This month, the World Health Organization released new guidelines on the ethics and governance of large language models (LLMs) in healthcare. Reactions from the leaders of healthcare AI companies have been mainly positive.
In its…
Food insecurity adds an annual expenditure of about $52 billion, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new partnership seeks to move the needle on this stat.
Grocery technology company Instacart and…
In the past decade or two, health systems have been establishing their own venture capital arms to support health tech startups. At least 23 health systems currently have venture capital arms — mainly big…
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GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy remain in high demand and continue to make headlines, even among mainstream media outlets. As the healthcare industry watches closely to see how payers decide to cover the…
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Many employers are offering a wealth of health and well-being solutions to support employees. However, managing these solutions can be a challenge for employers, and navigating them can be difficult for employees. To make…
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On Thursday, AWS announced plans to funnel an additional $20 million into its health equity initiative, bringing the company’s total investment in the program to $60 million.
AWS launched the program in 2021, originally committing…
Beneath the Californian sunshine (and a few showers) at JP Morgan, a revolution simmers. Not a political one, but a healthcare revolution propelled by necessity and fueled by innovation. Imagine a future where groundbreaking…
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American healthcare is highly inefficient. Across a variety of long-term health and treatment outcomes and patient safety metrics, the U.S. has lower performance compared with countries of similar economic status, despite spending more money…
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One in six American youth experience a mental health disorder each year. In California, about a third of adolescents experienced serious psychological distress between 2019 and 2021. In that same time frame, there was…
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Investment trends panel discussion, INVEST 2022. From L-R: Christina Jenkins, venture partner, Phoenix Venture Partners; Michael Yang, managing partner, Omers Ventures; Alyssa Jaffee, partner, 7wireVentures; Daniel Lubienietzky, manager of life sciences, TMX Group.
The MedCity…
