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- Welcome to the Becker's
Healthcare Podcast.

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We at Becker's are excited

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to welcome more than 2,500
healthcare executives to Chicago

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next April for our annual meeting.

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Over the four day event,

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you'll hear more than 450 elite hospital

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and health system executives
share the big ideas

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and best strategies
driving healthcare forward.

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Visit conferences dot
becker's hospital review.com

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to register or email agenda
team at becker's healthcare.com.

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This event is closed to non-providers.

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Unless coming through a
sponsorship or exhibit.

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Reach out soon to sponsor the event.

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We'll be sold out by the end of the year.

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Without further ado,

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here is your daily industry
news briefing for today,

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November 29th.

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First, Siemens Healthineer
is laying off hundreds

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of employees in New Jersey
according to a state filing.

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The job cuts include 120
that took place in June

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and another 180.

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From the consolidation

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of diagnostic instrument
manufacturing from its plant in

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Flanders, New Jersey to Dublin,

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a company spokesperson told
Becker's the statement reads,

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quote, these measures
reduce the complexity

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of our portfolio, created
a leaner organization

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and streamline our supply
chain and company footprint.

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Siemens may sell or carve
out its diagnostics business,

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which has declined with the fallen covid

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to 19 testing Bloomberg
reported in November.

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The company recently entered
into a 10 year partnership

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with SSM Health

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and a similar agreements
with the University

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of Miami Health System and
University of Iowa Healthcare.

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Second, mass General Brigham is one

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of the first health systems

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to use a generative artificial
intelligence powered

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radiology co-pilot from
Microsoft subsidiary Nuance,

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that power scribe smart
impression technology

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drafts impressions for
radiologists, saving them up

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to a minute per read.

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According to nuances
estimates, it is the first.

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It's the company's first
co-pilot for radiology.

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Bernard OB Bizo,

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senior director at Mass General
Brigham's AI focus business

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office, said in a November
28th news release quote,

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radiologists must make high
stakes timely decisions in

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dozens of cases each day

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and generate reports

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that guide their downstream clinical care

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and the cognitive burden of
increasing workloads can have

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great consequences.

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Generative AI tools may offer
great value to our field

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by lightening some of the
burdens placed on radiologists

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by automatically drafting
impressions the way we are used

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to helping avoid common mistakes

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and reminding of important
information to include.

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Third, Optum added nearly
20,000 physicians in 2023.

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Optum Healthcare, CEO Amir Dazi said

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during a presentation at
UnitedHealth Group's 2023 investor

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Conference on November 29th, Dr. Z said,

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- Optum has nearly 90,000
employed or affiliated physicians

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and another 40,000 advanced
practice clinicians serving

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tens of millions of people.

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Optum reported 70,000 employed

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or affiliated physicians across
more than 2,200 facilities

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at the end of 2022.

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The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary
is the largest employer

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of physicians in the US

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and has acquired several
practices over the past year.

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Optum has more than 4 million
patients in fully accountable

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care care arrangement,
which is expected to grow

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to 5 million by the end of 2024.

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Dr. Dessi said, according to Dr.

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Dessi as a physician, he said
he's particularly excited

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that Optum is becoming the practice

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and partner of choice in the marketplace.

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That is because we are
driving quality, standardized,

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standardizing technology
and clinical systems,

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and most importantly,
strengthening our relationships

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with patients and providers.

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Dr. Dezi said, are you
interested in engaging in dynamic

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conversations with hundreds of
top health system executives

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and gaining valuable
insights for your business?

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