By David Burda – Hospitals and doctors charge sick or injured patients unaffordable prices for their care. Patients as a result rack up billions of dollars in unpaid medical bills across the country. The question is, what is there to do about it?
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With recent advances in augmented intelligence, the American Medical Association House of Delegates adopted policy during its Annual Meeting calling for greater regulatory oversight of insurers’ use of AI in reviewing patient claims and prior authorization requests.
By David Burda – Healthcare executives always lie about why they did what they did, whether what they did is a merger, acquisition, affiliation or strategic partnership. The only correct answer is “for economic reasons.” They made a deal to preserve revenue or profits or to increase revenue or profits. That’s it. Sorry.
By David Burda – How well do doctors interact with patients? Is there a difference between how they interact with patients in person and online? And what if that online interaction isn’t with a real doctor but with an AI-powered chatbot? A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine last month examined.
This month’s AI report includes news and updates from Waystar, Wolters Kluwer Health, Massive Bio, Ezra, GE HealthCare, DrFirst, ObjectiveHealth, LeanTaaS, Inc., Carbon Health, Paige, Tempus, Fairtility, Esco Medical, Televox, & more.
By Jeremy Dixon & Wesley Combs – Natural language processing tools driven by artificial intelligence—the most well-known being ChatGPT—are poised to revolutionize the ways we do business and live our lives. Without question, these tools will affect your medical practice. The question is how.
By Katie Brenneman – New technology trends are taking the load off many doctors and nurses and making life easier for patients. When it comes to AI, these are technologies and trends we can be expecting to see.
By William Hersh MD – In the last decade or so, a number of new names have emerged for the kinds of activities historically studied, disseminated, and taught by those who work in biomedical and health informatics. Each of these areas has emerged as a “hot topic” in biomedicine and healthcare, with resulting…
By Jon Moore MS JD HCISPP and Dr. Thomas Graham PhD – Artificial intelligence is a tool; like any tool, it is capable of benevolent and malevolent applications. As with any novel technology, there is often an eagerness to adopt and utilize it. But what are the potential hazards?