Dave Pearson

3 weeks ago | aiin.healthcare | Dave Pearson

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days. Apple’s AI Doctor had better be one good virtual physician. After all, the expectations company has been setting lofty expectations for its forthcoming “biggest push into health yet.” The quote is from a Bloomberg headline. The story, by Apple watcher Mark Gurman, reminds tech newshounds that Apple CEO Tim Cook has pledged to make health the company’s signature contribution to society.

3 weeks ago | aiin.healthcare | Dave Pearson

Among the myriad processes to which AI could be meaningfully applied in healthcare, perhaps few are more easily overlooked than discharging patients from the hospital. The apparent oversight is due for correction, as the technology holds potential to transform patient discharge planning, the authors of a new report point out. How might AI make a difference?

4 weeks ago | aiin.healthcare | Dave Pearson

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days. Investors are betting on generative AI to solve costly provider workflow inefficiencies. So are provider executives. The American Hospital Association has taken note, citing a recent analysis by market intelligencer CB Insights. The scrutiny shows healthcare leaders increasingly looking to AI for help with staffing shortages, rising costs and administrative burdens.

4 weeks ago | aiin.healthcare | Dave Pearson

Wearable health gadgets equipped with AI present myriad opportunities and challenges to healthcare consumers and the healthcare professionals who diagnose, treat and track them. As noted by researchers in a paper published March 22 in NPJ Digital Medicine, “wearable AI” takes traditional wearable health devices to a whole next level.

1 month ago | aiin.healthcare | Dave Pearson

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days. As California goes, so goes the nation. There’s more than a little truth in that maxim. The rub is that sometimes the Golden State leads the other 49 to a better way, other times not so much. In any case, California has moved assertively to legislate guardrails around AI in healthcare. The state’s Physicians Make Decisions Act prohibits payers from using AI to unilaterally deny coverage.