Health systems across the country are launching enterprise-wide deployments of AI-powered clinical documentation tools. Hospital leaders agree that this technology reduces physician burnout, as well as allows physicians to have more meaningful and productive interactions with patients. The post Which Clinical Documentation AI Tools Are Health Systems Using? appeared first on MedCity News.
The Novo Nordisk/Ascendis partnership’s lead program is once-monthly injectable semaglutide for type 2 diabetes and obesity. This product candidate will be developed with Ascendis Pharma technology that has already yielded two FDA-approved products with longer dosing intervals. The post Novo Nordisk Commits $285M to Ascendis to Kick Off Alliance on Longer-Acting GLP-1 Drugs appeared first…
Jason Hill, Ochsner Health’s innovation officer, said he goes to sleep most nights and wakes up most morning worried about one thing: the state of generative AI governance in healthcare. To him, providers and other healthcare organizations are in dire need of frameworks to ensure their AI tools are safe and perform well over time….
The FDA will remove black box warnings on hormone replacement therapies after evidence showed the risks were overstated. The post FDA Will Remove Warnings for HRT Products Used for Menopause appeared first on MedCity News.
Biohaven’s troriluzole, which initially failed a pivotal study in spinocerebellar ataxia, is now being readied for an FDA submission in this rare neurodegenerative disease. The turnabout is based on positive results from a new study that incorporated real-world evidence. The post Real-World Data Salvage Biohaven Drug, Paving Way for FDA Filing in Neuro Disease With…
The Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsidies are at risk of expiring at the end of 2025, and healthcare leaders are worried about what could happen if Congress doesn’t renew them. For instance, more Americans would become uninsured, premiums would increase, and hospitals would be saddled with more bad debt due to uncompensated care. The post…
AI doesn’t just demand better processes. It requires a complete redesign of traditional healthcare operations for a new level of precision, traceability, and governance. A new operating model that the vast majority of healthcare organizations simply aren’t built around today. The post Healthcare AI Is Only As Good As the Systems That Govern It appeared…
On the eastern plains of Colorado, in a county of less than 6,000 people, Lincoln Health runs the only hospital within a 75-minute drive. The facility struggles financially, given its small size and the area’s tiny population. But for over a decade, the Hugo, Colorado-based health system has remained afloat partially thanks to a surprising…
Rising healthcare costs are a key focus for AHIP, whose CEO says the group is pushing reforms to boost competition and reduce administrative burden. The post AHIP CEO: “We Are Laser-Focused on Affordability” appeared first on MedCity News.
Rural health system Reid Health is using Abridge’s AI-powered documentation tech to reduce burnout among nurses. It appears to be working — after-shift charting is down by up to 45 minutes, and the RN vacancy rate has been cut more than in half, said Misti Foust-Cofield, Reid’s chief nursing officer. The post Documentation Tools Aren’t…