KFF Health News and KCUR are following the stories of people injured during the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration. Listen to how survivors are seeking a sense of safety. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Twenty-four minutes before the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade…
Who won the ISPOR’s 2024 HEOR awards? The list is below. Avedis Donabedian Lifetime Achievement Award: C. Daniel Mullins, PhD; Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research and Executive Director of The PATIENTS Program; University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; Baltimore, MD, USAMarilyn Dix Smith Leadership Award: Deborah Marshall, PhD; Professor and Svare Chair…
Oshi Health’s $60 million Series C funding round was led by Oak HC/FT and included participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Flare Capital Partners, Frist Cressey Ventures, CVS Health Ventures and Takeda Digital Ventures. The post Oshi Health Secures $60M To Scale Virtual Digestive Care appeared first on MedCity News.
The Biden-Harris administration expands healthcare access by covering traditional healthcare practices through Medicaid and CHIP
In the future, healthcare AI startups that offer multimodal models may have an easier time raising venture capital than healthcare AI companies that don’t, according to Morgan Cheatham, vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners. The post How One Investor Views the Future of Healthcare AI appeared first on MedCity News.
Company lands $3 million in seed funding led by Canvas Ventures with participation from CoFound Partners, StoryHouse Ventures and several individual investors
With the expansion, Lee Health’s virtual acute care infrastructure will cover more than half of the health system’s hospital beds
The FDA approved Novocure medical device Optune Luna as a treatment for advanced cases of non-small cell lung cancer. The wearable technology delivers electrical fields that kill cancer cells. The post Wearable Tumor-Zapping Medical Device Wins FDA Approval for Lung Cancer appeared first on MedCity News.
The Southeast region of the U.S. is particularly vulnerable to severe tropical storms due to climate change, and its persistently high poverty rates inhibit residents’ ability to prepare for and recover from storms. Many of the states in the Southeast have not implemented the ACA Medicaid expansion, leaving lower income residents with more limited access…
Presidential candidate Trump claims credit for SCOTUS’ Dobbs decision and says that as a result, the “states are voting.” States are making decisions on abortion policy, but it’s mostly been state legislatures, not voters. Few states with abortion bans have a process for citizen-initiated constitutional amendments. In those states, lawmakers and anti-abortion activists have attempted…