Care Delivery

This channel includes news on cardiovascular care delivery, including how patients are diagnosed and treated, cardiac care guidelines, policies or legislation impacting patient care, device recalls that may impact patient care, and cardiology practice management.

State sues AI company after bot impersonates doctor
The digital entity gave at least one end-user a phony medical-license number. Unfortunately for the chatbot, that end-user was a state investigator.
UnitedHealthcare looks to reduce prior authorizations by 30% before end of 2026
The insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group said the shift is part of its ongoing effort to eliminate the barriers between care delivery and medical coverage. The full list of services exempt from prior authorizations includes diagnostic tests and many outpatient surgeries.
Blame towering market power for soaring hospital prices: Healthcare affordability specialist
“When hospitals that were once competitors merge, prices go up—often by double-digit percentages—with no measurable improvement in patient outcomes.”
5-year checkup shows ‘hospital at home’ healthy but siloed
Hospital-at-home inpatient care is no worse than its traditional counterpart at facilitating good clinical outcomes for reasonable overall costs. In fact “HaH” is sometimes considerably better on both those scores.
Study: As fathers protect children, fatherhood protects dads
Becoming a father seems to make a man less likely to die young. What’s more, when a father passes away within the first five years of his child’s life, the cause is usually non-natural and thus preventable.

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.

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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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Impella heart pump provides value during high-risk PCI, meta-analysis confirms

Using an Impella heart pump during high-risk PCI was linked to a reduced short-term mortality rate and an acceptable safety profile.

Healthcare AI today: State-level regulation, a doubled budget, White House vs. CHAI, more

California, Illinois, Nevada and Texas. There’s your answer should anyone ask you which states are burning to regulate healthcare AI while Washington fiddles.

Radiology Partners supplements regular breast screenings with as-needed—and AI-aided—cardiology referrals

The nation’s largest radiology practice is introducing an AI-based service that can warn women of looming cardiovascular risk whenever they receive a routine screening mammogram.

Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world

Heart surgeon under investigation after deaths—colleagues questioned her judgement

The surgeon has been accused of performing multiple procedures she was not skilled enough to take on. After undergoing additional training, she could soon return to the job—and her colleagues are not happy.

Healthcare AI today: FDA seeking insider know-how, AI ogling insurance claims, deepfake doctors making rounds, more

Just because the FDA has approved an AI-equipped medical device doesn’t mean the agency knows how the techno-apparatus will perform in the real world.

Healthcare AI today: Blind prior-auth pilots, sputtering healthtech romance, solo AI surgeons, more

Meet a robot surgeon who could operate on patients with no human in the room.

Care Delivery

State sues AI company after bot impersonates doctor

UnitedHealthcare looks to reduce prior authorizations by 30% before end of 2026

Blame towering market power for soaring hospital prices: Healthcare affordability specialist

5-year checkup shows ‘hospital at home’ healthy but siloed

Study: As fathers protect children, fatherhood protects dads