Hacker News with Generative AI: Healthcare

Novo Nordisk sells hit weight-loss drug in China–at fraction of US price (arstechnica.com)
Patients in China will be able to purchase the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy for 1,400 yuan, or about $193, just a fraction of the US list price of $1,349, according to media reports.

Pharmaceuticals, China, Business, Healthcare, Pricing

5 points by belter 2 days ago | 0 comments

I shut down my startup. Here's the honest truth (medium.com)
Today, I’m announcing Zencape Health’s shutdown. After four years, two major pivots, countless experiments, tens of thousands in annual revenue, one launched app, thousands of patient interactions, and a multi-million-dollar marquee hospital partnership, we have come to the end of our journey.

Startup, Entrepreneurship, Business, Healthcare

35 points by HideInNews 4 days ago | 10 comments

1 Genomic Test Can Diagnose Nearly Any Infection (ucsf.edu)
A genomic test developed at UC San Francisco to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen – virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite – has proved successful after a decade of use.

Genomics, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Healthcare, Research

11 points by geox 8 days ago | 1 comments

NHS using drones to fly blood tests between Southwark hospitals (ianvisits.co.uk)

Healthcare, Technology, Drones, London

5 points by johneth 8 days ago | 3 comments

23andMe to lay off 40% of its workers (bbc.com)
The struggling genetic testing company 23andMe says it will cut 40% of its workforce, or 200 jobs, as it fights for survival.

Layoffs, Genetics, Biotech, Business, Healthcare

37 points by ciceryadam 9 days ago | 1 comments

A neurology ICU nurse on AI in hospitals (codastory.com)

Neurology, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Hospitals

110 points by redrove 9 days ago | 137 comments

Genetic Discrimination Is Coming for Us All (theatlantic.com)
Insurers are refusing to cover Americans whose DNA reveals health risks. It’s perfectly legal.

Genetics, Healthcare, Law, Insurance

48 points by elsewhen 9 days ago | 62 comments

Woman Fired for Refusing Covid Vaccine Wins Record $12M (newsweek.com)
A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination.

Legal Cases, COVID-19, Healthcare, Employment

7 points by shaicoleman 9 days ago | 1 comments

The data hinted at racism among white doctors. Then scholars looked again (economist.com)
BLACK BABIES in America are more than twice as likely to die before their first birthday than white babies. This shocking statistic has barely changed for many decades, and even after controlling for socioeconomic differences a wide mortality gap persists. Yet in 2020 researchers discovered a factor that appeared to reduce substantially a black baby’s risks.

Healthcare, Race, Inequality, Statistics

15 points by like_any_other 10 days ago | 2 comments

Is the UK's liver transplant matching algorithm biased against younger patients? (aisnakeoil.com)
Predictive algorithms are used in many life-or-death situations. In the paper Against Predictive Optimization, we argued that the use of predictive logic for making decisions about people has recurring, inherent flaws, and should be rejected in many cases.

Healthcare, Algorithms, Bias, Ethics

93 points by randomwalker 10 days ago | 62 comments

Why do hospitals keep running out of generic drugs? (npr.org)
There's something strange going on in hospitals. Cheap, common drugs that nurses use every day seem to be constantly hit by shortages. These are often generic drugs that don't seem super complicated to make, things like dextrose and saline (aka sugar water and salt water).

Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals

13 points by idamantium 12 days ago | 1 comments

Oregon ambulance struck cyclist, then billed him $1,800 for ride to hospital (theguardian.com)
An ambulance struck a cyclist in Oregon, brought him to a hospital for treatment – and then billed him more than $1,800, according to a lawsuit that the unwitting patient has since filed.

Healthcare, Lawsuits, Transportation, Cycling

8 points by vinni2 13 days ago | 0 comments

Ambulance hits cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill (oregonlive.com)
An Oregon cyclist who was struck by an ambulance that made a right turn into him — fracturing his nose and leaving him with scrapes and other injuries across his body — has filed a $997,000 lawsuit against the ambulance provider after it scooped him up, drove him to the hospital and then billed him for the service, according to the suit.

Healthcare, Lawsuits, Transportation, Accidents

313 points by type0 14 days ago | 404 comments

How to Become a Billionaire in Skilled Nursing by Scamming Taxpayers (hindenburgresearch.com)
PACS Group is a $6.7 billion Utah-based operator of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that serves 29,000 patients daily. Its stock is up 104% since its April IPO, making it among the most successful IPOs of 2024.

Healthcare, Finance, Fraud, Utah

12 points by thecosas 16 days ago | 2 comments

The Long Road to End Tuberculosis (asimov.press)
This essay by Kamal Nahas concludes Issue 04 of Asimov Press.

Tuberculosis, Healthcare, Science, Essays, Journalism

108 points by tintinnabula 17 days ago | 74 comments

Idaho public health dept. restricted from giving Covid-19 vaccines in 6 counties (cbsnews.com)
A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board.

Public Health, COVID-19, Idaho, Politics, Healthcare

12 points by MilnerRoute 19 days ago | 1 comments

A Prescription for Fixing the US Healthcare System (conversableeconomist.com)
Among the major issues not being discussed in the US presidential campaign are those facing the US healthcare system. The two main concerns are well-known.

Healthcare, Politics, USA

11 points by paulpauper 19 days ago | 12 comments

Low-cost, portable device can detect colorectal and prostate cancer in an hour (medicalxpress.com)
Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have created a portable device that can detect colorectal and prostate cancer more cheaply and quickly than prevailing methods.

Cancer, Medical Technology, Healthcare, Research

138 points by PaulHoule 20 days ago | 40 comments

From molecule to medicine, with Ross Rheingans-Yoo (complexsystemspodcast.com)
What happens between academic research and patients getting access to new drugs, and how we can improve it.

Medicine, Healthcare, Research, Science, Podcasts

7 points by tosh 21 days ago | 1 comments

Weight-loss surgery down 25 percent as anti-obesity drug use soars (news.harvard.edu)
A new study examining a large sample of privately insured patients with obesity found that use of drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy as anti-obesity medications more than doubled from 2022 to 2023.

Obesity, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Weight Loss

11 points by paulpauper 23 days ago | 1 comments

Hospitals adopt error-prone AI transcription tools despite warnings (arstechnica.com)
On Saturday, an Associated Press investigation revealed that OpenAI's Whisper transcription tool creates fabricated text in medical and business settings despite warnings against such use.

Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Ethics

9 points by isaacfrond 23 days ago | 1 comments

AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said (scrippsnews.com)
Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.”

Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Medical Technology

24 points by croes 23 days ago | 1 comments

Canada to cover cost of contraception and diabetes drugs (bbc.com)
Canada's parliament has passed a bill that that will cover the full cost of contraception and diabetes drugs for Canadians.

Healthcare, Canada, Policy, Public Health

15 points by nithinj 24 days ago | 1 comments

UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hack affects 100M – largest US health breach (techcrunch.com)
More than 100 million individuals had their private health information stolen during the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare in February, a cyberattack that caused months of unprecedented outages and widespread disruption across the U.S. healthcare sector.

Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Data Breaches, Ransomware

13 points by blackeyeblitzar 24 days ago | 5 comments

Family medicine is in decline (thewalrus.ca)
Why family medicine is dying

Health, Medicine, Healthcare, Family Medicine

88 points by mooreds 24 days ago | 209 comments

New study finds obesity operations dropped 25.6% in 2023 due to GLP-1 drugs (statnews.com)
For people with obesity, surgeries that shrink, reshape, or otherwise alter the anatomy of the stomach have long reigned supreme as the surest way to weight loss. But in the last few years, with the approval of GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, more and more people are opting for obesity medicines over gold-standard surgical treatments.

Obesity, Healthcare, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Weight Loss

6 points by ck2 25 days ago | 3 comments

AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said (abcnews.go.com)
Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.”

Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Technology, Misinformation

31 points by MrVandemar 26 days ago | 16 comments

UnitedHealth Ransomware Attack Exposed 100M People (pcmag.com)
Data on over 100 million people was exposed because of the ransomware attack on UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare earlier this year, according to a document from the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights.

Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Data Breaches, Ransomware

5 points by mostcallmeyt 26 days ago | 1 comments

Care Doesn't Scale (stevenscrawls.com)
I met a social worker whose job was to look after four orphaned children. She’d alternate with her coworkers spending 24 hours at a time living with the kids, effectively acting as their parent.

Social Work, Child Welfare, Healthcare

440 points by surprisetalk 27 days ago | 371 comments

UnitedHealth says data of 100M stolen in Change Healthcare hack (bleepingcomputer.com)
UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time that over 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, marking this as the largest healthcare data breach in recent years.

Data Breaches, Cybersecurity, Healthcare, UnitedHealth

76 points by sandwichsphinx 27 days ago | 36 comments