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

Forbes Healthcare

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Words can Harm, Words can Heal

Sensible Medicine

The picture below shows how a treatment can make patients better. I see four ways. The drug/procedure may work biologically. The Voltaire effect relates to his quote saying that the art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. AKA: natural history. Placebo effects can also contribute. I will show you an elegant experiment demonstrating how positive energy and words can add to improvement.

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Independent Clinical Judgement in Chart Preparation

Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

I recently received an email from a medical assistant in pathology requesting clarification on their scope of practice. Specifically, they wanted to know whether they could read a providers diagnoses and use that information to decide which documents they need to gather to prepare a patients chart.

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Are You Ready for the Enhanced HIPAA Requirements for Penetration Testing? 

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Chris Cronin, partner, HALOCK Security Labs and chair of the DoCRA Council We strongly recommend an annual penetration test if your company is on the internet. Also known as a pen test, this is […] The article Are You Ready for the Enhanced HIPAA Requirements for Penetration Testing?

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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EvidenceCare Launches The BetterCare Platform™ with AI Investment and CareInsights™

EvidenceCare

EvidenceCare has launched The BetterCare Platform to unite physician-centered solutions under one platform. With a bold AI investment and the rebrand of Agathos to CareInsights , the company is leading the future of better care decisions. NASHVILLE, TN – June 17, 2025 – EvidenceCare , a leader in physician-centered clinical decision support, today announced the launch of The BetterCare Platform —a unified framework of solutions designed to improve hospital performance.

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Biggest health care fraud crackdown in U.S. history targets $14.6B in alleged scams

Medical Economics

Justice Department charges 324 defendants, including 96 licensed medical professionals, in sweeping nationwide takedown that reveals a surge in transnational, telehealth and opioid schemes.

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Every 100 Grams Of Ultra Processed Foods Consumed Per Day Increases Risk Of Diseases

Forbes Healthcare

With every 100 grams of ultra-processed foods you consume each day, your risk of developing cardiovascular disease, hypertension, digestive diseases, and cancer increases.

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Cancer Patients Are Overmedicated To Enrich Health Systems

Forbes Healthcare

Cancer patients treated by physicians participating in the 340B Program receive more medications, including those outside guidelines, without improvements in survival.

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CDC Bird Flu Response Cuts Could Lead To Another Pandemic

Forbes Healthcare

Cutting surveillance for bird flu, combined with RFK Jr's proposed “let ‘er rip” approach to poultry infections would be dangerous. This is why.

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This Digital Health Startup Wants To Help Hospitals Make Sense Of All Their Tech

Forbes Healthcare

Fresh off a $275 million fundraisethe largest in digital health so far this yearInnovaccers cofounder and CEO Abhinav Shashank has a plan to pull together data and AI tools all in one place.

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AI Agents Are Coming To Healthcare

Forbes Healthcare

AI agents are entering healthcare not just as tools, but as digital workers. Here, I explore the jobs they’re taking on—and what it will take to unlock their potential.

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Bill Gates Thinks AI Will Replace Doctors. Here’s Why He’s Wrong

Forbes Healthcare

AI is transforming medicine, but it won’t replace doctors anytime soon. Here's why human judgment, empathy and experience still matter in healthcare.

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The Prototype: These Bacteria Can Generate Electricity

Forbes Healthcare

In this weeks edition of The Prototype, we look at quantum computing for image recognition, a gene therapy using a patients own skin cells, electricity-generating bacteria, using physics to cook perfect pasta and more.

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What To Expect As The New Vaccine Advisory Committee Meets This Week

Forbes Healthcare

Robert F. Kennedy Jr' s new ACIP vaccine advisors have the power to undo years of evidence-based recommendations. Here's what's at stake.

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Palantir Sues Y Combinator Startup Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft

Forbes Healthcare

Former Palantir employees Mayank Jain and Pranav Pillai started Guardian AI to help healthcare providers fight insurance claim denials. Now their former employer is suing them for allegedly stealing trade secrets.

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The 10-year Anniversary of Medical Experts Biggest Flub

Sensible Medicine

Here is how bad the experts’ error was: in the randomized controlled trial testing the experts’ recommendation, the primary outcome (bad event) occurred in 13.7% of individuals randomized to the established practice vs 1.9% in the new treatment. For those counting, the new treatment reduced the bad outcome by 86% over the expert’s choice.

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Amid Doctor Shortage, Physician Assistant Pay Hits $130,000

Forbes Healthcare

Physician assistants are increasing in number and so is their pay, eclipsing $130,000 a year, according to new compensation data.

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Gates Foundation Opening Singapore Office To Deepen Southeast Asia Partnerships

Forbes Healthcare

Supported by Singapores Economic Development Board, the establishment of the office in the city state will help accelerate the progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals, the foundation said in a statement.

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Meet The Billionaire CEO Trying To Resurrect The Woolly Mammoth

Forbes Healthcare

Colossal Biosciences cofounder and CEO Ben Lamm is worth $3.7 billion following the company's recent fundraise at an eye-popping $10.2 billion valuation. But it has yet to be paid for reviving extinct animals or saving endangered ones.

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Why most medical research is likely (still) waste, and less research funding may be one way forward

Sensible Medicine

As always, we are happy to feature articles that expand on ideas discussed on Sensible Medicine – even when the author agrees more with Dr. Prasad than with me. Today, we welcome back Dr. Raudasoja, who last published with us about a year ago. Adam Cifu Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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Meet India’s Self-Made Biologics Brewmaster Billionaire

Forbes Healthcare

Thwarted in her ambition to become a brewmaster, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw channeled her frustrations into building a knockoff drug powerhouse and has become one of the worlds most successful female entrepreneurs.

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CDC Vaccine Advisors To Vote On Thimerosal In Flu Shots. Here’s What To Know About Thimerosal

Forbes Healthcare

The CDC’s ACIP is set to vote on the issue of thimerosal in flu vaccines. Here's what to know about what it is, its safety, and what the science says about it.

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InnovationRx: Eli Lilly Has Stockpiled Nearly $550 Million Of Its Next Obesity Drug

Forbes Healthcare

In this weeks edition of InnovationRx, we look at Eli Lillys weight-loss pill stockpiling, scaling stem cell manufacturing, the growing measles outbreak in Texas, an.

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A review of the newly approved novel non-opioid pain reliever suzetrigine (Journavx)

Sensible Medicine

Last week the FDA approved a novel non-opioid pain medication. The drug is called suzetrigine (Journavx). A Google search brings up news releases from Vertex , and news coverage—which are essentially the same and lacking links to the evidence. I aimed to provide readers the evidence for this new drug. This was much more difficult to find. Some things to set out first: I am not a pain specialist; my analysis is one of a Neutral Martian.

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Primum Non Nocere

Sensible Medicine

I have trouble understanding the recent animosity to the phrase “First, Do No Harm” as it applies to medical practice. I have always accepted it as a guide for medical practice. Way back in 2012, when Vinay and I published A medical burden of proof: Towards a new ethic , we built our arguments on Primum non nocere , which we referred to as ‘the most fundamental principle of medicine.’ In this essay, Dr.

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The Disconnect Between Climate Goals And Funds For Factory Farms

Forbes Healthcare

As of today, IFC funds should be fully aligned with the Paris climate agreement. Climate researchers say that's impossible while supporting industrial animal agriculture.

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Underappreciated Harms of the Electronic Medical Record

Sensible Medicine

I did my residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. Some people think of it as The House of God , I think of it as the home of Open Notes. 1 Dr. Tom Delbanco was the chief of General Internal Medicine while I was there and was already advocating that patients have access to their medical records. He encouraged me to document clinic visits in notes that I’d be comfortable with my patients reading.

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Seed Oils: Real Harm or Just Another Food Fear Fad?

Sensible Medicine

Two health obsessions that I’ve never really understood are the supposed benefits of vitamin D (for every imaginable ill) and harm of seed oils. Dr. Bobby Dubois thinks a lot about the evidence behind health recommendations on his podcast. His research has led him to a pretty clear opinion about the role of seed oils in health and disease. Attentive Sensible Medicine readers will note that his take is a bit different from that expressed in a recent post.

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Diagnosing Medicaid Cuts To Hospitals In The One, Big, Beautiful Bill

Forbes Healthcare

It’s critical to understand the role that Medicaid and Medicaid State-directed payments (SDPs) play in the survival of what are known as Safety Net Hospitals.

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3 Ways The $41 Billion Agentic AI Market Is Reshaping The Future Of Work

Forbes Healthcare

With AI agents, workflows are delegated, not just automated; healthcare moves from fragmented to intelligent; and enterprise operations shift from reactive to proactive.

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