In total, 131 hospitals are acting as plaintiffs. They’re asking a court to throw out 2023 changes to the Disproportionate Share Hospital calculation that altered the way Medicare Advantage and Social Security income were factored into the risk-adjusted payments hospitals receive for caring for vulnerable patient populations.
The cloud infrastructure company said in a recent investor meeting that its heavy spending on AI has been complicated by the global GPU and CPU shortage. Some 10,000 workers have reportedly been laid off, but the true number is unknown.
“It seems obvious that addressing social needs, like food and housing, in clinical settings would benefit patients,” said first study author Claire Chang, a University of Michigan Medical School student.
One of the problems in radiology today is the selective cherry picking of the easier, more desirable cases from the DICOM worklists and leaving the more complicated studies for other radiologists, which is one of the factors in radiologist burnout.
While there haven’t been any reports of a cybersecurity threat, the vulnerability could allow an unauthorized user to take control of the medical device remotely, alter settings on the systems and even impact patient test results, according to the FDA.
Elizabeth Bergey, MD, a diagnostic radiologist at Quantum, chairman of Quantum’s board of directors, explains some of the issues that cause burnout and how technology can help mitigate issues that cause radiologists to leave.
In particular, rads working in breast imaging and pediatrics appear to score the lowest rates of career advancement, experts write in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
