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New Gallup research shows AI carving transition into the healthcare landscape
Almost 15% of more than 5,500 U.S. adults—representing around 14 million individuals—have skipped a doctor visit after feeling satisfied enough with health advice they received from AI.
To optimize infection-control practices, know your providers’ priorities
Demonstrated cost-effectiveness is a highly motivating factor in getting healthcare workers to adopt measures for preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections.
PFA associated with heightened stroke risk
PFA is still quite safe overall. However, new data out of EHRA 2026 suggest cardiologists have much to learn about minimizing risk during treatment.
Nuanced clinical reasoning remains beyond the ken of frontier LLMs
Harvard researchers put 21 state-of-the-art large language models through their paces. The results are in.
Supporters vs. denouncers of the White House’s proposed 2027 budget: Voices heard in or near healthcare circles
If the budget makes it through Congress intact as submitted—a big if even with the president’s party in the majority in both chambers—healthcare is in for some strict belt-tightening.

Policy advisors: America’s ‘crisis in rural maternity care’ cries out for attention

Maternity care is in danger of vanishing from rural communities across the U.S., and two addressable if not reversible trends largely account for the peril.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

CMS rule proposed for 2025 offers big upsides for dually eligible individuals: Analysis

Patient advocates state the updated governance would not only integrate coverage for underserved populations but also clamp down on the “games” that Medicare Advantage plans have been known to “play” with Medicaid patients.

Data shows COVID precautions gave ‘screenable’ cancers an unwelcome opening

Many public health experts believe global pandemics will become more frequent in coming years. Given the advance warning, healthcare leaders should plan now to encourage screening compliance then.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Americans carrying at least $220B in medical debts ranging from modest to crushing

Among the 20 million-plus Americans who have unpaid medical bills totaling more than $250, almost a quarter—5 million people—owe between $2,001 and $5,000.

Notorious hospital cybervillain acknowledges guilt, heads to prison

An international cybercrime mastermind who compiled a long resumé of remote break-ins—including a hit that cost a major U.S. medical center $30 million—has pled guilty to two counts of conspiracy.

Care Delivery

New Gallup research shows AI carving transition into the healthcare landscape

To optimize infection-control practices, know your providers’ priorities

PFA associated with heightened stroke risk

Nuanced clinical reasoning remains beyond the ken of frontier LLMs

Supporters vs. denouncers of the White House’s proposed 2027 budget: Voices heard in or near healthcare circles