Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University recently published a study looking at how using generative AI at work affects critical thinking skills.
As demand for behavioral health services continues to strain the capacity of the health care system, it’s more apparent than ever that solutions will require innovation, collaboration and trust.
The decision to sell nonprofit Mission Health to for-profit HCA Healthcare was made behind closed doors, without public review, and, contrary to promises made by Mission's leadership at the time of the 2019 sale, did not lead to lasting improvements at Mission Hospital, according to the final two installments of an academic study of the merger. Though HCA made improvements to the western North Carolina health care system, according to the Wake Forest University report, many were already planned or required by then-Attorney General Josh Stein as part of the terms of the sale. "[I]t is difficult to point to any concrete lasting improvements that HCA has brought to Mission Hospital," the report states. "It is telling that, even under the most favorable viewpoints, there is no credible voice openly claiming that Asheville and western North Carolina are actually better off now with HCA at the helm of Mission."
The Trump administration has tasked two top political appointees with monitoring the Department of Government Efficiency's access to key systems inside the health agency responsible for managing Medicare and Medicaid, according to internal emails obtained by POLITICO. The appointees, Kim Brandt and John Brooks, are leading the CMS's "collaboration" with the unofficial cost-cutting group led by Elon Musk, including "ensuring appropriate access to CMS systems and technology."
The Trump administration is pushing the Department of Health and Human Services to go after "anything related to Covid" and contracts that would "be deemed wasteful by an average citizen if made public," according to an email sent to Food and Drug Administration staff on Thursday seen by Bloomberg. That includes General Services Administration contracts for services to support diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices, telework, swag or advertising spending, the memo said. Staff were asked to report data back on such wasteful spending by Thursday morning.