An AI hallucination occurs when a model generates a response that is fluent, confident, and completely fabricated. In most consumer contexts, that is an inconvenience. In behavioral health, it is a ...
The Pennsylvania Department of State and the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine have filed a lawsuit requesting a preliminary injunction against chatbot developer Character.AI. The company, formally ...
The US Senate Special Committee on Aging will be holding hearings on this issue next week, with a focus on the public health and financial risks posed by falls among older Americans and the overall ...
Greater transparency in ensuring that users clearly understand when they are interacting with an AI system rather than a human being. Chatbots should not present as a licensed clinician or a human ...
Oracle is taking on $16 billion debt, this time largely funded by bond fund PIMCO. This funded a single data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan. Total financing announced in late April was $16 ...
A company most have never heard of is snapping up provider networks, health plans, and management services. Astrana Health, a Southern California-based value-based care (VBC) company formerly known as ...
As your Editor reflects on 2023’s BloodOutOfARock versus 2020-2021’s Alcoholic Bender or the ‘new normal’ touted by the Usual Suspects (with 2022 only a burp on the way), she actually sees some Signs ...
The hottest doctor reference source withdrew its medical evidence and decision support app from the UK and European markets. The news, reported in HIStalk on 28 April, is shocking–but not surprising.
“Reset, Recover, and Reignite” is their plan forward. Veradigm, the former Allscripts, has since 2022 earned several adjectives, such as ‘tumultuous’, ‘troubled’, ‘problematic’, ‘puzzling’, and even ...
An interesting follow up on last month’s rampant speculation of an Oracle Health sale. Bloomberg News’ Brody Ford broke the news coursing through Reddit’s Oracle threads last week about the departure ...
The VA’s EHR modernization (EHRM) plans may be hearing screeching brakes or a swerve if this bill sees daylight. Last week’s House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs reviewed 27 bills plus five discussion ...