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To tell or not to tell: Do patients really need to know who—or what—writes their doctor’s notes?

When blinded as to authorship, healthcare consumers slightly prefer medical messages composed by generative AI to those written by human clinicians. 

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CMS ends ACA special enrollment, changes deadline for signing up

Changes are coming to the Affordable Care Act marketplace, with the new deadline for annual enrollment shifted to Dec. 15.

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Walgreens $10B private equity buyout financed by 83% debt

A filing with the  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reveals details on how Sycamore Partners intends to pay for the struggling pharmacy chain. 

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Family files lawsuit after transplant ends in tragedy—says son ‘got the heart of a meth addict’

A Florida family is suing Mayo Clinic for allegedly performing a heart transplant without communicating certain risks associated with the donated organ. Mayo Clinic has pushed back against those claims, saying it acted appropriately every step of the way. 

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Report: NIH continues to pull research grants, in violation of court orders

While the policy of President Donald Trump is to axe research on transgender issues and DEI, scientists who spoke to the Boston Globe said their work does not run up against those restrictions. 

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HHS sends 80K workers a $25K ‘voluntary’ resignation notice

Per a media report, employees received the offer via email on Friday. No official layoffs have been announced. 

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Walgreens confirms $10B sale to PE, as part of $24B transaction

Sycamore Partners will be purchasing the struggling pharmacy chain for $11.45 a share and putting its VillageMD clinics up for sale. 

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Boston Scientific enters renal denervation market with acquisition worth up to $540M

Boston Scientific has announced another significant M&A deal, scooping up an Israeli medtech company focused on RDN technology. 

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Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

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FDA announces catheter recall for Johnson & Johnson PFA system due to stroke risk

The recall comes after approximately 3% of patients treated with the device during the early stages of its U.S. rollout experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack following surgery. The expected stroke rate is closer to 1%, the FDA explained.