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Humana shares dropped 16% on Thursday as the health insurer issued full-year earnings guidance that was half of Wall Street’s expectations.
The company, which primarily sells Medicare Advantage insurance, said that its medical expenses…
I had dinner the other night with a group of family physicians. It was an interesting bunch. Three of them have left employed practice models to open their own primary care practices. One is…
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WHO publishes recommendations for governments on using AI for public health and medical purposes:
Give developers access to computing power and paid data sets if they agree to follow ethical principles.
Use laws and regulations to…
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Top researchers at Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, including its CEO and COO, are accused of falsifying published research articles by Photoshopping scientific graphics.
Research integrity experts identified 57 studies that appear to have been…
Many organizations are focusing their healthcare IT and clinical investments on Social Determinants of Health. This could include configuring patient portals to gather relevant information, enhancing EHR workflows to allow clinicians to view and…
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Massachusetts regulators worry that Steward Health Care’s financial problems may force it to close hospitals, with the resulting loss of jobs and access to care.
Steward operates 33 hospitals in nine states, nine…
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Venture capital firm General Catalyst signs a letter of intent to acquire Akron-based non-profit health system Summa Health.
GC formed Health Assurance Transformation Corporation, HATCo, in October 2023 to lead a technology-driven transformation…
The Lown Institute has released its 2023 Shkreli Awards, highlighting “the worst in healthcare profiteering and dysfunction.” The selection panel includes clinicians, journalists, patient advocates, and health policy experts.
In case anyone doesn’t recognize…
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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang tells attendees of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference that he expects drug design to move nearly completely to AI systems. He also predicts that medical devices such as…
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Mark Burgess is president of North America of Agfa HealthCare of Carlstadt, NJ.
Tell me about yourself and the company.
I’ve spent the majority of my career in electronic health records. I have…
