Atul Gawande on the GOP plan to replace Obamacare

AI thinks and pays for itself

AI represents a significant opportunity for industry players to manage their bottom line in a new payment landscape while capitalizing on new growth potential. Accenture analyzed a comprehensive taxonomy of 10 AI applications with the greatest near-term impact in healthcare.

The assessment defined the impact of each application, likelihood of adoption and value to the health economy. As these and other AI applications gain more experience in the field, their ability to learn and act will continually lead to improvements in precision, efficiency, and outcomes.

China crackdown

More than 100 Chinese medical papers have been retracted by an international journal because of fake peer reviews. The country has experienced a surge in academic scandals, such as plagiarism, while the drug regulator has questioned companies’ clinical data. China and the U.S. continued to have high numbers of retractions since 2010, but China’s rate was roughly the global average when taking into consideration the volume of papers produced

Not only university researchers but also practicing doctors in China are required to publish in international journals to get promoted.

Evidence-based medicine

Academics are urging improvements to the way we produce, use and communicate evidence about medicines. The call comes at a time when faith in medical science is diminishing and distrust of industry-funded clinical trials is growing.

Synthetic biology

Christina Agapakis, Creative Director of organism design startup Ginkgo Bioworks, discusses the role of synthetic biology in food, materials, fragrances, and more.

Crowdsourcing to solve antibiotic resistance

Maryn McKenna describes how crowdsourcing could help solve the problem of antibiotic resistance.

Also, microbiologist Adam Roberts is hunting for antibiotics in the world’s dirtiest places - compost bin, pig trough, dog-food bowl, laptop keyboard and more.

iPhones, the new EMR?

Apple is rumored to be working with Health Gorilla to solve the problem of medical record interoperability, adding diagnostic data such as blood work and imaging studies to the iPhone.

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