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Top Story 5 Questions Providers Must Ask to Ensure More Equitable AI Deployment Experts agree there are some concrete steps healthcare providers can take to ensure AI will be integrated more smoothly and equitably. Some of these measures include ensuring that models are trained on diverse datasets, keeping clinicians in the loop and prioritizing patient consent. Sponsored Content How Surescripts is Simplifying Prescribing and Obtaining Specialty Medications. Presented by MedCity News & Surescripts One of the challenges of specialty pharmacies is the need to improve the patient experience. Incomplete patient data, interoperability issues between the prescriber and pharmacy, are just a few of the potential pitfalls that can create friction for everyone involved.  Surescripts' Clinical Product Advisor Cecelia Byers shared how the company is working to simplify prescribing and obtaining specialty medications. Read here for the full interview. Sponsored Content Heard at HLTH 2023: Cohere Health Presented by Cohere Health Cohere Health CEO Siva Namasivayam on how the company applies AI to the prior authorization process. Watch Now

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How Digital Health Can Support Suicide Prevention Among Adolescents Engaging parents in their kids' mental health treatment can improve health outcomes. With digital health, it's easier to do this, according to one mental health executive. Carmot's IPO Filing Makes Case for Bias in Drugging Key Obesity, Diabetes Targets Carmot Therapeutics isn't the first company targeting both the GLP-1 and GIP receptors to treat metabolic diseases. But the company contends that biased signaling—activating certain pathways but not others—is key to setting its drugs apart from others in the same class. What One Medicaid Insurer Looks for From Potential Health Tech Vendors Many digital health startups aren't built with Medicaid members in mind. That's why Health Net created a request for information process to help the insurer determine which startups are the best fit for its Medicaid population, according to Dr. Pooja Mittal, vice president and chief health equity officer at Health Net. Enhancing Dementia Care and Empowering Caregivers with GUIDE GUIDE — Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience — is the new dementia care model from the CMS and the CMMI (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation) for beneficiaries covered by traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and their caregivers. It represents an incremental step forward in managing neurodegenerative diseases effectively. The Disconnect between R&D Costs and High Drug Prices Multiple studies have shown no correlation between R&D costs and the launch price of new drugs though that is an argument often used by drugmakers to prevent a cap on pricing. Still, one way to keep costs low, is for organizations to leverage health technology like AI and improve formulary compliance. Bayer Falls Short in Bid to Beat Eliquis in Afib, But Key Stroke Study Continues An independent data monitoring committee concluded Bayer's experimental drug for atrial fibrillation would not be more effective than Eliquis, a blockbuster product currently used for the indication. Consequently, Bayer decided to stop that Phase 3 test for the once-daily oral small molecule. Surviving and Thriving in the Age of AI: How Healthcare Leaders Can Learn What They Need to Know AI may transform health care across the board, but not by itself. It's a tool, and like any tool, it will work more effectively and more safely in trained hands. As the AI revolution continues to grow, we believe organizations should invest in that training now.

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