{"id":818001,"date":"2025-01-07T22:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/we-should-be-really-concerned-what-we-heard-this-week\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T22:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T04:11:57","slug":"we-should-be-really-concerned-what-we-heard-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/we-should-be-really-concerned-what-we-heard-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We Should Be Really Concerned&#8217;: What We Heard This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business <\/p>\n<div>\n<nav>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\" tabindex=\"15.1\" itemprop=\"articleSection\">Perspectives<\/a><br \/>\n    <span>><\/span><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/what-we-heard\" tabindex=\"15.2\">What We Heard This Week<\/a><br \/>\n  <\/nav>\n<h2>Business \u2014<br \/>\n      Quotable quotes heard by <em>MedPage Today<\/em>&#8216;s reporters<\/h2>\n<p>\n      <span><br \/>\n                  by<br \/>\n          <span itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><br \/>\n            <span itemprop=\"name\">MedPage  Today Staff<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n                <span itemprop=\"contributing\"><\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <span itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"January 5, 2025\"><br \/>\n          January 5, 2025<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-main-content-region\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/articleBody\" itemid=\"#main-content-region\">\n<p>&#8220;If we start seeing lots of cases outside of agricultural workers, we should be really concerned.&#8221;  &#8212;  James Lawler, MD, MPH, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center&#8217;s Global Center for Health Security in Omaha, discussing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/uritheflu\/113584\" target=\"_blank\">what may happen with H5N1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is exactly where we need to go to start personalizing therapy: who to treat, how long to treat.&#8221;  &#8212;  Roy Herbst, MD, PhD, of Yale Cancer Center in Connecticut, on an AI model that showed promise for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/hematologyoncology\/lungcancer\/113579\" target=\"_blank\">predicting immune checkpoint inhibitor response<\/a> in non-small cell lung cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know some hospitals are still restricting access to elective surgeries.&#8221;  &#8212;  Nancy Foster, vice president of quality and safety policy at the American Hospital Association, on the continued effect of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\/features\/113597\" target=\"_blank\">flood damage to a major manufacturer of IV fluids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s getting the cart in front of the horse, if you create a robust regulatory process that&#8217;s not informed by where private sector innovators are going.&#8221;  &#8212;  Brian Anderson, MD, chief executive officer of the Coalition for Health AI, on regulators&#8217; reluctance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\/features\/113596\" target=\"_blank\">to make specific recommendations<\/a> regarding generative AI in medical devices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Patients with a history of psychiatric disorders or those currently experiencing depressive symptoms might warrant closer monitoring.&#8221;  &#8212;  Huilin Tang, MSc, of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, discussing mixed data on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/primarycare\/obesity\/113568\" target=\"_blank\">GLP-1 receptor agonists and suicidality risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Healthcare is changing rapidly in the setting of technological advances.&#8221;  &#8212;  Shannon Dunlay, MD, MS, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, discussing a new initiative that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/practicemanagement\/informationtechnology\/113589\" target=\"_blank\">bills for certain patient portal messages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The majority of FDA-cleared device records do not include any information about testing in different skin tones.&#8221;  &#8212;  Kadija Ferryman, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/pulmonology\/generalpulmonary\/113590\" target=\"_blank\">diversity reporting<\/a> for FDA-cleared pulse oximeters after 2013 guidance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At its simplest, the private equity model is wealth extraction.&#8221;  &#8212;  Robert McNamara, MD, chief medical officer of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/hospitalbasedmedicine\/generalhospitalpractice\/113613\" target=\"_blank\">private equity involvement in healthcare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/what-we-heard\/113637\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Lawanda Stoval<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perspectives &gt; What We Heard This Week \u2014 Quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today&#8217;s reporters by MedPage Today Staff January 5, 2025 &#8220;If we start seeing lots of cases outside of agricultural workers, we should be really concerned.&#8221; 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