by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
A new study finds that generative AI models can identify social determinants of health (SDOH) in doctors’ notes. SDOH are major drivers of health outcomes, but these factors are notoriously under-documented in existing EHR structured data. While a subset of billing...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that nearly 10,000 people died from COVID-19 in the month of December, and hospital admissions jumped 42 percent in Europe and the Americas. The increased transmission was fueled by holiday gatherings and a new variant. While...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Health IT, Tea Leaves
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a first-of-its-kind settlement with a data broker that the regulator alleged sold data that could be used to track visits to locations like medical clinics. The FTC alleged that Outlogic, formerly known as X-Mode Social,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Health insurance enrollment through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) insurance marketplace has reached a record for the third consecutive year, according to the latest update from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS said in a statement...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
According to a recent analysis from KFF, most nonprofit hospitals and health systems had enough cash on hand to cover operating expenses for an extended period of time in 2022. On average, hospitals and systems reported having 218 days of cash on hand in 2022 —...
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