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AI can be used as a tool to provide patients and their families with more information, faster access and more affordable care, says Laura Cooley, editor in chief of the Journal of Patient Experience.

Managing AI agents and prompt engineering is not like standard software engineering, and no one has really figured out how to do it at scale reliably yet, says Dr. Lukasz Kowalczyk, a gastroenterologist and CEO of Soothien HealthTech Advisory.

The news comes alongside the U.S. Department of Defense’s announcement of $200 million contracts awarded to xAI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI for AI implementation.

Plaintiffs allege that CRISP and its subsidiary willfully infringed on patented technology by launching a copycat product after terminating a long-standing licensing agreement.

Agentic AI offers the potential to streamline clinical workflows, but healthcare organizations must carefully assess its risks to ensure safe and effective implementation.

In a panel discussion, IT professionals and health system executives discussed the challenges of implementing AI across diverse healthcare settings.

Mark Newman, founder and CEO of Nomi Health, recommends driving accountability on fully automating payments for primary care visits to providers. He says there is no reason why they should be delayed or slow.

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Banner Health built an in-house, enterprise class digital assistant that helps team members with typical tasks that they might use AI on such as summarizing a long document, getting insight or planning, says CTO Mike Reagin.

AI helps reduce time spent in chart search, review and prep enabling end users to see a quick AI generated summary highlighting the most important things that need to be addressed, says Lori Walker, Presbyterian Healthcare Services' CMIO.