10 stories we are following at Becker’s Healthcare this week.
1. Harvard’s medical research takes big hit in federal funding freeze. Erica Carbajal.
2. Mark Cuban’s drug firm takes aim at injectable drug shortages. Paige Twenter.
3. From pilot to priority: The rise of ambient AI scribes in healthcare. Naomi Diaz. A great piece on how ambient AI has emerged as a priority.
We were thrilled to recently discuss Abridge a leader in the ambient AI space with Shiv (Shivdev) Rao the co founder and leader of the firm.
4. Fascinating to visit with brilliant entrepreneur and co founder of Thatch Chris Ellis. I learned more in 30 minutes than I’d learned in weeks from Chris. Follow Chris and Thatch on Linked in. An incredible growth story.
5. CDC ‘scraping’ to find resources for Texas measles response: 4 updates. Mackenzie Bean.
6. Idaho becomes 1st state to limit vaccine mandates. Erica Carbajal.
7. My own personal sense is that the attacks on traditional vaccines such as polio, MMR and more is quite misguided.
8. Remote patient monitoring drives $12M ROI at Michigan Medicine. Giles Bruce. While I don’t cheer for University of Michigan sports, I’m a huge fan of Michigan Medicine and Andrew Rosenberg MD.
9. 8 health system CEOs on the turbulence defining 2025. Kelly Gooch and Kristin Kuchno. This is a terrific piece on key challenges facing hospitals and health systems.
10. Excited to interview BJ Schaknowski the CEO of symplr and Molly Gamble VP Editorial Affairs today on the Becker’s Healthcare podcast.
PS. I’m excited to see the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast ranked first this am in the Apple Business News Rankings. Thank you to our team and to Mike Wiston for helping us grow. Also Thank you to Aniket Bhardwaj for joining us yesterday to discuss cybersecurity, incident response and diligence and m and a and more. Aniket is brilliant and a leader at Charles River Associates.
PPS. Thank you as always to amazing leader and brand builder Elise Contarsy.