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Without further ado,
here is your daily industry news briefing for today,
November 29th.
First, Siemens Healthineer is laying off hundreds
of employees in New Jersey according to a state filing.
The job cuts include 120 that took place in June
and another 180.
From the consolidation
of diagnostic instrument manufacturing from its plant in
Flanders, New Jersey to Dublin,
a company spokesperson told Becker's the statement reads,
quote, these measures reduce the complexity
of our portfolio, created a leaner organization
and streamline our supply chain and company footprint.
Siemens may sell or carve out its diagnostics business,
which has declined with the fallen covid
to 19 testing Bloomberg reported in November.
The company recently entered into a 10 year partnership
with SSM Health
and a similar agreements with the University
of Miami Health System and University of Iowa Healthcare.
Second, mass General Brigham is one
of the first health systems
to use a generative artificial intelligence powered
radiology co-pilot from Microsoft subsidiary Nuance,
that power scribe smart impression technology
drafts impressions for radiologists, saving them up
to a minute per read.
According to nuances estimates, it is the first.
It's the company's first co-pilot for radiology.
Bernard OB Bizo,
senior director at Mass General Brigham's AI focus business
office, said in a November 28th news release quote,
radiologists must make high stakes timely decisions in
dozens of cases each day
and generate reports
that guide their downstream clinical care
and the cognitive burden of increasing workloads can have
great consequences.
Generative AI tools may offer great value to our field
by lightening some of the burdens placed on radiologists
by automatically drafting impressions the way we are used
to helping avoid common mistakes
and reminding of important information to include.
Third, Optum added nearly 20,000 physicians in 2023.
Optum Healthcare, CEO Amir Dazi said
during a presentation at UnitedHealth Group's 2023 investor
Conference on November 29th, Dr. Z said,
- Optum has nearly 90,000 employed or affiliated physicians
and another 40,000 advanced practice clinicians serving
tens of millions of people.
Optum reported 70,000 employed
or affiliated physicians across more than 2,200 facilities
at the end of 2022.
The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is the largest employer
of physicians in the US
and has acquired several practices over the past year.
Optum has more than 4 million patients in fully accountable
care care arrangement, which is expected to grow
to 5 million by the end of 2024.
Dr. Dessi said, according to Dr.
Dessi as a physician, he said he's particularly excited
that Optum is becoming the practice
and partner of choice in the marketplace.
That is because we are driving quality, standardized,
standardizing technology and clinical systems,
and most importantly, strengthening our relationships
with patients and providers.
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