CMS relief funding for healthcare providers affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware attack was inconsistently distributed, a new study found. Here are five things to know from the December Health Affairs paper analyzing 8,538 organizations that received advanced and accelerated…

A patient gets admitted for evaluation. The attending orders a consult. That specialist recommends a test and the test identifies an incidental finding that needs further workup. As a clinician myself, I appreciate that each step feels justified at the…

Patients are increasingly uploading test results, medical images and physicians’ notes to ChatGPT for faster responses and second opinions, The New York Times reported. But healthcare experts warn about inaccurate answers and privacy concerns when people feed their electronic medical…

At Becker’s 13th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, a featured session dissected the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence in electronic health records (EHRs) — and what healthcare leaders need to know to separate true innovation from industry noise. Moderated by…

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…

Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health is implementing ambient listening for clinical documentation from healthcare AI company Abridge. The $425 million rural health system began piloting the technology Dec. 2, integrating the ambient AI into its Epic EHR. Feedback from this…

The University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, N.Y., has entered a seven-year Care Alliance with GE HealthCare to upgrade imaging technology, expand precision medicine capabilities and standardize patient monitoring across the UR Medicine system. Here are five things to…

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…

GE HealthCare and Mayo Clinic have launched GEMINI-RT, a new collaboration focused on personalizing radiation therapy by integrating imaging, AI and patient monitoring across the cancer care continuum. GEMINI-RT, short for the GE HealthCare–Mayo Clinic Initiative in Radiation Therapy, builds…