Amazon's One Medical, a national primary care brand, is using AI to combat physician burnout. Artificial intelligence is supposed to transform medicine. But with AI tools flooding the market, health systems are grappling with where AI might best fit into their workflows.
More policymakers are supporting programs that use nutrition to address rising levels of diet-related health issues. Should the federal government allocate funding to connect patients with services that tailor food consumption to meet their specific health needs?
Advancements in cancer treatments like chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation, transplants and surgery have allowed more and more children to survive their diseases. But the same treatments that are saving people's lives can later cause delayed hormone development, infertility and secondary cancers, or chronic health complications like muscle and bone weakness and impaired vision and hearing. A new research program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will focus exclusively on the long-term effects of cancer treatment in children and identify interventions that can reduce some of these health complications in survivors as they become teenagers and adults. The project builds upon a long history of research and work at CHOP to study the effects of chemotherapy and radiation, which are extremely effective in curing many kinds of cancers, but they can be harsh on the body.
Drugstores have been dealing with shrinking reimbursement for prescriptions, rising costs and changing customer shopping habits. The chains have been closing money-losing stores and transferring prescription files to more profitable locations.