Many people — patients, clinicians and policymakers — are dissatisfied with the current state of health care. American ...

Innovaccer, a leading healthcare AI company, today concluded Xccelerate 2026, its annual customer and industry conference, ...

ChatGPT Health is OpenAI's foray into medicine, and so far, it gets high marks from both a cancer patient and a leading doctor. But there are worries it could be misused.

Although benchmarking in healthcare started with good intentions, the measurement of all processes has become more of a burden than a tool to improve processes and outcomes. Too much emphasis is ...

Hospitalists represent a relatively new medical specialty, entering the healthcare arena approximately two decades ago. Their emergence, and subsequent growth, demonstrate significant healthcare ...

Have you tried an AI tool yet? Robert Wachter, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, wants to know. In fact, Wachter will tell you that ...

"The interviews really brought it to life; it was fun to do," says Robert Wachter, MD, describing the 90 or so people, from across the healthcare industry and beyond, he spoke with for his probing and ...

Privacy concerns might not be as alarming as we think.

SAN FRANCISCO -- As more people are eligible to get vaccinated, reports of side effects after the second Pfizer and Moderna shots are surfacing. Dr. Robert Wachter, chief of medicine at UCSF says many ...

Ambient AI scribes are being hailed by physicians as a game changer.

Wachter: Doctors Today Face ‘Impossible’ Tasks, AI Can Help Read a chart longer than Moby Dick. Talk to a patient while typing. Robert Wachter says AI can help doctors with some of the “impossible” ...