A growing number of older Americans are relying on patient portals to communicate with their healthcare providers, but only a small share report being charged a copay for doing so, an April 4 study from the University of Michigan found.…

Generative artificial intelligence models can alter medical recommendations based solely on a patient’s socioeconomic or demographic background — even when clinical details are identical, according to a study conducted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New…

Houston Methodist has accelerated digital transformation in the last few years, installing technology and AI-driven applications across the health system in addition to opening a “smart hospital” designed for the digital era. The health system installed virtual care and ambient…

Paramus, N.J.-based Valley Health System’s investment in smart rooms at its new $868 million hospital has been “worth every penny,” its IT chief told Becker’s. The 370-bed, 910,000-square-foot Valley Hospital opened last April in Paramus, with rooms outfitted with 75-inch…

Seattle Children’s partnered with Google Cloud to develop an AI-powered tool called Pathway Assistant. The tool, built using Google’s Gemini models on its Vertex AI platform, is designed to help healthcare providers quickly access and apply critical medical information. Traditionally,…

Kaiser Permanente has terminated its national director of corporate security investigations, Craig Chew, amid allegations he received confidential data from a California criminal database accessed by an Oakland police officer, the Mercury News reported April 6. Mr. Chew, a former…

Nearly half of U.S. health systems are embracing generative AI, and the pace is only accelerating. For an industry often seen as trailing behind others in digital innovation, this momentum is a promising shift — driven by the growing realization…

Truckee, Calif.-based Tahoe Forest Health System is warning patients about a recent wave of scam attempts in which fraudsters are impersonating healthcare staff to obtain personal information. While the health system said there has been no breach or unauthorized access…

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will hand over the private patient information for 1 million patients to the defense team for a man accused of breaching patient data in 2023, according to Penn Live. Last year, the federal government reported around 1.2…

The global cybersecurity landscape is entering an AI-fueled arms race, with cybercriminals leveraging artificial intelligence to launch attacks as security experts deploy AI-driven defenses, according to John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association. The…