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Considering Equity and Consumer Impacts of GLP-1 Drugs – A UBS Economist Weighs In

Health Populi

Since the introduction of GLP-1 drugs on the market, their use has split into two categories: for obesity and “recreationally,” according to the Chief Economist with UBS (formerly known as Union Bank of Switzerland). Most likely the food categories that would be cut would include snacks and “calorie intensive” foods.

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Evaluating biases in Language Models for clinical use: a study on GPT-4

Digital Health Global

A recent study published by The Lancet Digital Health has shed light on potential pitfalls, emphasizing the need for cautious integration into healthcare settings. The study In this study, researchers delved into whether GPT-4 harbors racial and gender biases that could adversely impact its utility in healthcare applications.

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Art As Medicine – WHO Weaves the Evidence for Arts’ Role in Improving Health

Health Populi

There’s a lot of proof supporting arts-as-medicine, WHO details in this paper, which synthesizes research published in over 3,000 studies. These outcomes were the results considered across the studies, falling into the two categories of prevention and promotion, and management and treatment, shown in the second chart from the report.

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The influence of AI-powered chatbots on urolithiasis treatment

Digital Health Global

A recent study examines the impact of AI-powered chatbots in the treatment of urolithiasis. The goal of this study was to illuminate the evolving relationship between patients and the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Patients involved in the study were asked to complete questionnaires via a self-administered survey.

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Female physicians more likely to adopt telehealth early

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A study published this past week in JAMA Network Open found that while the vast majority of physicians in a large regional healthcare system had transitioned to include virtual care in their practice by December 2020, some were more likely to be early adopters than others. WHY IT MATTERS. 1, 2019, and Dec.

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Clinically Trained AI Achieved High Level of Parity with Physicians in Generating Differential Diagnosis, Large-Scale Study Finds

Digital Health Global

This comprehensive study of over 102,000 real-world primary care clinical cases was co-authored by Dan Zeltzer, Princeton University-trained Health Economist from Tel Aviv University, and Jon O Ebbert, M.D., The study also demonstrates how the AI can improve from the clinician’s feedback in a unique reinforcement learning loop.

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The ROI on Virtual Care – Thinking About Value and Future Prospects With the AMA

Health Populi

The first chart from the CDC illustrates that dramatic growth in the use of telehealth ratcheting up since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in the U.S. In the former category, you can look to the Telehealth Expansion Act as well as the more granular Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act.