February 17, 2026

Hospital Prices Posted. Few Patients Look.

Federal rules require hospitals to post prices so patients can shop. Instead, insurers and providers use the data to negotiate what they get paid.

KFF Health News

January 27, 2026

AI Scribes: Efficiency for Whom?

Unresolved safety, privacy, and regulatory concerns may limit benefits of AI scribes for physicians and patients.

Conexiant

May 28, 2025

Kennedy Proposes NIH Publishing Ban

"We're probably going to stop publishing in The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and those other journals because they're all corrupt."

Conexiant

August 14, 2025

AI May Improve Radiologist Reports

Radiologists completed reports 15% faster without reducing diagnostic accuracy,

Conexiant

September 05, 2025

AI Tops Guidelines in Classifying Aortic Stenosis

Gradient-boosted model shows higher diagnostic accuracy—especially for severe AS—in low-flow cases where guideline-based metrics often yield discordant results.

Conexiant

September 22, 2025

Staffing Falls, Deaths Rise Post-Acquisition

Among Medicare patients, ICU stays shorten and transfers rise following private-equity acquisitions.

Conexiant

October 27, 2025

Why Open Access May Not Boost Citations

Researchers found that companion open access journals charge high publication fees yet yield fewer citations than traditional journals.

Conexiant

December 17, 2025

Is Isolation Failing Surgeons?

Study links psychological sense of community to 40-point ABSITE performance differential

Conexiant

February 02, 2026

Rethinking Prehabilitation Before Surgery

Researchers compare personalized versus standard prehabilitation and examine functional, immune, and postoperative outcomes before major elective surgery.

Conexiant

February 04, 2026

Who Decides When a Doctor Steps Back?

Cognitive decline, credentialing, and why “I’ll know” often isn’t enough.

KFF Health News