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Artificial Intelligence

The Department of Health and Human Services has released an artificial intelligence strategy aimed at expanding AI use across its workforce and modernizing internal operations, research and public health activities. Here are five things to know about the strategy:

The American Hospital Association is advising healthcare organizations to be on the lookout for deepfake AI scams aiming to deceive employees. Cybercriminals are increasingly generating audio and video with AI to impersonate trusted individuals at hospitals and health systems, according…

Health systems are navigating financial pressure, rising patient demand and structural workforce shortages while simultaneously expanding access and modernizing care. Technology has become the system’s most powerful lever for solving these challenges, said Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine CIO Doug King The…

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham continues to report benefits from ambient AI scribes as the health system aims to get adoption of the technology above 50%. The organization’s latest research found that a hybrid approach — where virtual human scribes…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees on Dec. 1 that the company is declaring a “code red” to improve ChatGPT, a move that will divert resources away from several other projects, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 2. In a…

New York City-based Mount Sinai has implemented an FDA-approved AI tool designed to improve detection of congenital heart defects in fetal ultrasounds. The Carnegie Imaging for Women, a Mount Sinai-affiliated OB-GYN imaging facility, became the first center in New York…

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health has selected a Toronto-based technology firm to help govern and monitor its growing portfolio of AI tools. According to a Dec. 2 news release, Inova will implement Signal 1’s AI Management Platform to centralize oversight,…

The American Hospital Association is urging the FDA to revise the current framework for AI-enabled medical device clearance by pursuing risk-based post-deployment standards and other measures.  In a Dec. 1 letter, the AHA said the current framework for medical device…

The FDA has launched agentic AI capabilities for all agency staff, marking an expansion of its internal AI infrastructure. Agentic AI refers to systems that can plan, reason and carry out multi-step tasks while incorporating human oversight. The tools will…

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