7+ hour, 13+ min ago  (292+ words) Despite artificial intelligence becoming an increasing source of health information, 85% of U. S. adults still get information from providers "at least sometimes," a new survey finds. Researchers at the Pew Research Center surveyed 5, 111 U. S. adults from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26 for the report. Aside…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (214+ words) The murder of Brian Thompson has shaken healthcare organization C-Suites across the country, forcing leaders to reexamine their own safety protocols, and to ask uncomfortable questions about their preparedness for an increasingly complex threat landscape that is more serious than…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (15+ words) Op-ed: Empathy meets efficiency'how the responsible use of AI can transform Medicare'Fierce Healthcare...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago  (139+ words) While CAHPS and HOS surveys are often conflated, they measure different, but deeply connected, dimensions of member's experience with their health and the care they receive. This session breaks down what separates these surveys, and what health plans can do…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (585+ words) LAS VEGAS'As agentic artificial intelligence hits the mainstream'and messaging coming out this week demonstrates that it has'federal healthcare leaders are fully on board with moving quickly to put AI agents in the hands of patients. Oz found a largely receptive…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (323+ words) Private equity (PE) acquisition of primary care practices was associated with modest increases in that practices' total clinicians, offset partially by an increase in advanced practice provider exits. So finds a new study, published in Health Affairs this month. It…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (491+ words) Health tech startup Tennr is focused on using artificial intelligence to fix the front office patient referral system by automating workflows and documentation intake." The use of voice AI for automated phone calls can help providers increase patient throughput without…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (237+ words) Verifiable, a healthcare credentialing and monitoring startup, is rolling out an autonomous AI agent for end-to-end credentialing. "This is a mission-critical process to any organization that has providers seeing patients," Nick Macario, CEO of Verifiable, told Fierce Healthcare. "It's just…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (374+ words) Open Evidence has made its artificial-intelligence-integrated doctor dialer feature more widely available as it expands its reach into more clinical workflows. The dialer communications tool enables HIPAA-secure, privacy-centric calling, messaging, faxing and straight-to-voicemail capabilities directly within the Open Evidence app,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (309+ words) Communication gaps, preventable delays and limited support place significant responsibility on patients on the rare disease journey, a new survey finds. The'survey (PDF) was conducted by PANTHERx Rare, an independent specialty pharmacy focused on rare diseases, alongside Morning Consult. It…...