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White House enlists doctors and hospitals to combat gun violence

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The White House is calling on hospital executives, doctors and other healthcare leaders to take bolder steps to prevent gun violence by gathering more data about gunshot injuries and routinely coun | In 1996, Congress cut federal funding for gun control research by the CDC, essentially shifting the responsibility for funding and conducting the research (..)

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CMS finalizes 2024 Medicare hospital, doctor payments, 340B fix and price transparency requirements

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Regulators finalized a number of rules Thursday with sweeping implications for providers in the Medicare program, including rates for next year that doctors and hospitals slammed as insufficient.

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Doctors are getting on board with genAI, survey shows

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hospital or health system and use clinical decision support tools, four in five providers – 81% – agreed that generative artificial intelligence can improve care team interactions with patients. That knowledge makes 76% of the doctors surveyed comfortable using genAI, the data showed.

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Crescent Regional Hospital is first to offer hologram patient visits

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Patients at Crescent Regional Hospital can schedule a non-touch visit with their doctor or any range of medical specialists from the Dallas area, or anywhere in the world, through the magic of spatial computing. Doctors could save up to 20 hours each week, Holoconnects contended.

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Outpatient hospital care costs much more than care at doctors' offices, surgery centers: Blues research

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Outpatient hospital care costs much more than care at doctors' offices, surgery centers: Blues research fdiamond Wed, 09/13/2023 - 15:47

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MedPAC declines to recommend to Congress additional pay bumps for doctors, hospitals

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MedPAC declines to recommend to Congress additional pay bumps for doctors, hospitals. Thu, 01/13/2022 - 16:07.

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Does ChatGPT really outshine doctors? Or just on social media?

Healthcare It News

But other generative AI scholars are not so sure ChatGPT's empathy replaces the doctors' How do doctors approach answering questions on social media? " How do patients respond to the advice of doctors on social media? ChatGPT is already showing potential value for an array of healthcare use cases.

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