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Healthcare AI today: Healthcare AI ROI, Microsoft mainlines healthcare AI, Google gets slapped back from within, more
What good is AI in healthcare if it doesn’t improve financial margins? The question is getting posed in the C-suites of provider organizations and insurance companies.
New expert guidelines examine the use of temporary MCS during heart surgery
Three leading medical societies collaborated on the new document, providing detailed recommendations that cover a wide variety of technologies and clinical scenarios.
‘Every second counts’: New Viz.ai platform brings the entire heart attack team together
The new platform provides users with real-time access to high-quality electrocardiograms and patient data. The goal is to ensure everyone is on the same page at all times, with no unnecessary delays.
Healthcare AI today: High-level healthcare AI kerfuffle, ARiSE wellness check, Dr. Bot book, more
A battle of words is brewing between the White House and the Coalition for Health AI.
The best children’s heart hospitals in the US
The annual list is based on resources, services provided, outcomes data and survey responses from thousands of physicians. Did your facility make the cut?

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AI in mental healthcare: 5 questions & answers

It stands to reason that the branch of healthcare most reliant on the use of language in clinical practice would embrace large language AI. But is U.S. mental healthcare on board with the notion?

Cardiologists perform world’s first TAVR with new ultra-low profile valve

The 88-year-old patient was originally not seen as a viable candidate for TAVR or surgery.

Clinics tap GPT-4 to ease charting burden, improve patient care

The hope is that the GPT-4-based notes assistant will ease the burden of manual charting on physicians while also offering patients more personalized visit summaries, Carbon Health announced June 5.

Healthcare entities offering employees direct-to-consumer telemedicine could cut costs nearly 25%

“This research shows the clear financial benefits when hospitals and health systems offer telemedicine services directly to their own employees."

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Incorrect place-of-service codes resulted in Medicare overpayments totaling in the millions

The audit revealed that Medicare overpaid by approximately $22.5 million due to incorrect place-of-service coding completed by practitioners.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Nearing a ‘breaking point’: Cardiologists support legislation designed to mitigate Medicare cuts to office-based services

These latest cuts could be a "breaking point" for physicians, according to a new letter to lawmakers.

Care Delivery

Healthcare AI today: Healthcare AI ROI, Microsoft mainlines healthcare AI, Google gets slapped back from within, more

New expert guidelines examine the use of temporary MCS during heart surgery

‘Every second counts’: New Viz.ai platform brings the entire heart attack team together

Healthcare AI today: High-level healthcare AI kerfuffle, ARiSE wellness check, Dr. Bot book, more

The best children’s heart hospitals in the US