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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.
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.
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.
High healthcare costs force chronically ill patients to skip care, meds
Around half of people with one or more chronic illnesses have skipped or delayed care in the past year, and for a third of them, it was due to high healthcare costs.
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Latest News
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Study: More young women skip cervical cancer screenings
The number of women aged 21-29 having never gotten a cervical cancer screening nearly doubled between 2005 and 2023, researchers wrote.
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Docs say medical misinformation is on the rise, but AI isn't behind it
Physicians say social media is the biggest contributor to the rise in medical misinformation, not patient use of AI chatbots.
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AI testing, validation common but inconsistent across healthcare providers
AI testing and validation approaches still vary widely as most healthcare providers adopt third-party solutions, creating what a recent report deems a patchwork of AI strategy maturity levels.
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Average emergency department wait times reach 2.5 hours
Long emergency department wait times imperil patient access to care, leaving an average of 2.27% of patients giving up on the ED before they can even be seen.
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AMA, DiMe launch AI framework for physicians amid rapid tech progress
The new framework outlines physicians' responsibilities in the AI era, emphasizing the importance of maintaining patient trust, clinical judgment and safe implementation.
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March of Dimes: Maternity care deserts impact 2.4M women
March of Dimes said labor and delivery unit closures led to widespread maternity care deserts and healthcare access issues.
Features
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From 100 hours to 10: Tech streamlines cancer data collection, insights
Cancer center leaders discuss how joining ConcertAI's CancerLinQ network cut QOPI data abstraction time, while enabling data insights and benchmarking.
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3 considerations for health systems adopting AI chatbots
As health systems consider adopting their own AI chatbots, they must assess how the tool will fit into the market -- and their end-users' workflows.
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How a clinical-reasoning framework can help improve smaller AI models' performance
Researchers built a clinical framework to study the reasoning of smaller open-source AI models to make them more accessible and cost-effective, especially in rural areas.
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How a cross-sector collab seeks to bridge rural healthcare's AI divide
A new partnership between the National Rural Health Association and Viz.ai aims to support health AI implementation in rural hospitals using educational webinars and toolkits.