AI regulations in healthcare coming in 2024. Increased transparency required in clinical settings for fair, appropriate, safe and effective AI use. Rule also includes software developers providing information on AI technology mechanisms and development details. 2024 expected to be a significant year for AI in healthcare according to the report from KLAS Research.

It’s official: AI rules are coming in 2024 Politico

Google unveiled MedLM, a suite of generatively-trained AI models for healthcare. Tuned on broad datasets, MedLM is designed for tasks like medical documentation, pre-clinical drug development research and improving chatbot experiences for health plan members. Available to U.S. Google Cloud users via Vertex AI, Google intends to expand the range. MedLM builds on the success of Google's Med-PaLM 2 large language model for medical information. Competition in the healthcare generative AI sector includes Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon. A Klas Research survey indicates a growing interest among healthcare executives in AI adoption.

Google reveals new generative AI models for healthcare Healthcare Dive

Cigna drops Humana acquisition due to price disagreement; plans $10B share buyback. Potential $140B Cigna-Humana merger faces antitrust concerns. Cigna explores Medicare Advantage business sale, despite sector expansion.

Cigna abandons pursuit of Humana, plans $10 billion share buyback | Reuters Reuters

Quarter of US medical students consider quitting due to mental health and study-life balance concerns, detected by Elsevier survey. Streamlining for non-patient-facing roles observed.

1 in 4 US medical students consider quitting, most don’t plan to treat patients: report The Hill