The risks of rushing to incorporate AI into health care
As AI becomes more popular in health care, clinicians and patients should take the opportunity to learn about how the potential risks of these products. More
As AI becomes more popular in health care, clinicians and patients should take the opportunity to learn about how the potential risks of these products. More
Millions of Americans are receiving medical treatments, tests, and procedures that are either wasteful or ineffective every single year. These services, dubbed as “low-value health care,” are defined as services for which the potential for harm outweighs the potential for benefit, and they have critical consequences for patients and the health system at large, as they are estimated to cost $300 billion nationally each year. More
Health-care professionals advise parents to ask doctors whether they are jumping to the most extreme treatment and to ask about the risks of any suggested care More
In a recent article in The BMJ, members of the Right Care Alliance Emergency Medicine council outline ways in which clinicians can bring "value, balance and humanity to the emergency department." More
Medicare's voluntary bundled-payment program for hip and knee replacements reduced spending by 1.6% from 2013 to 2016 — less than previously estimated — with no overall change in quality, according to a new study in Health Affairs. More
Researchers and policymakers point to low-value medical services as a major source of U.S. health-care spending bloat — by a new estimate, up to $101.2 billion a year. More
Cancer survivors and their loved ones who attend meetings of the Prostate Network in Kansas City have talked for years about a radiation treatment called More
The quality of care at hospitals acquired during a recent wave of deal making got worse or stayed the same, new research found. More
AI systems are not as rigorously tested as other medical devices, and have already made serious mistakes More
The traditional fee-for-service “churn and earn” scenario, where the number of patients directly correlates to dollars earned is a disaster. More
This year’s Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease meeting began in mid-December with a bang and ended a few days later with hallway conversations laced with worry. The topic, in both cases, was aducanumab, an experimental drug for treating people with Alzheimer’s disease. More
Diagnostic tests for Alzheimer’s disease are already here. But the results may raise as many questions as they answer. More
A recent piece in The Guardian threatens an NHS effort to reduce overuse by framing it as "rationing." More
The lack of interoperability for electronic medical records is a problem — and a dangerous one. More
While news reports focus on an epidemic of opioid abuse among young adults, another totally legal and usually hidden drug epidemic is occurring at the other end of the age spectrum: the fistfuls of remedies — both prescription and over-the-counter — taken by older adults. More
An obvious way to reduce preventable harm in the hospital is to warn clinicians about harmful events before they happen. But the prevalence of alarms in the hospital, from medical equipment and EHRs, creates unintended consequences for clinician and patient well-being. More
Best practices for supporting residents with medication management to help you work with seniors and their prescribers for improved health outcomes More