More organizations are releasing their comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the Inspector General on the proposed federal rule to establish disincentives for information blocking by providers under the 21st Century Cures Act. Most of the disincentives are aimed at providers participating in
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the department of psychiatry and behavioral health at Geisinger began experiencing a significant increase in demand for behavioral health services. THE PROBLEM The demand for services was most noticeable for adult psychotherapy services, with waits as long as several months and several thousand outstanding orders. Simultaneously, the department
Cerebras Systems, a provider of artificial intelligence computing chips for deep learning applications, will provide both hardware and software development services to Mayo under the deal announced during a presentation at this week’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. WHY IT MATTERS The artificial intelligence created from the anonymized Mayo Clinic data would eventually
All care delivered through UpDoc’s artificial intelligence-based remote patient providers would be prescribed by physicians or clinical pharmacists who oversee the platform, the company said in an announcement on Friday. WHY IT MATTERS UpDoc’s remote patient intervention technology leverages conversational AI powered by multiple large language models, including GPT-4, through Microsoft’s Azure Open AI Service, Google
LAC-Shield is a heat-killed Lacticaseibacillus paracasei MCC1849 strain. As it is heat and pH stable, it could be incorporated into general food products that typically undergo high heat processing, such as bars, cereals, as well as powdered drinks.In Japan alone, it has been used in over 1,000 dietary supplements and functional food products since it
Powered potatoes: PepsiCo pushes entrepreneurial collaboration as ‘vital’ APAC sustainability strategyPepsiCo has highlighted collaborations with entrepreneurs as a ‘vital’ part of its strategy to achieve sustainable operations in the APAC region, amid the crowning of its regional Greenhouse Accelerator champion.As part of PepsiCo’s overarching transformation strategy pep+ launched in September 2021 and to meet its three major
Photo illustration Gentro Foods Inc. is recalling Eagle brand corn (frozen) from the marketplace because of possible Salmonella contamination. This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) test results. According to the CFIA, the products were distributed in Ontario, Canada and possibly other provinces and territories. Recalled products: BrandProductSizeUPCCodesEagleCorn (frozen)1.75 kg0 55722 96964
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about certain tejocote root supplements substituted with toxic yellow oleander. FDA analysis has determined that certain dietary supplements labeled as tejocote (Crataegus mexicana) root because they were tested and found to be substituted with yellow oleander (Cascabela thevetia), a poisonous plant native to Mexico and
The number of incidents involving a global food safety network dropped slightly in the third quarter of 2023. The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 46 alerts from July to September 2023, down from 53 in the second and 47 in the first quarters. Of 32 biological hazard incidents, a dozen were
— OPINION — During my time at Marler Clark, I have had the chance to witness and work on some of the most tragic and profoundly disturbing foodborne illness outbreaks our firm has encountered. Here are a few of the recent, particularly alarming outbreaks—some of which I had extensive involvement with—presented in no particular order: