Issue #254: Algorithm can label messages to physicians, Change Healthcare cyberattack impact, Grow Therapy secures $88M
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Digital Health in the News
The AI assurance lab at UMass Chan Medical School will be the first step in creating what MITRE and many other healthcare stakeholders envision as a "national network of AI assurance labs," said Doug Robbins, vice president at MITRE. Fierce Healthcare
Kaiser Permanente’s Desktop Medicine team gets AI assist in handling millions of patient messages, resolving a third before they get to doctors’ inboxes. Kaiser Permanente
With AI-powered pharmaco-clinical intelligence, the not-for-profit health system aims to identify and monitor high-risk polypharmacy patients and recommend clinical Interventions. Healthcare IT News
This Week in The Big Unlock Podcast
?In this episode, Shahidul Mannan, MBA, Chief Data Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health, discusses the complexities of establishing a robust data infrastructure in healthcare. He also highlights the significance of data and AI governance and expresses concerns about leadership readiness for AI. Listen now.
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Insights & Research
Over 77% of respondents have experienced service disruptions since Feb. 21 and are still feeling the effects of the cyberattack (N=1,393). American Mission Hospital
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About 32% of health insurance sites and apps “don’t meet the foundational level of functionality and intuitive organization of information,” according to a new J.D. Power report. MedCity News
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Other Stuff We’re Reading
Times of substantial tech progress and change, like the current AI revolution, create fear and anxiety. This often causes leaders to fall back on their ego and emphasize their expertise, closing their minds and negatively impacting their people and organizations. Instead, leaders need to take on a beginner’s mindset of openness and curiosity. This is not easy. The more experienced we are, the more locked-in we tend to become in our ways of thinking and doing things. But it is possible, and with employee stress at record highs, it’s necessary. And research shows that the openness that comes with a beginner’s mindset is a crucial factor in achieving better outcomes. There are a few simple questions you can ask yourself to gauge your leadership style and whether you have a beginner’s mindset. HBR
Marketing leaders are realizing gains from AI in three key areas, new research shows: increasing sales productivity, increasing customer satisfaction, and reducing marketing overhead costs. MIT Sloan Review
Digital Health Funding and M&A
Hospitals and health systems have kicked off the calendar year with a flurry of merger and acquisition deals reflecting several different strategic trends driving providers in 2024. Fierce Healthcare
The New York-based mental health company also announced a measurement-informed system to help providers transition to value-based care. mobihealthnews
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