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February 27, 2023: Priscilla Sandberg, Strategic Alliance Manager at Pure Storage joins Bill for the news. 2022 was a bad financial year. The pandemic has brought a new outlook on finances and health systems are looking at where their expenses really are. Do we need to rebuild the current financial system and is that even feasible or do hospitals need to start spending money to make money? The nature of primary care is shifting and places like CVS and Amazon are breaching the space. Is it time to adapt and partner? How can we manage nurses better to maximize their talents and ensure retention long term? How is toxic positivity hurting our work environments?

Key Points:

• Hospital median monthly margins lingered in the red throughout the first 11 months of 2022
• Kaiser posts 4.5 billion net loss for 2022
• CVS Health acquires Oak Street Health for 10.6 billion
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News articles:

• Hospitals suffer worst financial year since the pandemic 
• Kaiser posts $4.5B net loss in 2022 amid staff shortages, economic headwinds 
• US spends most on healthcare but has worse outcomes: 6 report findings

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Does the battle for primary care have any technology implications?

What is Amazon going to do in 2023?

What is the real cost of a breach?

February 20, 2023: David Ting, CTO at Tausight joins Bill for the news. There is a constant flow of new technology in health care. From Tausight’s new PHI awareness meter to ChatGPT, the growth and innovation does not stop. What are the repercussions of these modernizations? How can policy assist in the big issues such as cyber security or plagiarism? How can the healthcare industry become more resilient in the face of these obstacles?

Key Points:

• ChatGPT’s skills and opportunities in programming: C+ and spaghetti code
• Sustainability of batteries as a resource and the challenges of refining and recycling them
• Cybersecurity challenges discussed in Senator Warner’s recent policy options paper
• Tausight

News articles:

• Dr. Jeffrey Funk on LinkedIn: Big Tech was moving cautiously on AI. Then came ChatGPT.
• 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023 | MIT Technology Review
• Sen Warner's focus on healthcare cyber security

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