Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
The Austin, Texas-based University of Texas System is expanding access to Abridge’s AI-powered clinical documentation and clinician intelligence platform through a new enterprisewide agreement. The agreement, according to an Oct. 8 news release from Abridge, establishes a systemwide framework for…
U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., have proposed the AI Agent Accountability Act, a bipartisan bill that would make AI agent operators and developers criminally and civilly liable when their agents hack computer systems. Here are five…
Health systems are learning that AI costs don’t end at deployment. Mayo Clinic’s chief AI implementation officer told Becker’s in August that the cost of maintaining AI systems has been “far higher” than expected. For some of the most experimental…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality launched a $7.95 million prize initiative Oct. 7 aimed at using AI to speed medical evidence reviews and expand the use of federal healthcare data. The agency, part of HHS, is calling the…
Regional hospitals and other critical infrastructure operators can now apply for tiered access to Anthropic’s most capable cyber models, including Claude Mythos 5.1, through an expanded cybersecurity initiative. The existing Cyber Verification Program absorbs Project Glasswing, which had limited Mythos…
Utah has approved umbrella agreements with Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health to establish expedited review pathways for future healthcare AI pilots, each of which must still be individually vetted. The agreements are among five approved…
Workers are gaining a voice in health system AI decisions, from technology investments at Kaiser Permanente to tool design at HCA Healthcare and new AI concepts at Mayo Clinic. The approaches range widely: Kaiser bargained with its unions to give…
HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT awarded a total of $1.5 million to MedStar Health Research Institute and Indianapolis-based Regenstrief Institute for projects focused on agentic AI in clinical care and laboratory interoperability. The awards are part…
Patients at Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health are linking their medical records to ChatGPT at a rapidly accelerating pace, and the health system is footing part of the bill for a connection it never turned on. The number of patients at…
Utah has approved a pilot that lets AI from Nolla Health issue initial acne prescriptions without a physician visit. The company says it is the first organization in the U.S. cleared for AI to write new prescriptions. The state has…