Blogs
Excerpts from Michael’s Forbes.com blog, The Examining Table, and entries from The Health Care Blog
The Examining Table
Hospitals Merge For Power, While ‘Price Transparency’ Fantasy Persists
A new study highlights a pervasive government failure to prevent hospital mergers that give providers excess pricing power. Price transparency is unlikely to compensate.
Shared Decision Surprises: Ineffectual AI And A ‘Flea Market’ Ending
Researchers examining how patients make medical decisions are turning up some unexpected results.
The Coalition For Health AI Is A ‘Goo-Goo,’ Not Yet A Revolutionary
The Coalition for Health AI wants to be the “curator of best practices of AI in health,” but it’s unclear if that will involve enabling true patient empowerment.
AI Chatbots Speak No Evil About Questionable Doctors, Hospitals
When it comes to warning the public about potentially harmful health care, ChatGPT and Gemini clam up, even if the misdeeds were widely publicized..
Will Wearable Health Device Data Bring Woe Or Wealth To Providers?
Researchers applied game theory to find out whether incorporating patient-generated health data into the clinical work flow will boost or bring down providers’ profits.