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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?

Aakriti Gupta, MD, Cedars-Sinai, explains use of cerebral embolic protection devices in TAVR

An updated look at the use of cerebral embolic protection devices during TAVR

Cardiologist Aakriti Gupta, MD, MSc, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about the latest data and trends associated with using cerebral embolic protection devices during TAVR to lower the risk of stroke.

Healthcare AI newswatch: Trump-era AI regs, AI sign language, AI dentistry, more

The Trump administration will probably play to type when it comes to regulating AI.

Generative AI isn’t changing everything for patients and providers—but it’s not leaving much unaffected, either

Generative AI is altering the way healthcare consumers size up hospitals, group practices and individual providers. But the comparison shopping would pose a challenge to healthcare organizations even if AI hadn’t entered the picture.

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Healthcare AI newswatch: Consumer mistrust, humanoid robots, vendor wars, more

Healthcare consumers are wary of healthcare systems packing AI.

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Antibiotics prescriptions: There’s a large-language model for that

Add this to the list of high-risk healthcare activities to which generative AI can contribute: prescribing antibiotics.

Opportunistic imaging detects signs of heart disease in lung cancer patients

These findings show that opportunistic imaging could go a long way toward making more patients aware of the cardiovascular risks they face—all without requiring additional scans to be performed.

FDA announces new recall of Johnson & Johnson heart pumps over safety concerns

No devices need to be returned at this time. However, the FDA warned, using these heart pumps without reviewing the updated instructions could result in "serious injury or death.”

Healthcare AI newswatch: UnitedHealth lawsuit, humanized medical AI, mobile AI care clinics, more

A federal judge has vacated five of seven complaints against UnitedHealth Group—yet is allowing the AI-implicated suit to advance.

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