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S2 Ep5: Implementing AI Is Simpler Than You Think Sep 14, 2018

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AI is already in healthcare, and it's already producing results. Learn how the tech is helping health systems across the country — and why its core benefit isn't all that complex. Featuring Joshua Gans, co-author of "Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence."

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S2 Ep4: Can Outside Disruption Save Healthcare? Aug 31, 2018

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Healthcare has a tech problem. It’s slow to implement new technologies, slower to get its key players to adopt tech after implementation, and slower still to leverage tech insights to improve its ability to provide care.

This week on Data Book, we explore how an aversion to tech has harmed industry in the past by homing in on Napster and its toppling of the music industry. Then, we tap five of the brightest minds in digital health to investigate: Can Outside Disruption Save Healthcare?

For more stories like this one, check out our mothership, Healthcare Analytics News™.

S2 Ep3: Can Healthcare Disrupt Itself? Aug 17, 2018

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When we discuss disruption, we imagine it coming from an outside force. But if an industry can innovate, can it also disrupt from within? We tell the story of IBM and the introduction of its personal computer to search for answers. Then we welcome Charles Aunger, a managing director for Health2047, a Silicon Valley upstart that is trying to shake up healthcare with support from the American Medical Association.

Check out our coverage of Health2047 over at Healthcare Analytics News™.

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S2 Ep2: Why We Need to Discuss Gene Editing and Ethics Aug 03, 2018

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Gene editing is not science fiction. In fact, it’s rapidly entering mainstream medicine. But what ethical issues surround these fascinating technologies? And what is healthcare’s role in fostering discussions and building patient trust?

In this episode, we tell the story of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken without permission in 1951, to better understand consent. Then we draw insights from Marcy Darnovsky, Ph.D., executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society.

To read a feature story on the complicated ethics of gene editing, visit our website.

S2 Ep1: Pedialyte, Hangovers and the Patient Experience Jul 20, 2018

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Season 2 Premiere: Pedialyte was always a drink for sick kids. Then adults began using it to fight hangovers. When the beverage’s manufacturer found out, it embraced the change. The point: As healthcare prioritizes the patient experience, leaders must adapt. And they can learn a lot from Pedialyte’s embrace of the customer experience. Featuring a discussion on the power of partnering with patients. Guest: Colin Hung, chief marketing officer and editor of HealthcareScene.

Check out the best stories in health tech at Healthcare Analytics News™.

S1 Ep14: Rural Healthcare's High-Tech Hope Jun 29, 2018

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Patients who live in rural areas face significant health challenges, from socioeconomic forces to care-delivery issues. The problems all add mean one thing: Rural healthcare is in rough shape. The stories of two children facing life-threatening injuries highlight what's at stake. But our guest, William Paiva, PhD, is using a sprawling data set, algorithms, and high-tech tools to flip the status quo. He's the executive director for Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Systems Innovation, and he's trying to make the Sooner State the Silicon Valley of Health Data Analytics—and rural medicine.

Check out the best stories in health tech at Healthcare Analytics News™.

S1 Ep13: The Slow, Frustrating Rise of the Electronic Health Record Jun 22, 2018

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Electronic health records have a lot of promise, but they’re not where they need to be. The ultimate goal is interoperability, which would enable patients’ medical data to follow them anywhere. But that’s not happening—just ask Seema Verma, MPH, the head of Medicare and Medicaid, and Janae Sharp, a health IT key opinion leader. In this episode, we dig into their stories and document the rise of the medical record.

For more stories like this one, check out our mothership, Healthcare Analytics News™.

S1 Ep12: Finding Fault When AI Kills Jun 15, 2018

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In March, a self-driving car struck and killed a pedestrian, marking a grim first. But who is liable when AI fails and kills someone? It’s unfortunate but likely that healthcare will need to grapple with this very issue in the near future, and the self-driving car industry is the closest place to look for answers.

Story: The first human killed by a robot

Guest: Gautham Thomas, writer for Healthcare Analytics News™

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S1 Ep11: Should Cops Have Access to Consumer DNA? Jun 08, 2018

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The Golden State Killer took too many lives and broke too many spirits before his reign of terror ended with an all-too-late capture in April, 2018. But even though his crimes were heinous, many question the measures police used to identify alleged murderer and rapist Joseph James DeAngelo. In the eleventh episode of Healthcare Analytics News' Data Book, co-hosts Jack Murtha and Tom Castles are joined by the National Institutes of Health's Dr. Christine Grady, who explores the ethics and implications behind the cold-case capture, and what it could mean for healthcare.

S1 Ep10: A New Kind of Warfare Jun 01, 2018

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The WannaCry and NotPetya cyberattacks crippled hospitals, shipping companies, and many other industries. North Korea and Russia have since been blamed for launching these assaults. Now, a year later, we examine what this new age of cyberwarfare means for healthcare and the world at large.

This episode is based on the June cover story of Healthcare Analytics News™. Check us out online.