As Deere Plows New Ground In AI Innovation, Health Care Should Reap Lessons

Deere & Co’s AI innovations have drawn praise from experts who say their restructuring of work holds lessons for health care and other industries.

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In Patient Safety, Human Hospital Teams Still (Mostly) Beat AI

At the annual meeting of The Leapfrog Group, patient safety AI showed potential, but it was the efforts of front-line staff that are driving implementation today/

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How Much Power Should We Give AI In End-Of-Life Decisions?

AI predictions are set to become part of end-of-life care decisions, but what role they’ll play in relation to humans and our values remains a wide-open question.

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Health Insurance Affordability Is Red Hot, And Psychology Explains Why

Affordable health insurance isn’t just a political issue, but speaks to one of the core psychological motivators of all human behavior.

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Lessons From The Medical Error That Orphaned A Cabinet Secretary

Howard Lutnick’s recent mention of the chemotherapy overdose that killed his father provides a chance to bluntly discuss patient safety and slashing medical error.

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Epic’s “Emmie” Chatbot Enhances the Patient Voice – For Their *Real* Customers

By MICHAEL MILLENSON A Rock Health write-up of this year’s Epic Users Group Meeting captured the artificial intelligence vibe with a play on the names of three new AI chatbots rolled outContinue reading…

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Epic’s “Emmie” Chatbot Enhances the Patient Voice – For Their *Real* Customers

By MICHAEL MILLENSON A Rock Health write-up of this year’s Epic Users Group Meeting captured the artificial intelligence vibe with a play on the names of three new AI chatbots rolled outContinue reading…

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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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