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to make corrective measures in a dispute centered on who is able to access patient data and for what reason.

Stanford Health Care uses AI-generated replies to in-basket messages and has an ambient AI scribe to reduce clinician burden, but does not use AI for clinical decision support, says medical informatics director Dr. Shreya Shah.  

The charges are unlawful distribution of about 70 million opioid pills and 30 million doses of other prescription drugs.

A public-facing genAI chatbot allows citizens to get the answers they deserve, no matter how they get to them, says Josh Wymer, chief health Information and data strategy officer at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.  

North Carolina facility that produces 60% of supply closed due to Hurricane Helene.

Virginia-based health system has selected Ensemble, joining numerous other hospitals that are outsourcing some or all of rev cycle operations.

Four "mega merger" transactions were announced in the quarter.

The health system has partnered with Palantir for an AI-driven Virtual Command Center that includes Hospital 360, a real-time display of patient census and capacity, says Albert Marinez, chief analytics officer at Cleveland Clinic.

AI offers consumers easier access to diagnoses, treatment plans and cost estimates, with 87% being fine with the tech for clerical work; 50% being comfortable with its use in assisting physicians; but only 14% wanting AI to do a diagnosis on its own, says Mark Polyak, president of analytics at Ipsos.  

The Dayton VA Medical Center, working with MIT and Harvard, has developed an integrated algorithm called Sybil for the detection of lung nodules and cancer risk, says Zachary Arose, chief of healthcare technology management at the Dayton VA Medical Center.