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How many doctors are using AI tools in a healthcare setting? It’s a question everyone wants answered, and one that’s impossible to pin down exactly. But recent data may offer a clue. Wolters Kluwer, which creates evidence-based clinical decision support tools for physicians, conducted a survey of …

Clinicians are burnt out. Peer support can help
The COVID-19 pandemic spotlighted burnout in healthcare. While not new, the challenge was compounded by the toll of caring for patients on the frontlines. Burnout rates have swelled since then, and addressing them is not simple. A recent Johnson & Johnson survey of more than 1,500 surgeons across …

The evolving state of exome and genome sequencing
Rare diseases, defined in the U.S. as conditions affecting fewer than 200,000 people, can take years, if not decades, to diagnose. About 10,000 rare diseases affect 30 million Americans, and half of those patients are children. What if rare diseases could be identified early and treated proactivel…

How CVS Caremark is shaping the future of pharmacy benefits (Sponsored)
In this sponsored episode of Podnosis, CVS Caremark Senior Vice President and Chief Growth Client Success Officer James Margiotta joins host Chris Hayden for an in‑depth look at the rapidly changing pharmacy benefits landscape. Drawing on more than 35 years across payer, PBM, pharmacy and healthcar…

Inside the economics of emergency medicine
Emergency departments are required by law to treat anyone who comes through the door. But the financial model behind that guarantee is under strain. In this episode of "Podnosis," Fierce Healthcare and Life Sciences Editor-in-Chief Ayla Ellison talks with Tony Cirillo, M.D., president of the Amer…

The Fierce Healthcare team on the Fierce 15 of 2026
Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 is one of our favorite projects each year. Now in its eighth year, the list highlights companies bringing new ideas and innovation to some of healthcare’s most persistent challenges. In this episode, members of the Fierce Healthcare editorial team discuss the Fierce 1…

Healthcare’s mixed Q4, plus insights from the Lake Nona Impact Forum
Healthcare earnings season is offering a mixed picture of the industry. In the latest episode of "Podnosis," Fierce Healthcare's Dave Muoio and Paige Minemyer break down the highlights from fourth-quarter earnings, where providers signaled growth while payers warned of financial headwinds amid a …

Inside Advocate Health’s ‘hospital room of the future’
In five to 10 years, a hospital room could look very different. Advocate Health is beginning to build that room of the future today. The concept integrates advanced artificial intelligence capabilities, virtual nursing and audio, video and sensor data for intelligent patient monitoring, creating an…

The building blocks behind measurement-based behavioral healthcare
Measurement-based care is increasingly referenced in conversations across the behavioral health industry. Providers recognize the value of patient-reported outcomes as a way to track progress. Yet there are important considerations in doing measurement-based care well. To understand what those ar…

Bringing down costs in dermatology
Dermatology may not be a specialty traditionally associated with high costs, but that is changing, in part because of the rise of new biologic drugs. Specialty medications are rapidly driving up dermatology spending, with some estimates showing utilization growing more than 30% year over year, a pa…