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Machine Learning Meets Motherhood: This Entrepreneur Is Changing The Future Of Fertility

Forbes Healthcare

Felicia von Reden started Ovom Care in 2023 to build software to make the often strenuous IVF process more efficient and more affordable. Ovom uses artificial intelligence to help doctors determine the right medication and dosage for each patient, and even identify the most viable eggs and sperm in a patient's body.

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The Most Expensive Medical Condition Is Not What You Think

Forbes Healthcare

getty In a minute, I’m going to ask you what the most expensive medical condition is in the American healthcare system. That means it affects a lot of people for a long time, while being serious enough to generate plenty of medical bills. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. More Horizontal version.

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Zombie Healthcare Masking Policies Return to Maryland

Sensible Medicine

In 2023, the Maryland Department of Health (DOH) adopted a standard for return to universal masking in healthcare facilities when hospitalizations with respiratory viruses (covid, influenza, or RSV) reach a level of 10 cases per 100,000 population. A limited mask mandate is returning to my state this week. Maryland has a population of 6.3

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Win $100,000 in Goodies Courtesy of Careismatic Brands for Nurses’ Week 2023

Scrubs

Careismatic Brands, the world’s largest maker of medical apparel, is giving away $100,000 in free scrubs for Nurses’ Week 2023. Some 250 winners will each receive a new set of scrubs every month from June to December 2023. Then we have the competition of the century for you.

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This Startup Built A Hospital In India To Test Its AI Software

Forbes Healthcare

But the majority of clinical trials today are done in top-notch academic medical centers, and first they needed to prove that their AI-enabled software could help overseas hospitals and smaller community cancer centers handle the documentation required to get through regulatory approval. Pi Health Only 8% of cancer patients in the U.S.

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Virtual Care and Mental Health Top of Mind for Employers’ Workplaces in 2023

Health Populi

The 2023 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the Business Group on Health (BGH) found that two in three large employers see their health and well-being strategy as an integral part of their overall workforce strategy.

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5 Risk Control Considerations as Nurse Practitioners’ Scope of Practice Expands

Minority Nurse

This means NPs can evaluate patients, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, and initiate and manage treatments (including prescribing medications) under the licensing authority of the State Board of Nursing. Since 2023, 27 states and the District of Columbia have granted NPs full practice authority (AANP, 2023).