AI

The gap between hype and reality

A Medical Economics and Physicians Practice flash poll, sponsored by Heidi, found physicians split on AI, even as 70% are using or evaluating AI scribes in their practices.

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The UCSF Department of Medicine chair says AI scribes are the right first use case for AI in health care.

The physician group is pushing for disclosure rules, FDA review, crisis-detection mandates and advertising limits on tools patients increasingly use for mental health support.

How artificial intelligence could become proactive to unlock physician time, at a time when it’s more needed than ever.

Robert Wachter, M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, takes us inside the AI scribe era.

Health care clinicians don't want AI running the show, but they are happy to have it help.

The top news stories in medicine today.

Whether you are thinking about getting an AI-powered scribing tool or already using one, you need to ask these questions

A new Mass General Brigham study tested 21 large language models on the full clinical workflow and found a striking gap between the AI's ability to reach a final diagnosis and its ability to reason through one.

Health care attorney Dan Silverboard, J.D., breaks down the legal risks physicians and practices face when using AI.

Access has overtaken staffing as health care's defining challenge, and physicians who don't embrace AI and team-based care risk falling behind.

Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) explains why he wants to ban the WISeR model, and why AI should be used to fix prior authorization, not make it worse.

A new KFF tracking poll shows AI use rivaling social media as a source of health information, particularly among younger and uninsured patients.

Medical Economics, Physicians Practice and Heidi Health will share exclusive national physician survey data on AI adoption, scribe utilization and the financial realities of implementation in a live virtual event on April 29.

Skillsoft's Asha Palmer, J.D., on why clinicians keep reaching for unsanctioned AI, what risks practices are actually underestimating and how to build governance that sticks.

Health care accounted for 84% of total recoveries.

Better quality focus and policy pressure are driving down safety events, even as the patients left in hospitals grow more complex.

Ambient listening is going mainstream. Advanced practice providers are filling a physician shortage that isn't going away anytime soon.

Health care attorney Pat Naples, J.D., breaks down the legal mechanics behind CMS's latest antifraud actions and what physicians should be doing before enforcement comes to them.

Employment attorney Christopher Mayer, J.D., breaks down what physician practice leaders need to know about AI-driven layoff decisions and the fast-changing landscape for non-compete agreements.

The best use of artificial intelligence will not be the fastest use of AI. First, understand where it really matters

Staffing shortages, rising patient acuity and the spread of AI self-diagnosis tools are all hitting the health care system at the same time.