.Rebecca Torrence spoke with Hims CEO andrewdudum about whether the now-profitable digital health company is going to start prescribing buzzy weight-loss meds like Ozempic. He explained his reservations, and why Hims isn't jumping in just yet: businessinsider.com/hims-hers-glp-…

Pharmacists’ roles and responsibilities evolved during the pandemic. Patients are noticing—and trusting them more than ever. We explore the trend in today's Insider Intelligence Digital Health Daily Briefing content-na1.emarketer.com/pharmacists-be…

A recent survey from WoltersKluwerHealth explored consumer attitudes around the way they view primary care – and how pharmacists are playing a larger role through this shift. Rajiv Leventhal explores more in Insider Intelligence: insiderintelligence.com/content/pharma…

Just posted: Epic, Microsoft are teaming on #GPT4 in the EHR. Two use cases...one still in development...but the message is clear, the biggest EHR vendor is in on generative AI #chatgpt #OpenAI via Brock E.W. Turner modernhealthcare.com/digital-health…

#GenerativeAI is all the hype these days. But the craze is making clinicians and health tech execs both eager and nervous about the potential of applications like ChatGPT and GPT-4. From our #digitalhealth Daily Briefing Insider Intelligence insiderintelligence.com/content/genera…

KAISER IS CREATING A NATIONAL INTEGRATED CARE DELIVERY PLATFORM AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT DIRECTION EVERYONE. An absolutely MASSIVE acquisition is happening between Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger Health, two vertically integrated health systems. • Kaiser is forming a

As the #digitalhealth funding market has shifted downwards, companies that were once deemed unicorns have had to lay off employees, sell lagging businesses and even file for bankruptcy. Here's a list of 7 that have struggled. ow.ly/Ga2850OhkjE

My look at what’s behind the rush to own primary care practices nytimes.com/2023/05/08/hea…

Hopped on our latest Behind the Numbers EMARKETER podcast to discuss: -- The changing demographics of US physicians & the impact of shortages + burnout --Healthcare experts rate AI chatbots --Are medical credit cards a scam? Give it a listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Big Healthcare is getting bigger. Is that healthy for America? Erika Fry and I dig into the huge growth of UnitedHealth Group and CVS Health, for the upcoming Fortune 500 issue: fortune.com/longform/cvs-h…

New: A non-profit health system brings in $4 billion each year. It denies care to patients with too much medical debt. The policy means that poor patients and kids, some just 3 years old, are turned away because of outstanding bills. With Jessica Silver-Greenberg 🕵🏻‍♀️: nytimes.com/2023/06/01/bus…

Had a great time talking #retailhealth on this week's EMARKETER Behind the Numbers pod podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… We discuss: --Why retailers are so heavily investing in healthcare companies now --How it's affecting consumer decisions on where to get care --And more!

Essential accountability reporting by Bob Herman and Casey Ross STAT, pulling back the curtain on one of the most opaque — and consequential — facets of the health care industry: how insurers decide what they’ll cover.

Great piece on MA in Jared Dashevsky, MD, MEng 💌's newsletter today "Despite its stellar enrollment growth, MA—capturing 51% of the entire Medicare population—is fundamentally broken and costing the government (us taxpayers!) an unfathomable amount of money."

Really great look inside the collapse of Babylon Health from Grace Browne — when that groundbreaking billion pound AI turns out to be an Excel spreadsheet wired.com/story/babylon-…

Amazon's health push started with experiments that spooked rivals at the mere mention of their existence. After some high-profile busts and acquisitions, their pitch is simpler: mail-order drugs and primary care. I took a look at how they got here: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

EMARKETER brand returns, launches PRO+ with powerful new forecasting and insights tools insiderintelligence.com/press-releases…

In the wake of major closure announcements by Walgreens and Walmart, some experts see signs of a larger retreat in brick-and-mortar healthcare clinics as retailers are buffeted by high overhead fees, failed expansion plans and complex business models. law360.com/healthcare-aut…

Dang $230M. That says it all. Publicly traded retail company will never stand for those kinds of losses.

NEW with Ike Swetlitz: Google’s parent company spent billions on failed health projects. Will healthcare AI be its saving grace? bloomberg.com/news/features/…