JP Morgan’s annual Healthcare Conference is almost becoming an AI event as doctors and AI scientists collaborate to turn petabytes of clinical data into generative AI models and actionable insights. The progress made since Chat GPT’s arrival demonstrates that we are on the precipice of a revolution that will produce cures for many common diseases and save countless lives.
Children's Hospital of Orange County and Rady Children's Hospital San Diego announced a merger Wednesday, combining the two hospitals into a system called Rady Children's Health. The merger went through a process requiring approval by the California AG among other regulatory hurdles and was finalized on Dec. 31, 2024. CHOC and Rady's announced intentions to merge in late 2023.
Four months after the Nashoba Valley Medical Center in North Central Massachusetts shuttered, emergency medical services in the surrounding communities are "on the verge of collapse," 13 local fire chiefs wrote in a recent letter to the state. The letter, sent Dec. 27 from the chiefs, their towns' leaders, and state lawmakers, urged Governor Maura Healey's administration to include in the state's budget proposals $9.6 million over the next two fiscal years to increase emergency response staffing and sustain overtime pay. The increasingly dire situation described in the letter highlights the continuing impact of the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care, the for-profit company that closed both the Nashoba Valley hospital in Ayer and Carney Hospital in Dorchester on Aug. 31, while in the process of selling its other Massachusetts hospitals to new operators.