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When used in the ‘wild’ conditions of the real world, large language AI stumbles

Asking medical questions of AI with language spoken “in the wild”—meaning with LLM prompts from everyday consumers—brings back answers with decidedly mediocre accuracy, a new study shows.

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Scrapped CGM sensors stolen, sold to patients—Dexcom pledges to hold thieves accountable

The devices were set aside to be scrapped before they were stolen. Now, patients could be using them and not even know it.

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AMGA lists six pillars to improve the US healthcare system

AMGA says it has the policy solutions ready and is urging Congress to act now before more practices are forced to make irreversible decisions.

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FDA shares another warning about Impella heart pumps after death

The FDA is once again warning the public about a safety issue with certain Impella heart pumps.

The Cardiac Performance Simulation Engine (CPSE) is an AI platform that enables consumer-grade smartwatches and blood pressure cuffs for remote home monitoring hemodynamic assessments of heart failure patients.

FDA sees potential in new AI software for monitoring heart failure patients

The software-only platform helps clinicians keep track of patients when they are at their most vulnerable.

SAPT after TAVR linked to key benefits over DAPT, new data confirm

All-cause mortality after six months was significantly lower for patients discharged on SAPT. That trend remained in place after 24 months.

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Feds release highly anticipated No Surprises Act final rule, drawing mixed reactions from radiology

"This rule does not address the core issues driving dysfunction in the NSA process,” Radiology Associates of North Texas said May 28.

Philips partners with Disney to incorporate iconic characters in MRI exams

The Amsterdam-based imaging manufacturer said it will utilize beloved animated characters and stories as part of the Philips Ambient Experience.

Feds release highly anticipated No Surprises Act final rule, drawing mixed reactions from radiology

"This rule does not address the core issues driving dysfunction in the NSA process,” Radiology Associates of North Texas said May 28.

Philips partners with Disney to incorporate iconic characters in MRI exams

The Amsterdam-based imaging manufacturer said it will utilize beloved animated characters and stories as part of the Philips Ambient Experience.

Some minorities more likely to have dementia but less apt to signal so on PET imaging

Black and Hispanic individuals—known to be at greater risk of developing the degenerative disease—are significantly less likely than others to show Alzheimer’s pathology on brain scans, according to new research.

Primary care as public utility: Imagine that, researchers urge

A team of healthcare scholars is making U.S. states an offer they hope the border-defined polities won’t refuse: If you’ll pay for the reinvention of primary care, we’ll help sell the public on the rightness of measured, state-level efforts to preserve the profession.

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