1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,399 This is Naomi Diaz with the Becker's Digital 2 00:00:02,399 --> 00:00:03,220 Health Podcast. 3 00:00:03,759 --> 00:00:06,559 Here's your daily industry news briefing for today, 4 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:07,779 September 16th. 5 00:00:08,559 --> 00:00:09,059 First, 6 00:00:09,439 --> 00:00:12,820 UT Health Houston is entering into a partnership 7 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:13,699 with OpenAI, 8 00:00:14,455 --> 00:00:17,274 the organization that developed Chat GPT. 9 00:00:18,135 --> 00:00:19,274 As part of the partnership, 10 00:00:19,815 --> 00:00:23,175 UT Health Houston will grant students, faculty, and 11 00:00:23,175 --> 00:00:25,035 staff access to OpenAI's 12 00:00:25,494 --> 00:00:26,314 Chat GPT 13 00:00:26,614 --> 00:00:29,829 education tool according to a September 13th news 14 00:00:29,829 --> 00:00:30,329 release. 15 00:00:30,789 --> 00:00:32,950 The platform will be used to create custom 16 00:00:32,950 --> 00:00:33,450 solutions. 17 00:00:34,710 --> 00:00:37,670 Amar Youssef, vice president and CIO at UT 18 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:39,765 Health Houston, said in the news release, quote, 19 00:00:40,005 --> 00:00:42,244 by using these advanced tools, we aim to 20 00:00:42,244 --> 00:00:45,045 develop safe and trusted solutions that improve the 21 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:49,625 patient experience, drive innovate innovative research, streamline operations, 22 00:00:50,085 --> 00:00:52,324 and provide state of the art capabilities for 23 00:00:52,324 --> 00:00:53,225 data analysis. 24 00:00:54,149 --> 00:00:56,949 Ultimately, this will benefit our entire health care 25 00:00:56,949 --> 00:00:58,489 and academic ecosystem, 26 00:00:58,949 --> 00:00:59,689 end quote. 27 00:01:00,869 --> 00:01:01,369 2nd, 28 00:01:02,070 --> 00:01:03,210 more than 60,000 29 00:01:03,670 --> 00:01:05,750 tech workers have been laid off so far 30 00:01:05,750 --> 00:01:06,569 in 2024, 31 00:01:07,364 --> 00:01:10,325 including a 5 health tech companies according to 32 00:01:10,325 --> 00:01:11,864 a list compiled by TechCrunch. 33 00:01:12,644 --> 00:01:14,644 The health tech firms that have shed staff 34 00:01:14,644 --> 00:01:17,444 this year for the publication September 12th story 35 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:20,344 are Jasper Health, a cancer care platform, 36 00:01:20,724 --> 00:01:22,104 Q Health, a diagnostic 37 00:01:22,484 --> 00:01:23,099 start up, 38 00:01:24,299 --> 00:01:27,200 Hinge Health, a virtual physical therapy company, 39 00:01:27,579 --> 00:01:30,400 Amazon, and its one medical and Amazon pharmacy 40 00:01:30,459 --> 00:01:30,959 units, 41 00:01:31,340 --> 00:01:32,400 and BenchSci, 42 00:01:33,099 --> 00:01:34,479 a AI biomedical 43 00:01:34,780 --> 00:01:35,599 start up. 44 00:01:36,444 --> 00:01:36,944 3rd, 45 00:01:37,724 --> 00:01:40,125 New York City based Mount Sinai Health System 46 00:01:40,125 --> 00:01:42,844 and IBM are launching a new research effort 47 00:01:42,844 --> 00:01:45,244 aimed at improving the mental health of young 48 00:01:45,244 --> 00:01:45,744 people. 49 00:01:46,204 --> 00:01:48,524 Their organizations are partnering on a study called 50 00:01:48,524 --> 00:01:49,265 the phenotypes 51 00:01:49,590 --> 00:01:52,709 reimagine to define clinical treatment and outcome research 52 00:01:52,709 --> 00:01:55,750 study, which will use AI and behavioral health 53 00:01:55,750 --> 00:01:58,489 data to predict outcomes like treatment dropout, 54 00:01:58,869 --> 00:01:59,369 hospitalizations, 55 00:02:00,229 --> 00:02:03,109 and emergency room visits for individuals between the 56 00:02:03,109 --> 00:02:06,094 ages of 15 and 30 who are undergoing 57 00:02:06,234 --> 00:02:08,955 mental health assessment and treatment for the first 58 00:02:08,955 --> 00:02:11,775 time, according to a September 12th news release. 59 00:02:12,235 --> 00:02:15,294 The study will also involve collaboration with researchers 60 00:02:15,354 --> 00:02:17,614 from Harvard, John Hopkins, Columbia, 61 00:02:18,219 --> 00:02:20,239 and Carnegie Mellon Universities, 62 00:02:20,620 --> 00:02:22,479 as well as deliberate AI. 63 00:02:23,340 --> 00:02:25,099 If you would like the latest health IT 64 00:02:25,099 --> 00:02:27,419 and digital health interesting news delivered to your 65 00:02:27,419 --> 00:02:30,420 inbox every morning, Subscribe to the Becker CIO 66 00:02:30,420 --> 00:02:32,980 and Health IT Review enewsletter through our website 67 00:02:32,980 --> 00:02:33,720 at ww.beccarshospitalreview.com.