assembly has approved legislation requiring healthcare providers and facilities to notify patients when they use AI tools to document in-person or telehealth visits, sending the bill to the governor for his signature. The measure, sponsored by Sen.…
Assort Health raised $120 million in Series C funding and is expanding its AI-powered patient access platform into health systems. The funding round, led by Menlo Ventures, values the company at $1.2 billion and brings its total funding to more…