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- 1Healthcare urged to cut its environmental footprint▼Rethinking healthcare to reduce its environmental impact
Healthcare systems are being pressed to rethink how they operate in order to reduce their environmental impact. Hospitals and medical services are significant sources of emissions and waste, and industry commentators argue that greener practices, from supply chains to energy use, are needed. The debate is part of a wider push to align health services with climate goals.
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Todd Blanche, the US Deputy Attorney General, publicly defended policies touching artificial intelligence and hospital deals, prompting debate about the Justice Department's approach to antitrust enforcement in healthcare and technology. Critics question whether the department is going soft on consolidation in hospitals and AI industry concentration, while supporters argue the stance reflects a pro-innovation agenda.
- 3InBody expands beyond fitness into global healthcare▼[Interview] InBody pushes beyond fitness to widen its global healthcare footprint
InBody, the Korean body-composition analysis company best known for fitness testing devices, says it is working to broaden its business into wider healthcare markets worldwide. In an interview with Korea Biomedical Review, the company outlined plans to extend its technology beyond gyms and fitness centers into hospitals, clinics and preventive medicine, aiming to grow its global healthcare footprint.
- 4Hospitals' AI use linked to $942 million jump in US healthcare costs●# AI has made many people rich, esp those close to # Trump /fam & others who've ill-gotten gains:🚨"Hospitals’ use of AI
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association reports that hospitals' use of AI tools when submitting insurance claims drove an additional $942 million in US healthcare spending over a two-year period. Commenters are linking the finding to wider concerns that AI-driven gains are flowing to well-connected and wealthy interests, including associates of Donald Trump, while patients and insurers absorb the costs.
- 5China's exoskeleton robots enter the consumer market●China's exoskeleton robots muscle into the consumer mainstream
Chinese companies are bringing exoskeleton robots beyond industrial and medical settings and into the consumer mainstream. The wearable robotic devices, which assist with walking, lifting and mobility, are being marketed to ordinary users rather than factories or hospitals, a shift that signals China's ambitions to lead in consumer-facing robotics as global interest in the technology grows.