A week of billions plus $850M | Google’s top clinician on AI | more

This week has seen a cluster of healthcare-related business moves valued in the billions with a B.

The deal includes both cash and stock, and is expected to be finalized early next year.

Generative AI of the “large language” kind has been an attention hog over the past 10 or 11 months. The buzz has been so loud and constant that it’s all but asking to be dismissed as hype.

Deploying specific alerts could help health systems prescribe fewer opioids at a time when overdoses are at an all-time high. 

Do you know who owns your personal favorite doctor’s practice? Could it be a healthcare conglomerate? An insurance company? A private equity firm? Amazon?

It’s easy to see the appeal of cross-market hospital mergers to the marrying partners. How these long-distance entwinements help patients is a separate question.

Elizabeth Hernandez signed thousands of orders for unnecessary genetic tests and orthotic braces for patients she had not even examined, according to the DOJ.

“Many within the healthcare industry believe that cardiovascular care will be increasingly delivered in non-traditional ambulatory settings,” according to one author. “The cardiovascular care community must consider and prepare for this eventuality."

“Physicians coming out of training are being recruited like blue chip athletes,” said AMN Healthcare's Leah Grant.