Someday the computerization of medicine will be recognized as the game-changing, paradigm-shifting, everything-upending “disruptive innovation” that so many healthcare watchers and stakeholders have been waiting for. “Today,” however, “it’s often just plain disruptive.”
E-mails sent to the full workforce at hospitals and health systems are costly due to the time they take away from recipients’ other essential duties and tasks. How costly? Researchers have done the math.
The U.S. Department of Justice said MultiCare admitted in court documents to ignoring warnings from a whistleblower and staff who said a neurosurgeon was performing spinal surgeries on patients without medical need and billing the procedures to Medicare.
The failing health system allegedly hired intelligence firms that put a tracking device on a car, accessed a personal smartphone to find lurid information on an executive and attempted to frame a politician for bribery.
The U.S. is far from alone in the world in its wranglings across public and private sectors to adopt propitious healthcare AI innovations quickly yet safely.
MeMD offers on-demand telehealth services to more than 5 million patients. Fabric said the buyout will be a smooth transition with no impact on patient care.
The American Medical Association said it will lobby for an indefinite extension of Medicare reimbursement for telemedicine services, fighting a Dec. 31, 2024, sunset date.
Despite diagnostic imaging leading with over 1,000 FDA-cleared AI tools, the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects radiology to see 5% job growth through 2034.
