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A federal judge partially grants Epic’s motion to dismiss claims that were brought against it in a September 2024 lawsuit by Particle Health (my summary is here). Most monopoly-related claims survived…
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says that the agency will increase resources to enforce healthcare information blocking, which the HHS announcement says “was not a priority under the Biden Administration.”…
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In the spirit of “no good deed goes unpunished,” insurance giant Cigna Healthcare creates a new reimbursement policy that adds additional scrutiny for certain high-level evaluation and management codes, which could lead to those…
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Epic launches Comet, a set of generative AI models that were trained on 100 billion de-identified patient records from a subset of Cosmos data. The models learn how clinical patterns evolve to predict likely…
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AI-powered medical records retrieval and insights startup Predoc raises $30 million in seed and Series A funding.
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ChatGPT maker OpenAI will reportedly build its own healthcare applications.
The company has hired former health tech executives from Doximity and the investment community.
Business Insider reports that OpenAI is considering…
Researchers from Indiana University have created an algorithm that helps clinicians search through patient data from health information exchanges and other sources. The tool identifies the most relevant data for a given visit such…
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Cleveland Clinic will implement Dyania Health’s AI-powered tool that scans medical records to identify clinical trial candidates. The health system has also invested in the company. Founder and CEO Eirini Schlosser is a former…
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PE firm Advent International acquires PatientPoint, which sells point-of-care advertising to pharma companies and online marketing services to providers.
Advent’s portfolio includes Iodine Software and Definitive Healthcare.
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Like many practicing physicians, I use a variety of tools to research clinical questions. This might be for patients I’m seeing or for board certification questions (which thankfully allow the use of references now)….
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