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FREE BLOG Reasons to be cheerful

Given the turmoil of recent years – the pandemic, soaring inflation, soaring energy costs, supply chain issues, a work force crisis, and war – it is good to bring you some good news for a change. There is a real feeling among industry leaders that the tide is set to turn.

FREE BLOG Why the EU won’t become the global standard-setter for AI regulation 

Last week HBI attended a breakfast event hosted by international law firm BonelliErede on the impact of AI in health care. Vincenzo Salvatore, an expert on EU law and the former head of legal at the European Medical Association (EMA), gave a presentation in which he discussed the EU’s plans for regulating the use of AI.

FREE BLOG Temperature-check on whistleblowing cultures

In the UK, the conviction of neonatal nurse Lucy Letby for the murder and attempted murder of numerous infants has shaken the healthcare industry. Many co-workers have since spoken publicly about how their suspicions, although raised, were dismissed by the very institutions meant to prevent harm. 

FREE BLOG Do you need a health care background to be a great health care CEO?

Anyone who’s been paying attention to new appointments in the for-profit healthcare sector will have picked up on an interesting emerging trend: executives being poached from outside industries. It raises an interesting question: do you need to have a background in healthcare to be a healthcare leader?

FREE BLOG How to run a hospital in a warzone

For-profit hospital groups do not always enjoy the best reputation, especially in countries where an NHS system is revered and protected. Profit, not patient focused, is the accusation. But as recent events have shown, they readily put profit aside for the greater good. Just look at Ukrainian hospital group Dobrobut, and what it has been doing on the frontlines.

FREE BLOG The massive potential generative AI offers for health care

The AI Revolution in Medicine GPT-4 and Beyond is an unusual book because it is made up of conversations with Open AI, the research lab part-owned by Microsoft. So the loudest voice in the book is GPT-4. It is a voice which leaves you slack-jawed with amazement.

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