Adoption metrics show a wide gap between declared AI priority and production deployment in health care, compounded by limited ...

Optum is recalibrating as it sheds providers, tightens its network and doubles down on AI and ASCs. Here’s a breakdown of what’s new with Optum and SCA Health. Scaling back to move forward In a recent ...

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...

As AI takes on more of the work of writing code, what it means to be a software engineer is changing.Getty Images For Adam Janes, the odd thing about being a software engineer these days is that he ...

This story is part of a Seattle Times focus on the affordability crisis in the Northwest. We explore the high cost of living and wealth disparities that shape our region; examine policies that impact ...

America’s health system is buckling under the weight of several converging pressures: an aging population, high rates of chronic disease, a shortage of clinicians, and rising costs. The response to ...

A California man was accused of hiring a friend for a fictitious position and receiving a portion of wages from the no-show job via kickbacks. A Minnesota jury has found a former senior director at ...

Health care giant Optum is closing a family medicine clinic in Northeast Portland, only a few years after buying out the long-standing local primary care operation. A letter sent to patients Feb. 5 ...

Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy ...

EVERETT — Providence Regional Medical Center Everett will end its agreement with Optum for hospitalist services in July, a Providence spokesperson confirmed Thursday. Sixty-five hospitalists are ...

A state-commissioned review unveiled Friday confirms what KARE 11 Investigates has been uncovering for years: Minnesota’s Medicaid system had widespread vulnerabilities that allowed questionable ...

Goose acts as the agent that plans, iterates, and applies changes. Ollama is the local runtime that hosts the model. Qwen3-coder is the coding-focused LLM that generates results. If you've been ...