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HHS unveils breast cancer screening initiative
The HHS initiative will focus on patient education about dense breast cancer screening, coming at a time when overall cancer screening rates are low.
AI's recommendations cost 3x more than physician care plans
Clinical AI tools are suggesting more treatments for patients versus human providers, adding more fuel to the healthcare cost conundrum.
AI fills front office staffing gaps, but who manages the AI?
Astrana Health's experience with front-office AI highlights the need for a balance between automation, human support and ongoing oversight.
Developers, not doctors, should be held accountable for generative AI medical devices, providers say
Provider groups flocked to comment on a proposal from the Food and Drug Administration on regulating generative AI-backed medical devices.
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AHRQ launches $8M health AI competition
The agency will dole out millions in prizes to automate clinical evidence synthesis and develop research apps, aligning with Trump's push to deploy "super intelligence" in government.
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Health AI offers solid ROI, but threatens workforce cuts
A new report shows health AI demonstrating strong ROI quicker than expected, with healthcare executives planning workforce cuts of 8-13% as a result.
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Access, not hesitancy, stymies flu vaccine rates
Surveying shows vaccine hesitancy isn't all that's dampening flu vaccine rates, as care access and mixed messaging keep people who want the shot from receiving it.
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Nurses dissatisfied with AI implementation, feel 'watched' by AI
Many nurses are dissatisfied with AI implementation, saying they feel surveilled and burdened with added workloads, which could hamper AI adoption in healthcare, a new survey shows.
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AI chatbots don't replace online research for patients. They add to it.
More than half of patients using AI chatbots to learn more about their health use the tool alongside other online resources, like webpages managed by health systems.
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Shadow AI prevalent, as 72% of health orgs deploy without IT approval
Security gaps, including shadow AI deployments, may hamper the use of agentic AI in healthcare despite leaders' confidence in the technology's transformative potential.
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Like Iron Man's JARVIS, providers see AI as the ultimate assistant for physicians
In our third story in a series on AI in healthcare, clinicians from New York and Boston discuss how transformative they expect AI to be as the technology evolves rapidly.
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Are AI agents the key to optimizing online appointment scheduling?
Community Health Network deployed AI agents to help navigate consumers through the common logjams that keep them from using online appointment scheduling.
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Inside Hackensack Meridian's first-in-nation Joint Commission AI certification
Following Hackensack Meridian Health achieving Joint Commission's inaugural certification for AI use, its chief digital and information officer discusses what went into getting the honor.
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As AI tools multiply, health systems are centralizing AI management
Implementations of a centralized platform at Inova Health and Mount Sinai Health System show how unifying AI management can support ongoing AI implementation and governance efforts.