Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

Stocks

SEC nails former Pfizer employee for insider trading ahead of COVID drug announcement

The senior statistician purchased short-term stock options, including some that expired the next day, after allegedly being made aware of Paxlovid’s success in clinical trials ahead of a public announcement.

June 30, 2023
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Overheard this week: 6 notable quotes on healthcare AI

‘We need to design and build AI that helps healthcare professionals be better at what they do.’

June 29, 2023
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Anxiety edging out excitement over our AI-everywhere future: Survey

Americans are somewhat more troubled than thrilled over AI’s mounting presence in modern life. But the collective outlook is a rich blend of both.

June 27, 2023
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Is regulating AI one pursuit that can unite a polarized Congress? 5 reasons to hope so

America’s two major political parties are talking in practical unison about working things out over a common cause.

June 22, 2023

Bristol Myers Squibb joins others suing US government over portions of the Inflation Reduction Act

The Drug Price Negotiation Program already has changed how the company considers the development of future oncology programs and medications. 

June 20, 2023
Doctor Computer

ChatGPT excels at differential diagnostics in hard cases

Today’s generative AI—namely ChatGPT-4—is pretty darned good at parsing out probable diseases in difficult-to-diagnose patient cases.

June 20, 2023
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Implementing point-of-care AI? 5 firm facts to keep in mind

If healthcare AI is to flourish outside of academic research settings and industry R&D departments, it will need to win over its most difficult-to-impress audience: healthcare workers in hospitals.

June 15, 2023
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Despite rising expenses, hospital operating margins are stabilizing, report shows

Prior to March and April of 2023, operating margins sat in the red for 15 consecutive months.

June 13, 2023

Around the web

This week Washington took a major step toward nailing down a solid game plan on federal AI spending for everything outside of defense.

The recall includes specific lots of five different medical devices used to treat stroke and other neurovascular diseases.

The agency is urging healthcare providers to transition away from these devices and seek out alternatives. It is even working with other manufacturers to try and get similar products on the market as quickly as possible. 

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