By OWEN TRIPP So much of the early energy around generative AI in healthcare has been geared toward speed and efficiency: freeing doctors from admin tasks, automating patient intake, streamlining paperwork-heavy pain points. This is all necessary and helpful, but much of it boils down to established players optimizing the existing system to suit their…
Limbic launches AI-powered CBT under FDA Pilot program
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released its second interim staff report on prescription drug middlemen. The report examines the impact of PBMs (specifically CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx) on specialty generic drugs, highlighting substantial price markups by PBMs on medications for cancer, HIV and other conditions. The post Healthcare Leaders Support FTC’s…
H1 has raised over $200m to build out a very comprehensive data set of physicians internationally. Those products were primarily aimed at pharma. Now they are moving into the world of managing physician data for plans and providers, primarily via the 2025 acquisitions of Ribbon Health and Veda Health. I spoke with CEO Ariel Katz,…
Chenyang Lu, Ph.D., founding director of the AI for Health Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, speaks about uniting AI researchers and health professionals
While many AI conversations revolve around regulated industry transformation, the question is where to actually start in a way that does not break trust, budgets or regulatory limits. The post The AI Value Gap and Why Validation is a Practical First Win for Life Sciences appeared first on MedCity News.
Agentic AI is emerging as “hireable” digital labor in healthcare, according to Nvidia’s Kimberly Powell. She argued that once health system leaders stop viewing AI as software and start treating it as a workforce asset, the technology could rapidly reduce burnout and expand access to care. The post Healthcare’s Next Workforce Shift: Making AI ‘Hireable’…
Trust in the U.S. healthcare system is eroding, but experts say rebuilding it is possible. They say this will require both payers and providers to prioritize empathy, transparency and personalized communication. The post Americans’ Trust in the Healthcare System Is Plummeting. How Can It Be Repaired? appeared first on MedCity News.
By TREVOR VAN MIERLO Most of us know the story of the Model T – but what’s often overlooked is how it applies to other industries, especially digital health. Let’s revisit: In the early 1900s cars were custom built. You’d meet with a consultant, design the car, place your order, and wait for months for…
Center for Connected Medicine at UPMC, KLAS Research interview more than two dozen executives on AI infrastructure, governance