Supporting Independent Practices with AI
By Andrea Kowalski & Kyle Ryan – If we are to realize the future of healthcare and address the serious challenges that plague our industry, we must embrace AI and leverage innovative approaches.
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Improving Health Equity: Strategies for Health Plans to Achieve Meaningful Progress
By Leah Dewey – For decades, achieving health equity has been a focus of many healthcare stakeholders. In 1986 HHS formed the Office of Minority Health and brought this topic into the national spotlight. Progress is being made from the development new approaches and initiatives.
Lessons About Clinical AI
By William Hersh MD – Our news and science feeds are so filled these days with everything artificial intelligence (AI), from large language models to their impacts on society, that we may miss important studies on other informatics topics, some of which may have lessons for AI.
The Real Reason Hospitals Hate Physician-Owned Hospitals
By David Burda – Businesses in healthcare run like businesses in any other industry. It’s all about market leverage and who has the upper hand. When you have market leverage and the upper hand, you can charge more for your goods and services without feeling the competitive pressure to improve your goods and services.
AI in Healthcare News and Updates
This month’s AI report includes news and updates from Tempus, IQVIA, National Academy of Medicine, The Hastings Center, Mediwhale, AstraZeneca, Wayra, Lenovo, Healthcasts, BPGbio, Galileo, Together by Renee, InnoNurse, Mayo Clinic Platform, & more.
Enhancing Healthcare With Increased Language Access
By Art Gross – Language barriers can pose significant challenges when it comes to delivering healthcare to limited English proficiency patients. Recognizing the importance of language access in healthcare settings, HHS releases a comprehensive report outlining strategies to improve language access services.
Studies, Surveys and Reports: What Can We Learn?
Some recent studies and reports that caught our eye from JMIR, Trilliant Health, Cigna, Kaiser Family Foundation, ONC, Sage Growth Partners, Wolters Kluwer, Pure Storage, NEHII, FII Institute, Vizient, HealthCare.com, and Turquoise Health.
The Medical Debt Pyramid Scheme
By David Burda – Hospitals and doctors charge sick or injured patients unaffordable prices for their care. Patients as a result rack up billions of dollars in unpaid medical bills across the country. The question is, what is there to do about it?
AMA Adopts Policy Calling for More Oversight of AI in Prior Authorization
With recent advances in augmented intelligence, the American Medical Association House of Delegates adopted policy during its Annual Meeting calling for greater regulatory oversight of insurers’ use of AI in reviewing patient claims and prior authorization requests.