Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
Here they are: Human-centric by design. The development and use of AI technologies align with ethical and human-centric values. Risk-based approach. The development and use of AI technologies follow a risk-based approach with proportionate validation, risk mitigation, and oversight based on the context of use and determined model risk. Adherence to standards. AI technologies adhere…
The Economist reports that many life science companies are betting big on AI to help with drug development. Why? If AI can increase their likelihood new molecules become successful drugs, the cost of drug development will fall. AI-designed molecules show an 80-90% success rate in early-stage safety trials, compared with a historical average of just…
Joe Paduda of Managed Care Matters discusses rising Workers Comp cost in California: Of particular interest is the growing prevalence of unlisted codes in physical medicine (PM). Last year saw a huge jump in PM services coded as 97799 – “unlisted physical medicine”. Note that jump happened while the use of normal/traditional/common PM codes for…
Today’s AI is not truly agentic because it’s not truly independent of you. The current crop of agents can’t set complex goals, or properly verify outputs. You have to spend a lot of effort on prompting, verifying, and system integrating. That just means the smarter you are, the smarter the AI is. It’s really amplified…
The answer to this question depends, not only on how well AI tools work, but also on how AI technologies are regulated by the FDA. Scott Gottlieb has some thoughts on preferred regulatory approaches in his recent article in JAMA Health Forum. Artificial intelligence tools with advanced analytical capabilities used in clinical practice, especially tools…
To answer this question, I of course asked different AIs what the answer would be. Their responses: ChatGPT. In 2025, AI will significantly enhance healthcare by improving diagnostic accuracy, such as detecting early-stage cancers through tools like AI-enhanced mammograms and identifying retinal diseases via AI-analyzed optical scans. Personalized medicine will advance as AI tools like…