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How hospitals can proactively manage the anticipated coronavirus ICU surge: Providers must make smart, tough choices from the get-go

How hospitals can proactively manage the anticipated coronavirus ICU surge: Providers must make smart, tough choices from the get-go

New York Daily News, March 11, 2020

Our country is facing an inevitable onslaught of coronavirus patients on the health-care system, and more specifically on hospitals’ intensive care units. A study from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security estimates anywhere from 200,000 to 2 million ICU visits for Covid-19 patients during the outbreak. If demand from these patients is spread over two months, and each one resides for six days in the ICU, this reflects a need for up to 200,000 beds. 

Hospital: We’re Ready

Hospital: We’re Ready

New Haven Independent, March 12, 2020

With back-up plans for running out of respirator masks and for opening an outpost to test patients for the COVID-19 coronavirus, Yale New Haven Hospital is “confident that we are ready” to handle any mass local outbreak.

How Coronavirus Will Affect The Global Supply Chain

How Coronavirus Will Affect The Global Supply Chain

Johns Hopkins University HUB, March 6, 2020

Experts from Carey Business School share insights on how COVID-19 is weighing on the global economy and how retailers can become more resilient by diversifying supply chains.

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Study finds ChatGPT mirrors human decision biases in half the tests

Study finds ChatGPT mirrors human decision biases in half the tests

Celebrity Gig, April 2, 2025

Can we really trust AI to make better decisions than humans? A new study says … not always. Researchers have discovered that OpenAI’s ChatGPT, one of the most advanced and popular AI models, makes the same kinds of decision-making mistakes as humans in some situations—showing biases like overconfidence of hot-hand (gambler’s) fallacy—yet acting inhuman in others (e.g., not suffering from base-rate neglect or sunk cost fallacies).

Why 23andMe’s Genetic Data Could Be a ‘Gold Mine’ for AI Companies

Why 23andMe’s Genetic Data Could Be a ‘Gold Mine’ for AI Companies

TIME, March 26, 2025

The genetic testing company 23andMe, which holds the genetic data of 15 million people, declared bankruptcy on Sunday night after years of financial struggles. This means that all of the extremely personal user data could be up for sale—and that vast trove of genetic data could draw interest from AI companies looking to train their data sets, experts say.

Healthcare

Want to reduce the cost of healthcare? Start with our billing practices.

Want to reduce the cost of healthcare? Start with our billing practices.

The Hill, March 11, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the new secretary of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s de facto healthcare czar. He will have influence over numerous highly visible agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, among others. Given that healthcare is something that touches everyone’s life, his footprint of influence will be expansive. 

We all benefit from and are hurt by health insurance claim denials

We all benefit from and are hurt by health insurance claim denials

Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 23, 2025

Health insurance has become necessary, with large and unpredictable health care costs always looming before each of us. Unfortunately, the majority of people have experienced problems when using their health insurance to pay for their medical care. Health insurance serves as the buffer between patients and the medical care system, using population pooling to mitigate the risk exposure on any one individual.

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