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Top Story How the American Cancer Society Is Using LLMs to Accelerate Research The American Cancer Society struck a multi-year collaboration with Layer Health, a healthcare AI company that uses LLMs to improve data abstraction and generate insights. The partners will abstract data from thousands of medical charts of patients enrolled in the American Cancer Society's research studies, with the ultimate goal of shortening research timelines. Sponsored Leverage Data To Drive Performance Improvements Presented by Relatient A new report from Relatient, highlights how focusing on data accuracy and relevance can enhance the performance of healthcare practices.  Other insights you'll find: Enhancing provider and scheduling performance to maximize access Enhancing contact center efficiency for seamless patient interactions Improving the patient experience through better convenience Managing financial impact with data-driven payment strategies Click here to gain access.

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Lantern Unveils Savings Methodology to Increase Transparency for Specialty Care Pricing Lantern has publicly released its methodology for calculating surgical savings, and is inviting others to do the same. AstraZeneca Aims to Make Cell Therapy More Accessible With $425M EsoBiotec Acquisition AstraZeneca's EsoBiotec acquisition is the latest in a series of deals struck by the pharma giant to secure a place in the next wave of cell therapies for cancer and immune-mediated diseases. EsoBiotec's allogeneic cell therapies are made by the in vivo reprogramming of a patient's immune cells. Fluency Isn't Intelligence in Healthcare The current wave of generative AI has captured public imagination, but we must temper our expectations. While these models demonstrate impressive capabilities in processing vast amounts of medical literature and generating coherent text, they're far from perfect.  Better Science, Better Medicine: How Clinical Research Advances Women's Health Modern trial designs, digital solutions and a deeper understanding of patient realities are helping to open research to more people, including women and others who have historically been underrepresented.

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