Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, is shuttering its telehealth business.

Artificial intelligence has been a hot topic in healthcare and for good reason.

Artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm, but what does this mean for healthcare?

Amazon continued to increase its hand in healthcare when it announced a new benefit for its Prime members in November.

Artificial intelligence and telemedicine dominated the digital health news in 2023.

Roughly 1 in 3 primary care physicians have tried using AI scribe tools, according to a recent survey from Elation Health.

Cost related issues are the most common factor behind physicians and practices avoiding electronic health records, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Electronic Health Records Report."

Epic Systems is the most popular electronic health record system among physicians, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Electronic Health Records Report."

Inability to exchange information with other electronic health record systems was the leading factor behind practices' decisions to switch systems, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Electronic Health Records Report."

Automation of office administrative tasks was the most popular potential use for artificial intelligence among physician respondents in Medscape's 2023 Physicians and AI Report.

From prescription drone delivery to primary care memberships, here are five Amazon moves that physicians should know and Becker's has covered since Oct. 18:

Amazon is now offering Prime members a discounted membership to One Medical, Amazon's membership-based primary care provider.

Two-thirds of physicians said they wanted their workplaces to take a wait-and-see approach with artificial intelligence, while another 29% said they wanted their workplaces to become early adopters, according to Medscape's "Physicians and AI Report 2023."

Seventy-nine percent of medical practices would consider using artificial intelligence for office administrative tasks, according to Medscape's "Physicians and AI Report 2023," published Oct. 30.

Forty-two percent of physicians feel enthusiastic about artificial intelligence's place in their workplace, while 28% remain apprehensive, according to Medscape's "Physicians and AI Report 2023."

Thirteen percent of medical practices use artificial intelligence for researching conditions, according to Medscape's "Physicians and AI Report 2023," published Oct. 30.

Here are six artificial intelligence updates to know that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 14:

Hippocratic AI, a healthcare technology company that develops artificial health general intelligence, has formed a physician advisory council to guide the development of its large language model for healthcare.

Amazon Clinic — the company's most recent healthcare initiative — will be focused on price transparency and tiered pricing for healthcare services based on convenience and quality, according to an Aug. 22 report from Forbes.

Thirty-nine percent of physicians reported using telemedicine less in 2022 compared to 2021, according to a report by Medical Economics.