2025 News and Opinion

  • – NBC News

    Facing sky-high medical bills? Your hospital may have overcharged you

    A major new study uncovers aggressive and questionable tactics by Colorado hospitals to collect patient debt, which now accounts for 60% of all bankruptcies.

  • – CIO

    The agentic AI assist Stanford University cancer care staff needed

    Nigam Shah, CDO for Stanford Health Care, explains how Microsoft's multiagent orchestration technology enables the management, analysis, and reasoning of diverse types of health data to improve care for cancer patients.

  • Medical schools move from worrying about AI to teaching it

    Faculty used to fret over how artificial intelligence might affect education. Now they’re training medical students how to use it for patient care and research. Dr. Jonathan Chen is guiding efforts to teach AI to students this fall, and notes that his new job title reflects the rush to keep up with expanding technology: “This position did not exist three months ago.”

  • – CityandStateNY.com

    Opinion: Don't let politics obscure a health victory in New York

    Dr. Nirav Shah shares how it's easy to understand why New Yorkers are disillusioned with Mayor Eric Adams. Ethics investigations have swirled. His political instincts have at times seemed out of touch, and his alliances have left many questioning his values and integrity.

  • – Kidney Care Partners

    Kidney Disease

    "In recent years we've learned that a person's zip code is more predictive than their genetic code when it comes to their health." Kidney Care Partners spoke with CERC's Nirav Shah about health equity in kidney disease treatment."