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AI Takes on More Independent Responsibilities in Health Care — The Monitor

  • By

  • Joel Luther

  • Hagere Yilma

  • Irving Washington

  • October 8, 2026

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    Federal pilots are testing AI tools for direct patient interaction, therapy, diagnosis, and treatment decisions with reduced physician involvement.

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    CMS has approved more than 200 companies to test comparable AI tools, and the FDA has permitted 4 for use in Medicare patients outside its usual approval pathway.

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    A review of 950 FDA-cleared AI devices found 182 recalls involving 60 devices, with diagnostic or measurement errors accounting for most recalls.

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    The FDA says newer AI systems may be harder to assess because their outputs can be unpredictable and change over time; it has not established evaluation rules for this category.

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    Experiments found that conversational AI responses and claims presented by an authoritative source could increase trust or willingness to share, even when health claims were false.

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AI in Health Care Moves Toward More Autonomous Roles — The Monitor

  • by Joel Luther, Hagere Yilma, Irving Washington

  • October 8, 2026

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