JAMA + AI Weekly Update May 31, 2025

In this week’s JAMA+ AI Conversations, Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, Associate Editor of JAMA+ AI, spoke with Molly Candon, PhD, and Adam Chekroud, PhD, about their recent work published in JAMA Network Open evaluating the financial return on investment for companies participating in digital mental health programs. Do they result in net medical cost savings?

Learn more and listen to the podcast, “Should Employers Offer Digital Mental Health Programs to Support Workforce Well-Being?”

Editor’s Picks in this week’s JAMA+ AI:

• A Letter in Reply by Josip Car, MD, PhD, and Eric J. Topol, MD, published in JAMA, maintains that a master's-level program in informatics would provide a unified health professional identity and "support digital health systems transformation worldwide."
• Spanish-speaking populations in the US face barriers to digital health technology use, according to this scoping review published in JAMA Network Open, suggesting the need for culturally tailored support and interventions.
• A randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open found cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia improved insomnia and depressive symptoms, but did not alter the perception of emotional facial expressions.