By Ben Crocker MD – The debate over the return on investment (ROI) of ambient AI clinical documentation has reached a critical juncture. What began as a narrow question – Do AI scribes increase productivity enough to justify their cost? – has turned into something more revealing: a broader reckoning with how health systems define value in the clinical AI era.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed regulations to lower health care costs, promote competition, and strengthen program integrity in the Federal and State-Based Health Insurance (Exchanges).

By April Miller – Health care workers endure some of the most intense strains on the body, both physically and mentally. These issues can also affect each other. For example, musculoskeletal conditions can lead to exhaustion, and poor work-life balance can lead to dizziness from fatigue.

By Alix Goss – Changes to how HIPAA-adopted standards are maintained rarely generate much attention. They tend to unfold slowly, behind the scenes, and often become visible only once a new version is formally named in a regulation. That lack of visibility can make it easy to miss early signals about how standards are….