Why Retail isn’t the Future of Healthcare
Healthcare must be more than a transactional experience. The focus must be on relationships, continuity, and coordination. The post Why Retail isn’t the Future of Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
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Reducing Clinical and Staff Burnout with AI Automation
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers. The post Reducing Clinical and Staff Burnout with AI Automation appeared first on MedCity News.
As Nuns Disappear, Many Catholic Hospitals Look More Like Megacorporations
ST. LOUIS — Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association. Nuns founded and led those hospitals in a mission to treat sick and poor people, but some were also shrewd business leaders. Sister Irene…
A Quick Return to School and Light Exercise May Help Kids Recover From Concussions
During cheerleading practice in April, Jana Duey’s sixth grade daughter, Karter, sustained a concussion when she fell several feet headfirst onto a gym floor mat. Days after, Karter still had a headache, dizziness, and sensitivity to light and noise. Karter rested for a week and a half at home in Centennial, Colorado, then returned to…
Its RCM Woes Resolved, Pediatrix Eyes M&A Again
The physician services firm’s leaders expect to wrap up the sales of most of the company’s office-based practices by the end of the year.
Should Dynamic Drug Pricing be Incorporated into Cost-Effectiveness Analyses?
Cost effectiveness analyses (CEA) aim to examine how a new health technologies impact health outcomes and costs over a patient’s lifetime. While extrapolating long-run health benefits and measuring potential cost offsets are important, another important item to estimate is how the cost of the new health technology is likely to evolve over times. This is…
5 Interesting Companies I Saw at HLTH
I met a mix of biotech and healthtech companies at HLTH affecting everything from drug development, drug efficacy to controlling specialty care costs and managing chronic diseases. The post 5 Interesting Companies I Saw at HLTH appeared first on MedCity News.
Novo Nordisk Commits $285M to Ascendis to Kick Off Alliance on Longer-Acting GLP-1 Drugs
The Novo Nordisk/Ascendis partnership’s lead program is once-monthly injectable semaglutide for type 2 diabetes and obesity. This product candidate will be developed with Ascendis Pharma technology that has already yielded two FDA-approved products with longer dosing intervals. The post Novo Nordisk Commits $285M to Ascendis to Kick Off Alliance on Longer-Acting GLP-1 Drugs appeared first…
Maryland Begins Planning for CMS AHEAD Model Implementation
Maryland has signed an agreement with CMS on the model, which will seek to improve population health and lower costs.
Is There Still a Place for Point Solutions? One Investor Weighs In
There are some areas where point solutions make a lot of sense, such as when they’re focused on a condition without a lot of comorbidities, according to one healthcare expert. The post Is There Still a Place for Point Solutions? One Investor Weighs In appeared first on MedCity News.