Tag: health policy
South Korea plans AI and smart sensors to staff around-the-clock elder care
South Korea released a care roadmap that pairs AI with smart diapers and fall sensors to support older adults at…
US agency bets on digital twins to reinvent clinical trials
A new ARPA-H program aims to simulate trials in silico and cut the number of patients needed.
California law keeps a clinician’s judgment above the algorithm
Newsom vetoed a nurse-protection bill but signed a narrower law requiring hospitals to preserve human judgment when AI guides care.
Medicare’s AI approval pilot drew warnings before it launched
Thousands of pages released under a FOIA lawsuit show the WISeR pilot launched over vendor warnings and produced testing gaps.
Hospital AI access splits the US by geography, study finds
A national analysis links uneven hospital AI and robotics adoption to sharply unequal travel times for patients.
AMA’s 2027 code set lifts AI billing codes to 43
The American Medical Association added ten AI-related codes for 2027, even as CMS and patient groups challenge its grip on…
12,000 voices shape UK plan for staged medical AI licenses
A doctor-led commission has handed the MHRA a roadmap that would put new medical AI models on probation before full…
Medtech veteran tipped to lead AI oversight at FDA
HHS is standing up two new FDA deputy commissioner posts, with a medtech veteran tipped to oversee AI.