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States Target School Cell Phone Use At least four states have banned or severely restricted the use of smart phones in schools in the current legislative biennium. Florida became the first state to do...
Compounded Weight-Loss Drugs Creating Headaches for State Regulators With popular weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy in short supply, many doctors, pharmacies and other providers have...
In their seminal book on the American health care system, legendary investigative reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele offered a disturbing metaphor for the illogical nature of medical pricing...
PA Lawmakers Pass Bill Regulating PBMs The Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill ( HB 1993 ) aimed at increasing oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. If signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), the measure...
In a sign of the times, states have begun pursuing bills that require disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence. In March, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB 149 , making the state the first...
Three Florida residents have filed a lawsuit alleging health officials in that state aren’t notifying disabled and low-income residents about Medicaid redeterminations. The suit is the first legal challenge to the flurry of disenrollments from the program since federal pandemic-era coverage protections ended. (KFF HEALTH NEWS, AXIOS)
Roughly 77% of the employers who participated in the Business Group on Health’s 2024 Large Employer Health Survey reported an increase in the mental health needs of their employees. Last year 44% of employers reported such an increase. (POLITICO)
A new study found that ChatGPT was accurate at clinical decision-making 72% of the time. The study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, explored ChatGPT’s accuracy at differential diagnoses, diagnostic testing, final diagnosis and management based on patient age, gender, and case acuity. The technology performed best at making final diagnoses, with an accuracy rate of 77%, and was least effective at generating initial differential diagnoses, with an accuracy of 60%. (FIERCE HEALTHCARE)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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