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The Department of Health and Human Services has unfurled a roadmap for aligning its approach to AI adoption in healthcare with the broad AI aspirations of President Trump.
HHS’s 340B drug discount program is set to shift to a rebate model on New Year’s Day. But a lawsuit and temporary restraining order filed by the AHA and others may block the change from going live on time.
Will there or won’t there be a federal moratorium on state-level regulation of AI?That’s only one question healthcare stakeholders are asking as 2025’s time begins running out.
Advanced AI technologies are starting to play a bigger role in TAVR care, helping cardiologists plan ahead, make critical decisions and predict potential complications. Looking to the future, though, it is clear this is just the beginning.
Healthcare consumers considering the use of large language AI for mental healthcare are apt to shy away from the technology if they feel it might put their privacy at risk.
Paravalvular leak was more common after TAVR, as one may expect, but that was the only notable difference between the two aortic valve replacement strategies. The study's authors did highlight the importance of additional research, including larger studies with longer follow-up periods.
Patients often develop AFib during cardiac surgery, leading to longer hospital stays, additional healthcare costs and a higher risk of mortality. Cooling the oblique sinus of the patient's heart as soon as AFib starts to develop may represent a new way to stop the problem in its tracks.
What attributes tend to nudge clinicians toward accepting AI into their work lives? Several, of course—but the most broadly determinative can be trimmed to just two.
An international team of researchers is calling on healthcare AI proponents to be more mindful of the technology’s unsuitability across much of the developing world.
The BATMAN technique is a safe, effective way to prevent LVOT obstruction during high-risk transcatheter mitral valve replacement, according to new data presented at SCAI 2025.