Care Delivery

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Hospitals don’t have to pit service-line breadth against clinical-specialization focus: Operational analysis
Regardless of hospital size, per-patient-discharge costs are affected by two factors sometimes understood to exist in tension with one another.
Interventional cardiologists take on angiography-derived physiology in new expert opinion
ADP offers care teams multiple benefits not seen with traditional wire-based physiologic assessments. A roundtable of 17 expert clinicians discussed the topic at length, and their findings were used to develop a new manuscript published in JSCAI.
High-level briefing: Sex change-backer wins $2M verdict | Must-knows for healthcare CEOs | Life expectancy up | Vociferous nurses revisited
A malpractice lawsuit filed by a gender detransitioner ended Jan. 30 with a victory for the aggrieved former patient. The decision may set a generalizable precedent since this was the first such suit to reach a courtroom—and since 30 or so others are en route.
Call gets louder to license medical GenAI like any human healthcare professional
A growing chorus of academic physicians, policy experts and public health specialists is harmonizing behind the idea of licensing medical GenAI models like they’re doctors or nurses.
Cardiologists should always be involved when heart issues arise after surgery
Cardiac complications after noncardiac surgeries are a significant concern, especially as patients keep living longer and surgical volumes continue to rise.

Uber Health will soon deliver provider-ordered OTC medications and groceries to patients

The new offering through the ride-sharing company coincides with the “food as medicine” movement that is growing in popularity.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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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.

How a New Hampshire heart surgeon racked up 21 malpractice settlements

A law firm hired to investigate the situation reviewed more than 300,000 pages of documents and conducted more than 250 hours of interviews.

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AI in mental healthcare: 5 questions & answers

It stands to reason that the branch of healthcare most reliant on the use of language in clinical practice would embrace large language AI. But is U.S. mental healthcare on board with the notion?

Cardiologists perform world’s first TAVR with new ultra-low profile valve

The 88-year-old patient was originally not seen as a viable candidate for TAVR or surgery.

Clinics tap GPT-4 to ease charting burden, improve patient care

The hope is that the GPT-4-based notes assistant will ease the burden of manual charting on physicians while also offering patients more personalized visit summaries, Carbon Health announced June 5.

Healthcare entities offering employees direct-to-consumer telemedicine could cut costs nearly 25%

“This research shows the clear financial benefits when hospitals and health systems offer telemedicine services directly to their own employees."

Care Delivery

Hospitals don’t have to pit service-line breadth against clinical-specialization focus: Operational analysis

Interventional cardiologists take on angiography-derived physiology in new expert opinion

High-level briefing: Sex change-backer wins $2M verdict | Must-knows for healthcare CEOs | Life expectancy up | Vociferous nurses revisited

Call gets louder to license medical GenAI like any human healthcare professional

Cardiologists should always be involved when heart issues arise after surgery