Scripps Health’s Tracy Chu previews her HIMSS23 presentation, “Automation Improves Digital Education App Performance,” about ways automation has helped patients and clinician workflows.

A Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value Executive Summary released in February shows that since the 1970s, healthcare growth has outpaced economic growth.  The number one reason, according to the report, are advancements in care and in particular, cancer care that bring higher costs for these technological innovations.

Most consumers don’t negotiate or challenge the medical bills they receive, but if they do challenge a bill, about 78% in a new survey prevailed in getting the disputed charges reduced or removed. AKASA, a developer of AI for healthcare operations, asked more than 2,000 Americans: Have you ever had experience challenging a bill with […]