Ryan Flinn
@ryanflinn.bsky.social
Healthcare comms consultant with a journalism background. Wine expert, competitive sabre fencer, life sciences enthusiast. Daily thinker of Bronze Age civilizations. Publish a weekly AI in healthcare news summary called AI Rx: https://ryanflinn.substack.co
With new cancer research being published every 30 seconds, it’s hard for clinicians to stay current. AI tools are trying to help. I recently wrote about this, breaking down five areas where AI tools are having success. Article link and explainer video below. www.ajmc.com/view/five-wa...
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
With new cancer research being published every 30 seconds, it’s hard for clinicians to stay current. AI tools are trying to help. I recently wrote about this, breaking down five areas where AI tools are having success. Article link and explainer video below. www.ajmc.com/view/five-wa...
Can AI decode an infant's cry? Researchers built an LLM to do just that, and it was able to determine premies from full-term by analyzing acoustic data. This could help determine signs of real health or developmental issues. doi.org/10.1186/s128...
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Can AI decode an infant's cry? Researchers built an LLM to do just that, and it was able to determine premies from full-term by analyzing acoustic data. This could help determine signs of real health or developmental issues. doi.org/10.1186/s128...
This week in AI healthcare news, Al is: developing a "check engine light" for your health, taking aim at surprise medical bills and creating personalized cancer vaccines in 48 hours. Click the link for the full (free) newsletter, AI Rx: open.substack.com/pub/ryanflin...
January 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This week in AI healthcare news, Al is: developing a "check engine light" for your health, taking aim at surprise medical bills and creating personalized cancer vaccines in 48 hours. Click the link for the full (free) newsletter, AI Rx: open.substack.com/pub/ryanflin...
TikTok is back on in the US and people are here for it
January 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
TikTok is back on in the US and people are here for it
Hottest ticket at #JPM2025 is the @statnews.com event - hundreds turned away apparently.
January 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Hottest ticket at #JPM2025 is the @statnews.com event - hundreds turned away apparently.
I’m apparently REALLY old. GeneDX has my birth year as 1789.
January 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I’m apparently REALLY old. GeneDX has my birth year as 1789.
Merry Christmas! Enjoying this lovely stout and watching A Christmas Story. Perfection.
December 25, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Merry Christmas! Enjoying this lovely stout and watching A Christmas Story. Perfection.
Here's an infographic I'm trying out to create a visual guide to this week's top news stories on how AI is transforming healthcare. Let me know what you think!
December 24, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Here's an infographic I'm trying out to create a visual guide to this week's top news stories on how AI is transforming healthcare. Let me know what you think!
Here are 10 news stories this week on how AI is changing healthcare, including how predictive AI can saves lives, detect heart disease early, and even predict your lifespan with a “death clock. Let’s dive in 🧵👇
December 11, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Here are 10 news stories this week on how AI is changing healthcare, including how predictive AI can saves lives, detect heart disease early, and even predict your lifespan with a “death clock. Let’s dive in 🧵👇
Few things went as hard as early 1990s local Catholic Church graphic design:
December 9, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Few things went as hard as early 1990s local Catholic Church graphic design:
here's a badge I made for all my fellow 2024 SF Tsunami survivors today....
December 6, 2024 at 2:13 AM
here's a badge I made for all my fellow 2024 SF Tsunami survivors today....
Well that’s frightening - a Tsunami alert for Oakland Hills?
December 5, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Well that’s frightening - a Tsunami alert for Oakland Hills?
I was waiting for the whiplash of Fox News decrying this as the worst thing ever, then pivoting to cheering Trump’s nominees who have received pardons for much worse offenses.
December 3, 2024 at 1:47 AM
I was waiting for the whiplash of Fox News decrying this as the worst thing ever, then pivoting to cheering Trump’s nominees who have received pardons for much worse offenses.
If you’re looking for a good mental escape from the news during the holidays, check out this wildly funny book “Dungeon Crawler Carl,” by @mattdinniman.bsky.social - I literally LOLed so many times and ate up the series. The audio books are particularly amazing.
December 1, 2024 at 4:37 PM
If you’re looking for a good mental escape from the news during the holidays, check out this wildly funny book “Dungeon Crawler Carl,” by @mattdinniman.bsky.social - I literally LOLed so many times and ate up the series. The audio books are particularly amazing.
I was looking on Amazon for daily desk calendars for 2025 related to science and the top results were all related to “labs” lol
December 1, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I was looking on Amazon for daily desk calendars for 2025 related to science and the top results were all related to “labs” lol
This one is such a mind bender, it will make you rethink the evolution of the human brain.
November 29, 2024 at 5:35 PM
This one is such a mind bender, it will make you rethink the evolution of the human brain.
Cranberry sauce….just like mom used to make. #Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Cranberry sauce….just like mom used to make. #Thanksgiving.
Yes, this this one is by far the best.
November 27, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Yes, this this one is by far the best.
This week in AI healthcare news: AI is foraging for new medicines; gaming dyslexia and diagnosing dementia for a dollar. Read more in my free newsletter: ryanflinn.substack.com/p/ai-rx-your...
November 25, 2024 at 10:27 PM
This week in AI healthcare news: AI is foraging for new medicines; gaming dyslexia and diagnosing dementia for a dollar. Read more in my free newsletter: ryanflinn.substack.com/p/ai-rx-your...
Given all we know about how obesity is linked to so many other health issues - diabetes, heart disease, etc. - It's just bonkers that Medicaid doesn't cover ANY medicine for weight loss, including GLP-1s, based on legislation from 21 years ago. crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...
November 24, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Given all we know about how obesity is linked to so many other health issues - diabetes, heart disease, etc. - It's just bonkers that Medicaid doesn't cover ANY medicine for weight loss, including GLP-1s, based on legislation from 21 years ago. crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...
She is a “nonviolent communications coach,” ? Are there people who specialize in violent communications?
November 24, 2024 at 5:56 PM
She is a “nonviolent communications coach,” ? Are there people who specialize in violent communications?
This is my favorite correlation vs causation image
November 24, 2024 at 5:37 PM
This is my favorite correlation vs causation image
Excited to share my cover article in the latest issue of Evidence-Based Oncology on the startling lack of diversity in multiple myeloma clinical trials. About 20% of patients with this cancer are black, yet recent trials have had 1% or less black participation. Read more: bit.ly/3ZlFOh5
November 23, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Excited to share my cover article in the latest issue of Evidence-Based Oncology on the startling lack of diversity in multiple myeloma clinical trials. About 20% of patients with this cancer are black, yet recent trials have had 1% or less black participation. Read more: bit.ly/3ZlFOh5