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Axios
22-05-2025
- Health
- Axios
Top moments from Axios' Future of Health summit
Axios has some of the biggest voices in health care on our stage Wednesday at Planet Word in D.C. to talk about the major trends in technology, policy and business transforming how we give and receive medical care. The big picture: We're making it easier for you to follow along with our Future of Health Summit. ICYMI... 🫶 Journalist Katie Couric talked to Axios' Erica Pandey about losing loved ones to cancer, including her late husband Jay Monahan, who died in 1998. Through those experiences, she felt more informed when she got her own early-stage breast cancer diagnosis in 2022. She urged women to find out if they have "dense breasts" and explore which screenings beyond mammograms — including ultrasounds or MRIs — can best detect abnormalities, which can be like "looking for a snowball" in a snowfield. 💼 Oscar Health CEO Mark Bertolini talked to Axios' Tina Reed about conveying his priorities under the Trump administration: "You don't use certain words, like DEI, bad word ... I sit on the Verizon board, I chair their finance committee, our DEI effort is alive and well, it's just not called that anymore." 🩺 Dr. Anthony Sandler of Children's National Hospital told Axios' Alison Snyder that he is hopeful about the promise of personalized medicine. "I think we'll get smarter" about it, but the challenge will be creating a business model around it. 👀 Calley Means, a former health influencer turned White House adviser, told Axios' Maya Goldman that there is "a war on the American public having transparency" about their health and their treatment. 💊 Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz told Axios' Tina Reed that the next stage of technology in medicine could incorporate "superhuman" augmentative artificial intelligence. 🧮 Rep. Greg Murphy told Axios' Victoria Knight the one word he would pick to describe the GOP health care agenda in the Trump administration so far is "accountability." 🏛️ Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wi.) slammed RFK's testimony before Congress earlier Wednesday in an interview with Axios' Peter Sullivan. She said it was "deeply troubling" that he was confirmed for his position.
Axios
15-05-2025
- Health
- Axios
WATCH: Axios interviews Sen. Baldwin, Katie Couric and Calley Means
Tune into Axios' inaugural Future of Health Summit happening live from Washington, D.C. We are hosting conversations with Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), Oscar Health CEO Mark Bertolini, award-winning journalist Katie Couric, Zocdoc CEO and co-founder Oliver Kharraz, Hers chief medical officer Jessica Shepherd, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), senior White House advisor on MAHA Calley Means and Children's National Hospital's Anthony David Sandler.
Axios
14-05-2025
- Health
- Axios
"Superhuman" AI could transform medicine, Zocdoc CEO says
The next stage of medical technology could incorporate "superhuman" augmentative artificial intelligence, Zocdoc CEO and founder Oliver Kharraz said Wednesday at Axios' Future of Health Summit in D.C. Why it matters: Artificial intelligence can replace or supplement many of the functions within medicine, AI proponents argue. Zocdoc started as a clearinghouse for patients to access providers, Kharraz said. Now, it boosts technology to make appointments more efficient. "There's a really amazing journey of productivity ahead of us," he told Axios' Tina Reed. Zoom in: Examples for future AI use cases in medicine could include high-level translation or predicting a patients' no-show likelihood. As of now, though, "there's thousands and thousands of edge cases that you need to teach individually," Kharraz said. State of play: The applications of artificial intelligence in health care could improve the quality of patient care and trim costly waste, Axios' Caitlin Owens previously reported. For example, AI within biotech could discover more drugs, speed up the development process and better match drugs to patients. It can also improve diagnostics, reduce providers' paperwork and streamline billing processes. Driving the news: Zocdoc this month launched an AI phone assistant chatbot intended to limit hold times and book appointments. It can answer unlimited calls concurrently and "instinctively" route them. "Free your staff to focus on care — not the phones," the Zocdoc website said. The chatbot is autonomous and does not require human supervision. It needed to be trained in cadence adjustment and utterance detection to appropriately speak with patients in different parts of the country. "It can pick up the phone and have a natural conversation with a patient to figure out what they need," Kharraz said. Flashback: Kharraz in 2023 told Axios he wanted Zocdoc to be the "connective tissue of health care."
Axios
14-05-2025
- Health
- Axios
Tammy Baldwin slams RFK Jr.'s measles vaccination testimony
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) slammed testimony from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Congress, saying on Wednesday it is "deeply troubling" he was confirmed for the position. Why it matters: Kennedy, a former Democrat, has become one of the party's most scrutinized figures in the Trump administration. Kennedy testified to a House panel on Wednesday that his opinions on vaccines "are irrelevant." He continued, "I don't think people should be taking ... medical advice from me." Kennedy said at the hearing he would "probably" vaccinate his children for measles if he had to decide today. Baldwin told Axios' Peter Sullivan at Axios' inaugural Future of Health Summit on Wednesday that Kennedy "heads a department that is the biggest public health agency in the world." The big picture: Democrats continue to blare the alarm on Kennedy's past skepticism of vaccines, with Baldwin saying he has "spent a career creating conspiracy theories around this." "I think it's deeply troubling that the Senate confirmed a vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist to be the secretary of Health and Human Services," Baldwin said.
Axios
14-05-2025
- Health
- Axios
Calley Means says he has "spiritual mandate" to reform U.S. health system
There is "a war on the American public having transparency," White House health advisor Calley Means said Wednesday at Axios' Future of Health Summit in D.C. Why it matters: The former health influencer turned White House aide has become an ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who shares his disillusionment with the U.S. medical system. Kennedy "has a spiritual mandate" from voters "to reform our broken institution," Means told Axios' Maya Goldman. Zoom in:"I'm in the party of Elon Musk, who saw an environmental catastrophe that everyone on the left was complaining about for years and years and years, and has become the greatest environmentalist in the history of modern civilization," Means said. Catch up quick: Means was tapped in March to become a "special government employee" and implement the Trump administration's plan to address chronic illness. He's specifically focused on food policy.
