By MIKE MAGEE This has been a challenging week for me, but not for the reasons you might think. Compartmentalization skills have allowed me to push the 2024 Presidential election into the back reaches of my mind as I worked to complete teaching a course on “AI and Medicine” at the Presidents College at the…
Effective adoption of agentic AI in healthcare hinges on understanding its interdependent layers, implementing responsible use practices like bias mitigation and explainability, and fostering organizational trust through deliberate, human-centered strategies.
This is a transcript of my HIMSS interview with Bevey Miner, EVP Healthcare Strategy & Policy at Consensus Cloud Solutions. Usually I’d show the video but in this case my fancy new microphone didn’t work so you’d only hear a one sided conversation. Luckily Youtube’s transcript somewhat came to the rescue–Matthew Holt Matthew: Another THCB…
Pennsylvania sued Character.ai, alleging one of the startup’s AI chatbots illegally practiced medicine by posing as a licensed psychiatrist. The case marks the second state lawsuit against the startup and highlights growing regulatory scrutiny of AI chatbot platforms and their safety guardrails. The post Pennsylvania Sues Chatbot Over Claims It Impersonates Doctors appeared first on…
The Medicare program will spend at least $13 billion on the Medicare Advantage quality bonus program in 2026, as 68% of Medicare Advantage enrollees are in a plan that qualifies for higher payments under the program.
When Matthew Hurley was looking to take PrEP to prevent HIV, the doctor hadn’t heard of the medicine, and when he finally did prescribe PrEP, the bills sent to Hurley were expensive … and wrong. “I decided to write in because the process was really super frustrating.” At one point, Hurley asked, “Am I just…
What clinicians really need today is comprehensive support to offload routine tasks. They need intelligent systems that can proactively highlight relevant patient history before appointments, flag care gaps, and automatically queue up appropriate screening reminders or preventive care protocols. The post I Didn’t Dedicate My Career to Medicine to Manage Paperwork — And AI Scribes…
Fiore et al. (2026) just released their annual national health expenditure projections in Health Affairs. I summarize some of the key findings in Q&A format. How much is the US currently spending on health care? $5.7 trillion. This is represents an increase in healthcare spending as a share of GDP from 18.0% in 2024 to…
Consumer diagnostics will be one of several discussions at the INVEST Digital Health conference focused on power shifting to the consumer in healthcare. The conference is scheduled for October 29 in Dallas at Pegasus Park, in partnership with Health Wildcatters. Click here to view the agenda and register. The post The Rise of Consumer Diagnostics…
We’re getting close to the July 19 deadline for submissions. Don’t miss this opportunity to pitch your company to a team of investors at INVEST Digital Health in Dallas on September 18! The post Is Your AI-Driven Healthcare Startup Ready for New Investment? Apply to INVEST Digital Health Pitch Perfect Today. appeared first on MedCity…