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Healthcare sector continues to buoy job growth

Healthcare sector continues to buoy job growth

“Remove healthcare from the equation, and the US labor market is actually losing more than it is gaining,” one economist...

Hospital at home linked to lower ED visits, in-hospital mortality: study

Hospital at home linked to lower ED visits, in-hospital mortality: study

The findings suggest hospital at home could serve as a safe alternative to inpatient care, researchers wrote. However, adoption is...

Consumer health data’s regulatory patchwork is growing. Relief isn’t coming.

Consumer health data’s regulatory patchwork is growing. Relief isn’t coming.

Healthcare organizations are struggling to navigate the compliance landscape amid a pullback in federal enforcement, a wave of state legislation...

With ultrasound on a chip, Butterfly Network aims for global reach

With ultrasound on a chip, Butterfly Network aims for global reach

Butterfly, which makes handheld imaging machines, hopes to make the technology accessible to more patients with its pricing and AI...

Physician burnout is improving but some specialties lag, the AMA finds

Physician burnout is improving but some specialties lag, the AMA finds

The influential physician association surveyed thousands of doctors and found that burnout last year was lower than in 2024 or...

Most health AI users don’t rate chatbots as highly accurate: poll

Most health AI users don’t rate chatbots as highly accurate: poll

About 2 in 10 said they at least sometimes use AI chatbots to get health information, but only 18% considered...

AI scribe adoption linked to modest reductions in EHR, documentation time: study

AI scribe adoption linked to modest reductions in EHR, documentation time: study

Clinicians’ use of an AI scribe was associated with 13 fewer minutes each day in the EHR and 16 fewer...

1 in 3 adults use AI for health information: poll

1 in 3 adults use AI for health information: poll

More than 40% of users report uploading personal health information like test results or doctor’s notes into an AI tool,...

Provider consolidation slammed in latest House affordability hearing

Provider consolidation slammed in latest House affordability hearing

The head of the American Hospital Association attempted to defend consolidation. Members of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee were...

ARPA-H launches program to develop biosensors that can track multiple signals

ARPA-H launches program to develop biosensors that can track multiple signals

The research initiative is part of a broader focus on wearables at the Department of Health and Human Services. Article...