Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Major medical school finds AI literacy lacking within its walls

At one of the largest medical schools in the U.S., less than a third of the students and only half the faculty are up to speed on healthcare-specific AI.

July 12, 2021
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University launches ‘first of its kind’ certification program in healthcare AI

Healthcare professionals looking to raise their AI game have a new chance to do so while earning CME credits as well as certification.

July 10, 2021
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Notable regulatory approvals of emerging technologies over the past 30 days

Along with AI in its various iterations, the list may include virtual and augmented reality, 3D printing, robotics and other technologies currently changing healthcare delivery.

July 2, 2021
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New global guidance from WHO on developing and adopting healthcare AI

With AI-inclusive devices routinely earning regulatory approval for use in clinical settings, the time seems ripe for helping technology translators talk above the din of visionary futurists.

June 30, 2021
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AI researchers gaining broader access to compute resources, government-gathered data

The data will draw on everything from census findings to driving habits gathered from vehicle sensors to—arguably most consequentially—medical records.

June 10, 2021
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18* notable regulatory approvals of emerging technologies over the past 30 days

Along with AI and machine learning, the list may include virtual and augmented reality, 3D printing, robotics and other technologies currently changing healthcare delivery.

June 4, 2021
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Interpretable machine learning helps improve patient satisfaction

Researchers have used explainable AI to uncover factors that influence inpatients’ opinions when they’re completing satisfaction surveys following hospitalization.

May 21, 2021
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Biopharma giant sinking more than $1B into drug-discovery AI startup

AI company Exscientia has received a vote of confidence approaching $1.2 billion in value from Bristol-Myers Squibb.

May 19, 2021

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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