STAT Plus: Nuance begins selling AI system to automate physician note-taking during exams
The medical speech recognition company Nuance said Monday it will begin widely selling an artificial…
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A startup aims to reimagine the executive physical — with Silicon Valley flourish and a $3,500 price tag
SAN FRANCISCO — The three-martini lunch may be on the decline, but many big companies…
How the psychology of a $4.99 price tag might influence who undergoes heart surgery
Health economists aren’t generally known for their humor. There’s something about Medicaid that’s just deeply…
There’s no one-size-fits-all for healthy physician bodies. Why don’t ads for trendy medical scrubs reflect that?
Last year I treated a young patient struggling with body image issues. This child’s parents…
STAT Plus: As opioid crisis intensified, many family doctors found promotional pitches were very good
As the opioid crisis accelerated a decade ago, pharmaceutical sales reps emphasized the benefits of…
‘We need everyone for this’: U.S. hospitals harnessing resources to brace for any spike in coronavirus cases
When the H1N1 flu began spreading a decade ago, U.S. hospitals were flooded with patients….
Opinion: Clinician-led quality improvements can transform a hospital’s care
In hospitals across the country, doctors and nurses often feel like small cogs in very…
Opinion: ‘Small’ tactics to counter Big Pharma’s influence on medication overload
Money talks in Washington, D.C., and no sector of the economy speaks more loudly than…
Opinion: Health care needs AI. It also needs the human touch
As friends who work as pediatricians, we’ve had several conversations recently about artificial intelligence and…
Opinion: Using states as living laboratories to solve surprise medical billing
Although surprise billing has been the subject of vigorous debate in federal and state legislatures,…
Opinion: ‘Stuck in a tornado of life’: a patient’s chaos narrative
Cheryl overdosed on heroin — or so she’d hoped — the night before. But that’s…
Opinion: 3 legal challenges could derail out-of-network surprise medical bills
Surprise medical bills have become the bane of many Americans who are seen in emergency…
Opinion: Health care providers are unrecognized victims of mass killings. We’re doing little to support them
The night a gunman opened fire on a crowd of 20,000 at a Las Vegas…
Opinion: Lost, and sometimes found, in the emergency department at Christmas
Last Christmas, I traded my cozy bed for a shift working in my hospital’s accident…
Opinion: Congress: Don’t eliminate funding for the diversity creating Health Career Opportunity Program
The Senate is preparing to make a big mistake with a small budget item. On…
Opinion: 11-country survey of primary care physicians shows where U.S. is lagging and keeping pace
Primary care is the backbone of any high-performing health care system. It works best when…
Opinion: Protect patient access to drug infusions administered in physician offices
As gastroenterologists, we treat patients in Portland, Ore., and Des Moines, Iowa, with challenging disorders…
Opinion: Changing emergency doctors’ behaviors to promote wider use of medication for opioid use disorder
Emergency departments have become the front line in the battle against the epidemic of opioid…