Contract negotiations began in September but have stalled. Workers walked off the job at dozens of Kaiser hospitals and clinics on Jan. 26. Now the scope of the strike is expanding and there are no new negotiations scheduled. 

Medical AI is likely to pass along potentially dangerous misinformation when the distortion comes to the model from a normally trustworthy source using a convincingly authoritative voice. 

The cyberattack occurred in May 2025, when vendor ApolloMD's network was compromised. The full scope of the breach was reported to HHS on Feb. 10. An infamous ransomware group claimed credit for the attack and threatened to release a data trove on the dark web. It's unclear if any ransom was paid. 

Recent days have seen some nerve-rattling brain dumps about the near future—including five figurative minutes from now—authored by tech luminaries who specialize in AI innovation. 

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.”

In a new poll, more insured adults listed receiving coverage approval for treatment and medications as the single largest burden they face when navigating the U.S. healthcare system than any other issue. KFF found that 47% experienced “denied, delayed or altered” patient care over the last two years. 

The insurer said Google’s Gemini was part of the new AI’s core development. The system will support customer service interactions by automatically summarizing calls and pulling up relevant information, without the need for manual input. The Google Cloud will be providing the necessary data security to ensure patient privacy, the companies added. 

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.

Solace Health, a company that connects patients with an "advocate" to help them navigate the U.S. healthcare system after a diagnosis, announced on Tuesday that it's earned $130 million in Series C funding, bringing its valuation to the coveted “unicorn status."

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.