Staff shortages and ongoing financial strain have reached critical levels in healthcare delivery. As 2025 approaches, pressure mounts from consumers, government and payers for greater accountability and transparency in care. The convergence of these forces has left healthcare delivery organizations at a crossroads.
With over 800 FDA-cleared health AI applications, expectations are that AI will be a game changer. It can augment our ability to deliver better care, proactively manage health, and accelerate medical research.
Housekeepers, cooks, dishwashers, servers, bartenders and other members of the union, Unite Here Local 2, are reaching out to attendees of the invitation-only J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to be held Jan. 13-16 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel.
In the days after Thompson was gunned down, UnitedHealthcare, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, UPMC and other major market players have retrenched online, fearing copycat attacks.
Portugal has a national health care system, entitling every resident to free or very low-cost health care. “They take care of people. If you’re poor, you still get health care. And you don’t have to have a job to get health insurance,” said Kyriakos S. Markides, a professor of aging at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. “What happens in this country? A lot of people go without.”