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.

Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s AI gambit, FDA’s blind spot, everybody’s agentic AI, more
The FDA is getting AI-aggressive about speeding up device reviews. Its plan is to unleash generative AI on tedious and repetitive tasks.
Private equity firm Deerfield earmarks $600M for healthcare investments
Deerfield Management released details on its latest Healthcare Innovations Fund program, promising to finance “promising therapeutics” and “elevating emerging technologies," including artificial intelligence.
UnitedHealth sued by shareholders over concealing fallout of Thompson's murder
In a lawsuit, plaintiffs allege the company changed course from a long-standing policy of denying medical claims, hiding from investors its impact on profits. The insurer denies any wrongdoing and vowed to defend itself in court.
Most of U.S. supply of iodine contrast may soon be subject to 25% tariffs
If President Trump initiates a 25% tariff against pharmaceuticals imported from Ireland, it might impact the price for X-ray iodine contrast agents in the U.S.
Report: Former TV writer exploiting ACA to sell bare-bones insurance plans
Bloomberg writes about a company, Quick Health, run by a former comedy writer, who through a loophole in the law is accused of "hiring" members for fake jobs to enroll them in junk insurance policies.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Despite the great expectations it continues to build, clinical AI is still struggling to find a foothold in healthcare.

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5 measures of AI maturity in which healthcare has some growing up to do

There may be upsides to being less mature at this stage of society’s AI shift—relentless optimism could detract from mitigating potential risks.

Hospital system in Michigan hit by cyberattack for second time in a year

McLaren Health Care said it is not sure if patient data was taken by hackers and it’s working with a cybersecurity firm to gather details.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days. Here’s where quantum computing and AI meet biomedical research and patient care ...

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Healthcare gets a quick checkup for signs of gen AI metabolization

It’s easy to forget that generative AI launched into the economy—and the public imagination—less than two years ago. How could it be otherwise?

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days. 1. The Federal Trade Commission isn’t messing around.

10 aspects of healthcare AI to which attention must be paid

Patient safety should be the No. 1 consideration for healthcare organizations working, planning or hoping to adopt AI. Then again, nine other concerns are similarly crucial to the success of the industry-wide endeavor.

Around the world, healthcare still pays more than any other sector for data breaches

No industry has taken cybercrime on the chin more than healthcare over the past 13 years. That trend continues in 2024, as global data breaches cost healthcare $9.77 million between March 2023 and February 2024.

Business Intelligence

Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s AI gambit, FDA’s blind spot, everybody’s agentic AI, more

Private equity firm Deerfield earmarks $600M for healthcare investments

UnitedHealth sued by shareholders over concealing fallout of Thompson's murder

Most of U.S. supply of iodine contrast may soon be subject to 25% tariffs

Report: Former TV writer exploiting ACA to sell bare-bones insurance plans