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STAT+: UnitedHealth was top insurer collecting billions in questionable Medicare payments, federal watchdog finds

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billion in payments last year from so-called health risk assessments (HRAs) and related reviews of medical records performed in 2022.     A report released Thursday by the Office of Inspector General for the Health and Human Services Department concluded that insurers collectively received an estimated $7.5

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How blockchain can revolutionise medical records and save lives

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If appropriately implemented, blockchain-based medical records systems of tomorrow could be far more accurate, secure and accessible than the one-size-fits-all approach applied to today’s electronic health records, all while putting additional power back in the hands of the patients. The state of medical records today.

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Revolutionizing healthcare with clinical AI: Google for medical records

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Creating artificial intelligence to understand medical conditions, and not just the English language, sounds far-fetched, but this is what one CEO is achieving with an impressive foundational innovation.

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STAT+: Ozempic linked to lower risk of Alzheimer’s diagnosis in observational study

STAT

Novo Nordisk’s drug Ozempic was linked to a lower risk of getting diagnosed with Alzheimer’s among people with type 2 diabetes, an analysis of medical records found, supporting the case for further research of the blockbuster GLP-1 drug in neurodegenerative diseases.

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STAT+: Hospitals struggle to validate AI-generated clinical summaries. ‘It’s a bit chaotic’

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“I can remember that needle in the haystack feeling,” said Bart, now chief medical information officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, “when you found that one thing in the medical record that helps us figure this out.”

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Opinion: Bloated patient records are filled with false information, thanks to copy-paste

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I recently took care of a patient whose medical records included multiple notes about her past open-heart surgery. Only she had never undergone open-heart surgery. Read the rest…

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Emphasizing Electronic Medical Records in Toxicity Management

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Exploring the significant role of electronic medical records (EMR) in toxicity management for patients with HR+/HER2– breast cancer.