News 8/16/24 – HIStalk
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The private equity owner of healthcare consulting firm Chartis sells a majority stake to private equity firm Blackstone.
Insiders say that the deal values Chartis at about $1.4 billion.
The 23-year-old Chartis has…
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Technology strategy for success in value-based care
It’s still early days for value-based care. The VBC landscape today is characterized by widespread but sometimes superficial adoption. While many health systems have initiated value-based care programs, these efforts, many experts observe, frequently…
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Advanced fined £6m over stolen patient data in 2022 cyber attack
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a £6.09 million fine on software provider Advanced following an initial finding that it failed to implement measures to protect the personal information of almost 83,000 people.
A…
Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 7/22/24 – HIStalk
The big news of the weekend was hearing about the response of organizations to the CrowdStrike debacle on Friday. Despite official statements that everything was fine and patient care was proceeding as usual, comments…
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Exclusive: American Kidney Fund, Ubie partner for AI kidney disease detector
Global healthcare AI platform Ubie and the American Kidney Fund (AKF) will collaborate to fine-tune Ubie’s AI-enabled symptom checker for kidney disease detection with the aim of accelerating a patient’s time to treatment. Ubie’s AI…
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Google creates Tx-LLM for drug discovery and therapeutic development
Google Research and Google DeepMind recently released a paper announcing the creation of a new LLM for drug discovery and therapeutic development dubbed Tx-LLM, fine-tuned from PaLM-2.Tx-LLM utilizes the tech giant’s PaLM-2, its generative…
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Study: Google reveals new capabilities of Med-Gemini’s LLMs
A study performed by Google Research in collaboration with Google DeepMind reveals the tech giant expanded the capabilities of its AI models for Med-Gemini-2D, Med-Gemini-3D and Med-Gemini Polygenic. Google said it fine-tuned Med-Gemini capabilities using…
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NIH develops AI tool to better pair cancer patients with drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have developed an artificial intelligence tool that predicts whether a patient will respond to cancer treatment drugs using individual…
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What Does the FTC’s $7M Fine Against Cerebral Mean for the Industry? – MedCity News
This week, the Federal Trade Commission hit virtual mental health startup Cerebral with a $7 million fine, accusing the company of mishandling users’ sensitive health data and misleading consumers about cancellation policies.
Cerebral agreed to…
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Responsible AI Requires a Delicate Balancing Act – Mayo Clinic Platform
Regulators who put too many restrictions on the technology can slow down innovation, but if they set up guardrails that aren’t strict enough, they needlessly endanger patients’ lives.
By John Halamka, M.D., President, Mayo Clinic…
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