Health care news from around the web: May 8 – 12, 2023

No surprises act working as intended, but gaps remain leaving patients vulnerable 

Emergency ground ambulance services are one of the blind spots of the regulation that could be improved with federal intervention. 

How FTC enforcement actions will impact telehealth data privacy 

Recent high-profile settlements against telehealth companies show that the FTC is willing to enforce its Health Breach Notification Rule and hold entities accountable for noncompliance. 

ChatGPT's promising progress in health care 

ChatGPT has been showing promising results for the health care industry as it can pass several benchmarking exams and was found to be more empathetic than physicians in answering patient questions. The AI-based bot has also been successful at passing four national benchmarking exams. 

Long-term care’s zeal for foreign nurses a ‘Band-Aid’ solution: researchers 

Researchers have likened long-term care organizations’ quest to entice immigrant nurses to using a Band-Aid to stop a hemorrhaging workforce wound. “It may provide temporary relief, but it will not work in the long run,” nursing researchers from the University of Missouri, George Washington University and New York University wrote.