Given the precarious excitement of the moment—or is it exciting precarity?—policymakers and healthcare leaders must set directives guiding not only what to do with AI but also when to do it. 

Integrating AI into the electronic medical record can make patient data more usable and dependable for end-users, according to a review of the relevant scientific literature published this month in the American Journal of Clinical and Medical Research.

When appropriately applied in critical care settings, AI can deliver considerable value to clinical staff, hospital management and local communities. In the process the technology may help resolve persistent staffing shortages.

Maquet Cardiovascular, a subsidiary of Getinge, is recalling two of its endoscopic vessel harvesting devices due to issues with different pieces bending, peeling or detaching during use. Some of the company's other EVH devices were recently involved in a separate recall for similar reasons. 

CMS is accepting public comments on the topic for a period of 30 days. Recor Medical and Medtronic have both shared statements in support of the potential policy shift.

HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.

CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?

Close to half the world’s cybersecurity professionals, 45%, have zero involvement in projects within their respective organizations to develop, implement and govern AI solutions.