- Issue causing a sharp divide among Catholics: how to take communion.
- “Thomas joins a growing number of people who say their casual A.I. use turned excessive and addictive, and led them to a state of psychosis that almost cost them their lives.”
- 53 percent of traditional Medicare beneficiaries receive care through an accountable care organization.
- Hard to believe: Democrats are objecting to TrumpRx.
- Male birth control is on the horizon. (Statnews)
- More than one-quarter of physicians enrolled In Medicaid delivered no care to beneficiaries.
- KFF poll: other than cost, authorizations rank as public’s biggest burden when getting health care.
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare
State Regulated Practice of Medicine Inhibits Innovative Practice Models
Anything that can cut through the bureaucracy and turf wars to nudge medical care into the Information Age would benefit consumers and boost access to care.
Friday Links
- Robots are coming – but not to worry.
- There is a single-dose oral antiviral that, when taken within 24 to 36 hours of symptom onset, is effective for both treatment and prevention of onward transmission of the flu.
- A bad experience with a sharing health plan: looking at the fine print of “pre-existing condition.”
- Medicare Advantage insurers made almost 53 million prior authorization decisions in 2024. Most were not appealed. Of those that were, 80.7% of those were at least partially overturned.
Weird Science: Are A.I. Chatbots Really Causing Delusions?
Are chatbots to blame for people who develop psychosis after talking to a chatbot? Or are some people susceptible to delusions, and should not use chatbots? Chatbots do not derange people; some people are just on the edge of delusional psychosis and susceptible.