Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
When it comes to attempts at insurance fraud, the story behind claims could be a major threat. In a 2025 issue brief shared with Becker’s, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association outlined several possibilities for fraud that AI could spur:…
In today’s healthcare landscape, we speak often of the transformation of shifting from volume to value, from episodic care to longitudinal outcomes, from fragmentation to coordination. At the same time, we ask leaders to evolve from operators to stewards, from…
AI was front and center during recent earnings calls for UnitedHealth Group and Elevance Health, as leaders discussed their companies’ respective $1.5 billion and $1 billion tech investments. Both organizations, along with Centene, made Fortune‘s top companies for AI adoption in 2025, as well. Payers…
AI is making fast inroads into healthcare, but succeeding with these tools is often easier said than done. A major obstacle is that clinicians may not trust AI, which adds work and cost and detracts from the patient experience. During…
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University at Buffalo have developed an AI tool to assess lung cancer patients’ risk of postoperative complications. The model combines clinical data, CT imaging and large language model-generated explanations to provide…
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is calling on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to overhaul CMS’ new AI-driven prior authorization program for traditional Medicare, citing delays in care and increased burdens on patients and providers. In an April 27 letter…
For years, the conversation about AI in health systems centered on technology adoption: which tools to buy, which pilots to run, which workflows to automate. But as health systems move from isolated AI deployments toward enterprise-wide agentic platforms, the limiting…
A new AI-powered chatbot developed by researchers at the University of California San Diego could help patients make more informed decisions about when to seek medical care. The tool is designed to guide users through self-triage using established medical protocols…
Keck Medicine of USC, based in Los Angeles, and Tempus AI are collaborating to advance AI-driven precision medicine across USC’s clinical network. The collaboration is designed to transform care delivery across more than 1.5 million annual patient visits to the…
UnitedHealth Group is betting big on AI in 2026 — $1.5 billion to be exact. During the company’s Q1 earnings call, leaders fleshed out how that investment is materializing. “Think about it this way: A third of this is explicitly…