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FDA sees promise in voice-based AI model for heart failure

An advanced algorithm that looks for signs of heart failure in five-second voice recordings has received the FDA's breakthrough device designation.

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Software errors lead to major insulin pump recall—manufacturer shares a fix

Nearly 27,000 MiniMed 780G insulin pumps were included in a new Class II recall. By taking a few basic steps, however, patients should be able to avoid any significant risks.

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Activist investors sue UnitedHealth to force annual reporting on patient care access

Led by a Quebec-based faith organization, a coalition of investors is asking a court to force UnitedHealth to provide details on the social impacts of its history of mergers and acquisitions. The lawsuit comes after the plaintiffs, all company shareholders, failed to get the proposal passed through internal channels. The Securities and Exchange Commission has also opted not to intervene. 

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FTC settles lawsuit against Express Scripts in deal that includes TrumpRx support

The Federal Trade Commission was suing the pharmacy benefit manager over allegations it was deliberately inflating the price of insulin. Per the agreement, Express Scripts has agreed to end business practices that involved taking manufacturer rebates on wholesale drug costs without passing them on to patients.

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OIG audit of hospital’s cybersecurity finds vulnerabilities in common web applications

Neither the health system nor the applications were named. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General said they were able to perform a successful phishing attack and breach a portal lacking firewall support. The agency released a report containing the full details.

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Does Moltbook have anything to do with healthcare? Should healthcare have anything to do with Moltbook?

The self-described “social network for AI agents”—humans can observe but can’t chime in—launched one week ago. But Moltbook already has an awful lot of people fussing and fighting over what it means in the grand scheme of all things AI. 

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Medtronic SVP Nina Goodheart to retire after nearly 20 years in cardiovascular care

Nina Goodheart, the president of Medtronic’s structural heart and aortic business, has announced her retirement. 

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Surgery society disavows ‘gender affirming’ interventions for young people

A major medical group with a direct stake in the national debate over gender transitions for minors has come out against providing related clinical measures.  

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Hospitals don’t have to pit service-line breadth against clinical-specialization focus: Operational analysis

Regardless of hospital size, per-patient-discharge costs are affected by two factors sometimes understood to exist in tension with one another. 

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FDA sees promise in voice-based AI model for heart failure

An advanced algorithm that looks for signs of heart failure in five-second voice recordings has received the FDA's breakthrough device designation.