A patient whose $213 million lawsuit judgment against a Florida children’s hospital was reversed has asked the court to reconsider the decision. Maya Kowalski, who a jury originally awarded $261 million from St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital,…

Patients are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for health information, driven by long wait times, high healthcare costs and dissatisfaction with clinical interactions, The New York Times reported Nov. 16. About 17% of adults said they use AI chatbots at…

AI in healthcare is moving fast, and for CIOs, the reality is neither pure hype nor unbridled enthusiasm, but something more complex. Technology leaders describe a landscape crowded with vendors, saturated with promises and noise, yet simultaneously producing real, measurable…

A judge has cleared the way for Nebraska to continue its lawsuit against Change Healthcare and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, over a ransomware attack that compromised sensitive data for nearly half the state’s residents. In December 2024, Nebraska Attorney…

AI in healthcare has reached a critical inflection point. Across the industry, organizations are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, believing it will revolutionize patient care, reduce administrative burdens and boost efficiency. Yet, despite billions in spending, the returns have been underwhelming. A recent…

As health systems navigate rapid change in AI, digital tools and cybersecurity, one role remains foundational to consistent execution: the project manager.  At Henry Ford Health, project managers are not just facilitators, they are essential drivers of alignment, quality and…

Healthcare is one of the most complex operating systems in the world. Even when occupancy looks steady, the ground is constantly shifting. With a national average length of stay of about 4.7 days1, a typical hospital effectively “turns” one in…

Technology has been both a promise and a problem in healthcare. When EHRs arrived in hospitals, they were heralded as a revolution — bringing order to messy paper charts and standardizing how care was documented. But soon after, clinicians found…

A majority of healthcare organizations plan to maintain or increase their spending on health IT professional services in 2025, even as policy shifts and margin pressures create widespread financial uncertainty, according to a Nov. 12 KLAS Research report. KLAS surveyed…

Conifer is collaborating with Google Cloud to embed advanced AI at scale across its end-to-end revenue cycle management platform. The RCM company is developing a next-generation platform built on Google Cloud that will be fully integrated into Conifer’s proprietary workflows,…