Penn Medicine Puts AI in Virtual Triage
July 12, 2026Health systems are outsourcing the clinical interview to algorithms, but the real test is whether doctors actually regain their time.
Chatbots fail to ease patient decisional conflict
July 12, 2026A new clinical trial reveals that giving patients ChatGPT before or after their specialist visits does not reduce their anxiety or help them make better treatment decisions.
Evernorth Bets $100 Million on AI Pharmacy
July 12, 2026Specialty drug costs are eating health insurance budgets alive, forcing payers to automate the back office just to survive the margin squeeze.
AI Predicts Veteran Mortality Using Outpatient Billing Codes
July 12, 2026A new model bypasses complex clinical charts to predict long-term death risk using nothing but raw billing codes.
Turning Failed Clinical Trials Into AI Models
July 12, 2026Biotech companies are finding a second life for failed drug data, but recycling bad trials into predictive algorithms carries hidden risks.
AI reconstructs baby heart signals without skin damage
July 12, 2026A new AI model reconstructs missing neonatal heart signals using light-based sensors, bypassing the need for irritating skin adhesives in intensive care.
Federal Health Agencies Are Rushing Into AI
July 11, 2026Federal health agencies are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence, but their rush to deploy these tools is outpacing their willingness to govern them.
AI tackles the prostate MRI bottleneck
July 11, 2026Doubling scanning capacity is useless if there are no radiologists left to read the scans.
Automated Disease Activity Assessment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using Privacy-Preserving Large Language Models
July 11, 2026Automating lupus tracking with open-source language models could finally bring standardized disease monitoring to busy clinics.