An AI system that simulates a panel of physicians reached the correct diagnosis in about 80% of test cases, compared with 36% to 47% for generalist physicians, though researchers caution the results come from a controlled, text-only benchmark rather than real-world practice.

From opt-out handling and consent records to encryption and carrier registration, here's what a compliant patient texting system needs and the questions to ask before choosing a vendor.

Physicians have embraced ambient documentation faster than almost any technology before it. But every note it writes carries your signature, and lawyers, auditors and patients are starting to read those notes closely.

The Kirksville center's grant arrives weeks before maternity care billing splits into separate services Jan. 1.

Physician groups in risk contracts often learn what they owe months or years after the fact. Medical Economics spoke with Najib Jai, M.D., MBA, chief operating officer of Arbital Health, about why settlements turn into disputes and how actuarial AI tracks contract performance while the year is still underway.

The physician and health tech executive will argue that patients labeled "hard to reach" were never the problem.

Connected devices can stay in a practice for a decade or more. Here are the security, software-support and connectivity questions physicians should put to manufacturers before anything goes on the network.

An FAQ for practices closing gaps in both commercial and Medicare programs