Healthcare Innovation
Healthcare Innovation One of the things which can keep your brain healthy is to keep stimulating it. I do that through my reading, writing, and speaking. This week, my brain was super-stimulated by attending an all-day Nuvance Health Neuroscience Institute Symposium. Dr. Paul Wright, MD, MBA and SVP, System Chair for Neuroscience at Nuvance Health […]
3D-Printed Body Parts
3D-Printed Body Parts Back in 2014, I attended a 3D Printing Conference at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. The first day of the conference focused on how 3-D printing would impact manufacturing. The conference showed off some amazing printed items including just about everything imaginable including a car. One of the presenters […]
Negotiating the Price of Drugs
Negotiating the Price of Drugs In August 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which gave Medicare the authority to negotiate drug prices for the first time in history. Politicians are taking a victory lap. The truth is the pharmaceutical industry could take a victory lap. In this article, I will take a look […]
What is a Large Language Model?
What is a Large Language Model? A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) model which is fed with a massive dataset of information from the Internet. A set of complex computer algorithms analyzes the information and learns the statistical relationships between words and phrases. This process is called training. After […]
Is Falling a Problem? by John R. Patrick
Is Falling a Problem? According to the CDC, about 700,000 to 1 million people fall in hospitals in the United States each year. Falls in hospitals can be caused by a variety of factors including medication side effects, dementia, weakness, impaired vision, unsteady gait, and environmental hazards such as slippery floors or clutter. Even more […]
