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Ask a doc: 25 burning questions about AI and health care answered by an expert

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As artificial intelligence continues to move into the health care arena — showing up everywhere from ultrasound screenings to drug development to doctors’ offices — some patients may be uncertain, curious or concerned about how it will impact them or their medical care. Dr. Harvey Castro, an …

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Doctor at Cigna Said Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients' Cases Too Quickly

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Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” Day said.

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U.S. government spent more on health care in 2022 than six countries with universal health care combined

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trillion in federal and state health care expenditures in 2022 — about 41% of the nearly $4.5 trillion in both public and private health care spending the U.S. trillion, third-party programs, which are often government-funded, and public health programs accounted for another $600 billion in spending.

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Mental Health in Software Engineering

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I want to talk about something we don't discuss enough in our field: the mental health of software engineers, especially those of us who've taken on the

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STAT+: NYU professors who defended vaping didn’t disclose ties to Juul, documents show

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Abrams, a frequent commentator about vaping in the news media, including CBS This Morning, CNN, and The New Yorker, coordinated extensively with Juul on public messaging in 2017 and 2018, according to company emails.

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Unraveling the PJ&A / Northwell Health data breach saga

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Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A), a trusted transcription services provider, filed a notice of a data breach that extends its tendrils across multiple companies, with Northwell Health emerging as a prominent victim. Northwell Health data breach saga allowed the intruder to obtain sensitive information stored within the system.

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The Impact of Big Data on Healthcare Decision Making

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Introduction Big data is revolutionizing the healthcare industry and changing how we think about patient care. In this case, big data refers to the vast amounts of data generated by healthcare systems and patients, including electronic health records, claims data, and patient-generated data.

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