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STAT Plus: Hospitals struggle to validate AI-generated clinical summaries. ‘It’s a bit chaotic’

AI-powered summarization tools can save time and angst for hospital staff, but they can also introduce mistakes, or make things up.

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STAT Plus: Hospitals struggle to validate AI-generated clinical summaries. ‘It’s a bit chaotic’

STAT Plus: Researchers create talking throat patch for people with voice disorders

STAT Plus: AI health care companies say they’ll keep humans in the loop. But what does that actually mean?

STAT Plus: Oracle Health chair says Cerner isn’t competing with Epic

Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need

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STAT Plus: U.K. researchers warn about biases in medical devices, health care algorithms

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth gives timeline for Change restoration: payments up by late next week

STAT Plus: Former medical device CEO who sold dummy, plastic parts convicted of fraud

STAT Plus: With Meta’s backing, Headspace launches into VR

STAT Plus: Charging patients to message their doctors mostly benefits major hospital systems

STAT Plus: FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor

STAT Plus: Q&A: Microsoft research head explains how generative AI could help doctors be more human

STAT Plus: Federal regulators, scrambling to keep up with AI in health care, team up with industry to set standards

STAT Plus: Medicare is a tricky market for telehealth companies. Why is Talkspace betting on it?

STAT Plus: Medical device lobby says it’s tired of waiting on Medicare to cover breakthrough devices

STAT Plus: Icon acquires HumanFirst to boost support for digital tools in clinical trials

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth cyberattack impedes pharmacies’ and hospitals’ ability to process insurance claims

STAT Plus: Clinical notes automation startup Abridge raises $150 million, takes aim at Microsoft Nuance

STAT Plus: DarioHealth acquires Twill, hoping it’s a shortcut to profitability

STAT Plus: Hospitals race to adopt generative AI, even as regulators struggle to keep up with the risks

STAT Plus: FDA warns medical device makers about rise in fabricated data

STAT Plus: As regulators play catch up with AI, tech startups say uncertainty is slowing them down

STAT Plus: American Medical Association’s digital advisors table RPM coding reform proposal, again

STAT Plus: Digital tools helped lower blood pressure in marginalized patient groups

STAT Plus: FDA advisory panel votes in favor of Abbott’s new heart device

STAT Plus: Senate Democrats push for stronger rules around AI in Medicare Advantage

STAT Plus: AI can speed up drug discovery but don’t expect it to cure cancer, yet

STAT Plus: AI assurance labs intended to test health care technology have an equity problem

STAT Plus: Health care developers are impressed by Apple Vision Pro, but they aren’t diving head first

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