Sept. 18 - AI digital divide in hospitals persists | GOP bill extends telehealth flexibilities

Kansas, Hawaii Blues invest in Blue Shield of CA’s health tech sister company; GOP bill extends telehealth flexibilities, sidesteps ACA subsidies; Foundation models are medtech’s newest trend. But what are they?

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Sept. 18, 2025 | This week’s IT news for healthcare leaders

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More hospitals using predictive AI, but disparities persist: ASTP

More than 70% of hospitals reported using predictive tools last year, but small, rural, independent and critical-access hospitals are lagging behind, according to the analysis.

Kansas, Hawaii Blues invest in Blue Shield of CA’s health tech sister company

Stellarus was launched as part of Blue Shield of California’s restructuring to sell services to nonprofit plans that they don’t have the resources to build themselves. That pitch has now worked on at least two Blues plans.

GOP bill extends telehealth flexibilities, sidesteps ACA subsidies

The continuing resolution would preserve virtual care flexibilities through Nov. 21. But it makes no mention of extending more generous financial assistance for people who buy plans on the ACA exchanges.

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The growing use of AI in healthcare

Amid mounting interest and investment in the space — and questions about how to best regulate the technology — AI has become one of the hottest topics in healthcare technology. Explore the latest in this Trendline.

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Foundation models are medtech’s newest trend. But what are they?

The AI models, which are built on massive datasets and can be adapted to multiple tasks, have become a part of medtech companies’ lexicon in the past few years.

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