Les Morgan

Healthcare policy and IT, with special focus on eldercare, care coordination, end of life. Analytics, AI, NLP, corpus linguistics. I write books now and then.

[Shaun Ralston @shaunralston]

good safety reporting informs instead of frightens (👀 @AnthropicAI) . love @OpenAI's emphasis here on rigorous evals, transparency, and proportionality; that’s how trust is built 👇

[Les Morgan @lesmorgan]

"To ensure physicians aren’t overwhelmed by e-communications, Dr. Richwine’s practice utilizes a shared messaging pool in the EHR that allows multiple users to work on the same set of messages, lab results, or tasks without flooding physicians’ private inboxes. When a patient sends a message, that communication is screened by the EHR’s integrated AI tool and flags it based on its level of complexity."

[Texas Medical Association @texmed]

Patient Portal Messages Spiked After 2020; AI May Help.
Years after the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians are still navigating a high volume of patient portal messages. Alongside traditional workarounds, some physicians are now seeking augmented intelligence solutions to tackle inbox management.
https://t.co/qRrXPnm9MJ

[The Alliance @TheAllianceHome]

The Alliance applauds the introduction of the Medicare Home Health Payment Integrity and Protection Act of 2026 by @SenatorCollins.

This important piece of legislation will provide core payment integrity reforms by correcting @CMSgov's flaws in calculating Medicare rate updates, while also streamlining program integrity measures to target fraud concerns early, stopping bad actors from entering the Medicare program.

Learn more: https://t.co/lIquWv87hj

[Les Morgan @lesmorgan]

"Conclusions:
A PC pharmacist may help avoid significant health care costs, particularly in the areas of deprescribing, identifying untreated indications, and using PC expertise to make therapeutic recommendations."

[Journal of Palliative Medicine @PalliativeMed_j]

@PalliativeMed_J Brief Report: PHarmacist Avoidance or Reductions in Medical Costs in PALLiative Care Inpatient Services: PHARM-PALL - Celena Wilson, Jennifer Ku, 2026 https://t.co/4dmKzArO19

[NEJM AI @NEJM_AI]

A new editorial examines the limitations of current regulatory approaches for clinical AI and argues for continuous postdeployment oversight as part of an evolving regulatory framework. Full editorial: https://t.co/kwylc9ISS5

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIinMedicine

[NEJM AI @NEJM_AI]

A new Perspective examines the impact of AI on national health care expenditures, arguing that near-term cost reductions will depend heavily on policy and management choices rather than the technology alone. Learn more: https://t.co/m46e1qqm7P #AIinMedicine

[JAMA+ AI @JAMAplusAI]

💬 Editor's Note by JAMA Deputy Editors Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, and Joseph Ross, MD, MHS: As generative #AI tools become more advanced and accessible, transparent reporting and updated editorial guidance are needed to ensure research integrity.

https://t.co/7EXyQaSxT6

[Cohere Labs @Cohere_Labs]

We’ve updated our Global-MMLU paper to include Global-MMLU Lite ✨—a faster, more efficient eval set. Plus, we’ve added to the eval harness!

It covers a balanced subset of languages with an equal mix of Culturally Sensitive (CS) & Culturally Agnostic (CA) questions per language

[JAMA+ AI @JAMAplusAI]

From @JAMANetworkOpen:

#AI-generated emergency department handoff notes, while promising for enhancing efficiency in patient transitions, still need further validation and integration with clinician oversight to ensure quality and patient safety.

https://t.co/3BAUVGFV1v

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

New study shows LLMs outperform neuroscience experts at predicting experimental results in advance of experiments (86% vs 63% accuracy).

They use a fine-tuned Mistral 7B but other models worked too. Suggests LLMs can integrate scientific knowledge at scale to support research

[Judy Peres @judithperes]

Years of effort to get people to “have the conversation” @SWHPN @CAPCpalliative @CTACorg @ADVault_Inc @DrJoanneLynn @lesmorgan @endwellproject #hpm The Most Important Conversation to Have Before You Die https://t.co/VFHrwfpiB4

[Adam Rodman @AdamRodmanMD]

A few weeks ago, with @LiamGMcCoy and @arjunmanrai published "LLMs and the Degradation of the EHR" (https://t.co/1rfvlIjI8j), arguing that our headlong push to insert AI-generated text into the chart would have unforeseen (well, okay, foreseen to some of us!) consequences ...

[The John A. Hartford Foundation @johnahartford]

BRIEFING | JAHF is holding a virtual briefing on 12/5 detailing #policy options the incoming administration should consider to better support #FamilyCaregivers. We invite you all to participate in this dialogue featuring @NA4Caregiving. Register: https://t.co/3gbr5ayocW

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Every other Twitter-like has stalled out as a competitor to X, but it looks like the cascade to one of them is real. There is even meaty AI talk there now.

Alternatives are good, I guess, but a lot of good ideas are born from brokering across diverse networks, which harder now.

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

#Xodus: Bluesky Hits 20M Users as People Continue to Flee X https://t.co/kZjJeavWbK

[Massachusetts Health Data Consortium @mahealthdata]

If an individual relies on incorrect provider directory information and gets out of network services they expected to be in network, 1) cost sharing must be limited to in network rates indicates Cassie Thompson of @CMSgov at @WEDIOnline #NSA #ProviderDirectory webinar

[Akari Asai @AkariAsai]

1/ Introducing ᴏᴘᴇɴꜱᴄʜᴏʟᴀʀ: a retrieval-augmented LM to help scientists synthesize knowledge 📚 @uwnlp @allen_ai
With open models & 45M-paper datastores, it outperforms proprietary systems & match human experts.
Try out our demo!
We also introduce ꜱᴄʜᴏʟᴀʀQᴀʙᴇɴᴄʜ, a new large-scale multi-domain benchmark for scientific research synthesis, covering CS, Bio and Physics.

[HFA @hfahospice]

This #HospiceandPalliativeCareMonth, bring #advancecareplanning to your community! Host an event with @_ProjectTalk to engage underserved communities in #acp conversations.

We're in year 4 of our 5-year research study. Don't miss this opportunity! Apply: https://t.co/B2uDmgRb8l

[NEJM AI @NEJM_AI]

Editorial @David_Ouyang, MD, and Joseph Hogan, ScD (@jwhogan42): We Need More Randomized Clinical Trials of AI https://t.co/AwDfZAW952

#ArtificialIntelligence

[Supriyo SB Chatterjee @sbc111]

Health systems band together to test and publicly rank top AI models | @healthcaredive 11/14/2024

#AI #HealthAI #Healthcare #LLM #HealthTech #TechHartford

https://t.co/n8wQHwuvYz