Nurses, the largest segment of the U.S. health care workforce, are increasingly vocal about the risks of clinical artificial intelligence to their jobs and patient care, with Montefiore hospital in th…
California lawmakers are advancing Senate Bill 903, introduced by Sen. Steve Padilla, which would ban advertising chatbots as therapy and require licensed professional review of AI therapeutic decisio…
A study published in Nature Medicine in June by researchers from NYU Langone Health found that clinical AI models from OpenEvidence and UpToDate Expert AI performed worse than general large language m…
Innovaccer has crossed $200 million in annual recurring revenue, up from $130 million a year ago, as the healthcare AI startup deploys agentic AI tools on its unified data platform. CEO Abhinav Shasha…
San Francisco supervisors held a hearing Tuesday on Kaiser Permanente's proposed contract changes that would expand AI use in mental health care while allowing layoffs of clinicians, according to the …
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to US users aged 18 and older, allowing the chatbot to access personal health records from Apple Health and providers like Kaiser Permanente and One Medical. The f…
San Francisco Supervisor Chyanne Chen called a hearing Tuesday to question Kaiser Permanente's use of artificial intelligence in mental health care, saying the healthcare giant's approach is 'infuriat…
Kaiser Permanente nurses say AI and workplace surveillance are harming patient care, with seven current and former nurses telling CalMatters that call-time tracking, productivity-prediction software, …
Hundreds of Kaiser Permanente nurses in San Francisco protested the health system's use of artificial intelligence tools, claiming AI monitoring of call times and scripts harms patient care. Nurses re…
The fate of California's $2 billion plan to fund Medi-Cal through a tax on insurance companies now rests with Mehmet Oz, the Trump administration's Medicare and Medicaid chief. State Republicans urged…
San José Animal Care Services faces criticism for banning volunteer photography and removing volunteer rights from its handbook without explanation, prompting calls for transparency from the community…
Bay Area hospitals are racing to rebuild, retrofit or replace aging facilities before California's 2030 deadline requiring them to withstand major earthquakes and continue treating patients. With 45% …
Kaiser Permanente is using an AI-powered scribe called Abridge to record mental health care visits without fully informing patients or providers about how the data is stored, who has access, or how lo…