We talk with physician and writer Bob Wachter about why he’s cautiously optimistic that artificial intelligence will usher in a ‘golden age’ of medicine — and the questions he still has about these powerful new tools.
Health Care Innovation and Technology
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Should I Trust AI to Diagnose Me?
Physician and New Yorker writer Dhruv Khullar says artificial intelligence is a powerful tool to get quicker and more accurate diagnoses. But it can also be dangerous.
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Lots of Hospitals Are Using AI. Few Are Testing For Bias
New research sheds light on how many hospitals are using artificial intelligence, what they’re using AI for, and what it means for patients and policymakers.
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Patients Push to Shape the Future of AI
One advocate’s vision for the crucial role patients must play in the growth of health care AI.
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Ransomware Attacks: Bad for Hospitals, Deadly for Patients
New research shows that increasing ransomware attacks in health care are not only costly and disruptive, but also deadly.
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How Smartwatches Could Lead Doctors to Overtreat Patients
A new study suggests doctors struggle to know when and how to act on heart rhythm data generated by patients’ smartwatches.
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Experts Share Four Key Studies you Might have Missed this Summer
Experts from the Tradeoffs Advisory Board share some of their favorite new health policy studies.
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New Insights into Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Soleil interviews health economist Jevay Grooms about the NBER’s 2023 Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities conference.
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Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2
The Biden administration is proposing new regulations to keep racial bias in AI from getting to the bedside.
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Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 1
Artificial intelligence could revolutionize health care. It could also perpetuate and exacerbate generations of racial inequities.