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Healthcare AI News 4/9/25
News
Counterforce Health offers no-cost AI tools that write patient appeal letters for insurance denials.
Google Cloud and Seattle Children’s Hospital launch Pathway Assistant, an AI-powered tool that gives clinicians instant access to evidence-based care pathways for 70 pediatric diagnoses.
Spain-based Neurologyca says that its Kopernica AI facial analysis tool can identify 100 emotions, even in crowds, which allows it to detect neurological conditions such as stroke and brain hemorrhages.
New CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA says in his first town hall meeting that AI-powered avatars may outperform frontline doctors and may be preferable to humans by patients.
Research
An NIH-funded AI screening tool matched provider performance in identifying hospitalized patients who were at risk for opioid use disorder and recommending specialist referrals, while reducing 30-day readmission odds by 47%
A study by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai finds that AI models may recommend different treatments for identical medical conditions based on patients’ socioeconomic and demographic backgrounds, highlighting the need for safeguards to ensure equitable AI-driven medical care.
A study reports that implementing an AI-powered video management system enabled comprehensive documentation and analysis of over 10,000 minimally invasive surgeries, supporting the standardized assessment of key surgical steps and the self-assessment of surgeons.
Other
A new AI system for pediatrics that draws on data from 300 clinicians and years of hospital records will be deployed across China to deliver personalized care and interact with patients’ families.
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Re: Counterforce – I didn’t predict that the next front in the AI Wars would be healthcare prior authorization. UHG (et al) use AI to deny care, providers use AI to get the denials overturned. We have technology that I didn’t imagine in my lifetime, and we have to use it on stuff like this. Kudos to Counterforce and I wish them well. But I also wish they didn’t to exist.