Persuasive technologies are designed to help people adopt and keep using digital or other products. The best persuasive technologies for modern or value-based health care are not the flashiest ones. They are the ones that improve adherence, self-management, early intervention, patient experience, and measurable outcomes without undermining trust or autonomy.

States have taken the lead in establishing guidelines for using health AI.

Katie Jacobs Stanton, founder of Moxxie Ventures, shared some details of how she and her team evaluate healthcare AI startups. She stressed the need for founders with deep industry expertise, differentiated products and realistic distribution strategies.

After 30 months of fast-paced innovation in quantum algorithms, six research groups are hoping to hit paydirt. But there can be only one big winner—if there is a winner at all.

Tens of millions of Americans have delayed surgeries, vacation plans, career moves and other big life decisions because of the cost of health care, a new West Health-Gallup survey found.

Companies face a roughly 9.5% surge in costs this year, the biggest rise in at least 15 years.

In the U.S., many entities related to health care are owned by the same companies. This is a concept called vertical integration, where one business controls every stage of the supply chain.

This push to expand AI in health care is intensifying an existing trust crisis.

Forced disenrollments are spiking for MA beneficiaries as payers reduce options, a new study finds.

The research initiative is part of a broader focus on wearables at the Department of Health and Human Services.

If you want to create an Evergreen company that’s designed to last, follow the example of some of the world’s largest tech companies: Don’t raise large amounts of venture capital.

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Drugmakers are upping their demands for transparency in the 340B Drug Pricing Program by imposing new requirements that have sparked ire among safety-net providers locally and nationally.

Experts say two new guidances — issued without the usual public comment period — leave questions about how patients will navigate a growing pool of wearables.

Draft rules mandate civilian government contracts make models available for ‘any lawful’ use.

Deloitte research suggests that health care leaders are increasing investment in agentic AI, but returns may depend on how quickly their organizations can scale beyond pilots.

If leading hospitals are using these AI tools, and the companies mention HIPAA compliance on their websites, are the consumer AI health tools also regulated by HIPAA? Do consumers share a similar relationship with these companies as healthcare organizations do?

Female-founded companies show better survival rates, lower burn, and a quarter of all US venture exits. The capital allocation doesn't reflect the data.

For many Californians, the question is no longer whether health care is affordable — it's what they're giving up to pay for it.

My aunt couldn’t afford to go to the hospital. She ended up there anyway.