As Shared Decision-Making Ails, AI May Save This Human Interaction

By MICHAEL MILLENSON Shared decision-making between doctors and patients may be “the pinnacle of patient-centered care,” but three new medical journal articles suggest it’s encountering more problems than peaks. Yet counterintuitively, itContinue reading…

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As Shared Decision-Making Ails, AI May Save This Human Interaction

Shared Decision-Making is often not used, even for cancer patients, but artificial intelligence may force it onto the doctor-patient relationship.

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Amid Health Care Turmoil, Dr. Oz Calms Major CMS Conference, House GOP

Dr. Mehmet Oz is emphasizing continuity at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services along with ambitious goals for quality, safety and use of digital technology.

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Patient Survival Jumps If In-Hospital MD Aced Assessment Test: Study

A hospitalist’s score on a knowledge and judgement test linked to board certification is linked to a patient’s chance of surviving a hospital stay or needing readmission.

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Trump, Archimedes Hold Lessons For CMS Hospital, Safety Rules

In “The Art of the Deal” Donald Trump emphasized leverage. CMS should leverage its regulations to make hospital care better and safer and give patients more information.

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High-Profile Start-Ups Inato And Prenosis Show AI ‘Best Practice’

Treating artificial intelligence as just one ingredient in the recipe for business success was emphasized by health care investors and start-ups at MedCity INVEST 2025.

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3 Quick Ways For Oz To Reach CMS ‘Power To The People’ Goals

CMS’s Oz can bring ‘power to the people’ by making Medicare Advantage star ratings local, bringing transparency to ACOs and improving the information on Medicare Compare.

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Dr. Google Starts Sharing Regular Folks’ Advice As Chatbots Loom

“Dr. Google” is now including advice from the public on living with illness amid growing competition for health information seekers from AI chatbots like ChatGPT.

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AI Using What Nurses See Sinks Deaths Stunning 36%, But Grant Pulled

An innovative use of artificial intelligence that essentially monitors patients through the eyes of the nurses resulted in a …

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“Health Care” vs. “Healthcare” Signals Change Greater Than Grammar

By MICHAEL MILLENSON “The New Yorker House Style Joins The Internet Age” announced the magazine’s daily newsletter under the byline of Andrew Boynton, whose appropriately old-fashioned title was “Head of Copy.” AmongContinue reading…

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