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This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker digital

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health podcast.

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Here's your daily industry news briefing for today,

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May twentieth.

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First,

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The Fda has given Elon Musk Newer link,

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the green light to implant its brain chip

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into a second person. The Wall Street Journal

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reported May twentieth

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Their approval comes a few weeks after the

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first patient experienced issues with the implant.

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The company has proposed fixes to the issue,

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including implant the device threads 8 millimeters into

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the brain's motor cortex,

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compared to the 3 to 5 millimeters

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implanted into the first patient.

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In March, Ne link introduced 29 year old

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Nolan Bra as the first patient to have

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received its brain chip implant. The neuro technology

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company posted a video on mister Mu x

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platform,

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showing the patient who was left paralyzed after

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a diving accident in 20 16,

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playing chess on a computer, directing a cursor

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to play the game by by thinking.

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It may the company said that a number

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of threads on the implant retracted from the

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patient's brain causing the implant to lose part

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of its functionality.

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New hopes to implant a second patient sometime

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in June and aims to implant 10 people

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with a device this year.

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Second,

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Opt is closing a change healthcare facility in

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toledo, Ohio, resulting in the termination of a

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hundred and 29 employees located in Ohio or

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working remotely.

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The layoffs will occur in 3 waves from

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July fifteenth to September 6, according to regulatory

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documents filed with the Date on May sixteenth.

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The 93000

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square foot facility is located at a hundred

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North Bran Road in Toledo, date In April

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formal employees with Opt and its subsidiaries subsidiaries

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took to social media, regarding a reduction in

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force, they say occurred across the company.

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Opt declined to provide more information about the

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layoffs at that time, and it is unclear

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if they are connected to the Toledo layoffs.

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Opt also laid off an unknown number of

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employees in August.

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Affected facilities include the everett clinic and the

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Poly clinic in Seattle.

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And Med Express urgent Claire K as well

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as well met.

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Third.

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Epic was the only Ehr vendor to experience

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a net market share increase in 20 23,

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according to a May seventeenth class research report.

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Abbott picked up a hundred and 53 acute

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multi special hospitals and 28788

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beds last year, the analysis found.

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77 hospital winds came from 3 health systems

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switching to Epic.

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The company now covers over half of acute

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multi specialty hospital beds in the Us.

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According to the report, quote, both current and

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prospective large organization customers are drawn to Epic

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because they see the vendor as a consistently

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high performer that provides strong healthcare It, quality

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relationships and the opportunity to streamline workflows and

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improve clinician satisfaction.

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Large specialty organizations have all turned to epic

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to consolidate It systems and, quote.

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Here was the acute care Ehr market share

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in 20 23 per the report.

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Percentage of hospitals, Epic stands at 39.1

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percent. Oracle health stands at 23.4

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percent, and meta tech stands at 16 percent.

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