Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
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…
Artificial intelligence is moving faster than healthcare organizations can govern it and the executives trying to keep pace know it. That tension sat at the center of a recent panel discussion at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting on AI investment…
Daniel Barchi, CIO of CommonSpirit Health, has a hierarchy for everything, including AI adoption. Speaking at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting, Mr. Barchi said CommonSpirit’s approach to artificial intelligence through the lens of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, with core technology…
A Utah pilot program allowing AI to autonomously renew prescriptions is raising clinical and legal concerns, according to a perspective piece published April 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Launched in January, the program uses an AI system…