AI has a long way to go before it meaningfully closes disparities in healthcare access and delivery. In fact, even when aimed at that goal, the technology can backfire. 

Meet an 86-year-old IT entrepreneur who recently beefed up his AI skills in a challenging postgraduate program. 

It’s no surprise Trump Administration II is taking a laissez-faire stance toward AI regulation. After all, the winning candidate campaigned pretty hard on scaling back all regulation. 

When blinded as to authorship, healthcare consumers slightly prefer medical messages composed by generative AI to those written by human clinicians. 

Two separate groups have published new research comparing early AVR with clinical surveillance for the treatment of asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Overall, the two groups found, early treatment was associated with multiple benefits—and no added risk of harm.

If U.S. healthcare is to help advance responsible and ethical AI for all communities, it very much needs to continue prioritizing DEI initiatives. 

The people who can least afford healthcare are often among those who need healthcare the most. 

One of the cardiologists involved in the procedures said they represent "a significant leap forward in structural heart intervention."