Implementing a thorough federal privacy law and broadening HIPAA protections to include new mHealth technologies are crucial steps in enhancing personal data security. Equally important, companies and developers should adhere to strict ethical standards and robust security protocols during app development to protect users’ sensitive information. The post Mental Health Data Sells, But Who’s Buying?…
AI holds a lot of promise in supporting employer-sponsored healthcare, including improving patient navigation and billing, according to a new report from Morgan Health. The post Morgan Health: 5 Ways AI Can Improve Employer-Sponsored Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
The choices we make now will determine not just the future of healthcare, but the kind of society we leave to our children. Will we continue to allow faceless algorithms to decide who lives and who suffers? Or will we finally reclaim healthcare’s moral center and build a system worthy of our highest values? The…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the Department of Health and Human Services, the federal workforce, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on WAMU’s “1A” on Jan. 8. Click here to hear Rovner on “1A” KFF Health News video producer and visual reporter Hannah Norman discussed PFAS contamination in well water on KVPR’s…
Hospitals’ operating margins dropped in November due to decreased patient demand levels and continued increases in expenses, according to a new report. One healthcare expert noted that rising expenses will remain a major problem for hospitals throughout 2025. The post Why Hospitals’ Revenue Growth Is Likely to Slow Down in 2025 appeared first on MedCity…
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Task Force recently released a report focused on redesigning the healthcare system to support youth mental health. Here are five key findings. The post 5 Ways the Healthcare Industry Should Improve Youth Mental Health, Per BPC’s Task Force appeared first on MedCity News.
Los incendios forestales que se propagan rápidamente y han transformado gran parte del condado de Los Ángeles en un infierno en llamas no solo están alterando las vidas de decenas de miles de residentes y dueños de negocios. También están poniendo a prueba a los hospitales, clínicas de salud, socorristas y hogares de adultos mayores…
Ouro Medicines’ drugs deplete disease-driving immune cells, allowing the immune system to reset with naïve cells that don’t attack the body. Monograph Capital founded the startup in partnership with GSK. The post Immunology Startup Ouro Sets Out With $120M for Drugs That Reset the Immune System appeared first on MedCity News.
By MIKE MAGEE For those many, many millions of viewers who tuned in to the live coverage of former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral this week, they were rewarded with two hours of intriguing video images, and moving words and song, including a recounting of the beginnings of environmental advocacy as Los Angeles burns, and John…
The rapidly spreading wildfires that have transformed much of Los Angeles County into a raging hellscape are not only upending the lives of tens of thousands of residents and business owners, but also stressing the region’s hospitals, health clinics, first responders, and nursing homes. At least one medical clinic burned down. Senior patients were evacuated…