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happy fulfilled physician

Of surveyed and interviewed U.S. physicians who showed significant six-month improvement in follow-up vs. baseline wellness checks, 47% attributed the gain to active personal changes. Not far behind were those who credited active work-related changes—40% of the field. 

boxing knockout

AI seems to be helping hospitals boost revenues without providing more care, according to a new analysis—from a major, AI-using health insurance company. 

The U.S. government's Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) recently launched a competition to build patient-facing artificial intelligence (AI), a supervisory agentic AI, and a scalable deployment plan. The agency's stated goal is to bring 24-7 cardiac care to every American, even those living in nearly half of U.S. counties without any cardiologists.

The long-term goal is to bring 24-7 cardiac care to every American, even those living in counties with no cardiologists.

fleeing AI apocalypse

Some 26 attorneys general have signed onto an initiative urging Congress to federally regulate the AI industry “immediately.” One of the voices countering the call is coming from inside the Big Tech arena. 

Sanjiv Narayan, MD, MBChB, MSc, FRCP, an American Heart Association volunteer, director of the electrophysiology research and atrial fibrillation program, and co-founder of the Stanford Arrhythmia Center at Stanford Medicine, sees AI at a major inflection point in cardiology, enabling cardiologists to become more efficient, gain more detailed insights into their patients' risk factors, better answers to clinical questions and help in navigating procedures. But, he said AI will not replace cardiologists.

AI-based tools are here to stay, but one expert does not see them replacing cardiologists anytime soon. Look at recent trends in radiology, he says, to get a better idea of what cardiology's future may look like.

Five beneficiaries of the safety-net healthcare program have sued with the support of the National Health Law Program. They are joined by prestigious industry lobbies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics.