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Tighter margins and the need for more resources are driving independent physician practices under the ownership of hospitals and health systems, a trend known as vertical integration. Proponents say these bigger organizations allow smaller providers to compete more in highly concentrated markets and improve care coordination and quality. But studies from the past few years say the opposite, that vertical integration increases pricing without improving quality and harms competition.

Fourteen Hartford HealthCare doctors have projects they think could be accomplished, or completed more efficiently, if only artificial intelligence were applied to them.

If you’re a bit anxious that artificial intelligence might be coming for your job, you’re not alone: 22% of workers in the U.S. worry that technology will make their jobs obsolete, according to a Gallup poll out on Monday.

Researchers from Texas Christian University, University of South Carolina, and RealPage published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines the impact of online reviews on hotel booking performance with a specific focus on the competitive effects of reviews.

For Justin Kosmides, founder and CEO of e-bike manufacturer Vela Bikes, one of the triggers to reshore was news that his factory in China had canceled Vela's order in favor of a two-year deal to build bikes for a major U.S. retailer. Other woes of manufacturing in China included the COVID-19 lockdown, shipping delays, tariffs, and controlling quality over a long distance. Kosmides said, "That's the short list. I could keep going."