Medtronic Exec: AI Is Improving Device Launches & Patient Outcomes

Jennifer Thompson, Medtronic’s vice president of U.S. aortic sales, detailed how AI is transforming medical device commercialization during a fireside chat at Reuters’ MedTech conference. The technology is helping teams identify patients, optimize their sales deployment and discover care bottlenecks. The post Medtronic Exec: AI Is Improving Device Launches & Patient Outcomes appeared first on…

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Louisiana tardó meses en alertar a la población tras la muerte de dos bebés durante un brote de tos ferina

Cuando hay un brote de una enfermedad prevenible con vacunas, los funcionarios estatales de salud pública habitualmente toman ciertas medidas para alertar a los residentes y difundir actualizaciones sobre la amenaza creciente. Esa es la práctica estándar, según expertos en salud pública y enfermedades infecciosas consultados por KFF Health News y NPR. El objetivo es…

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Congressional Stalemate Creates Chaos for Obamacare Shoppers

This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the federal and state Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Even with sign-up season underway, the fate of the enhanced premium tax credits that make coverage…

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Change to UK Rare Disease Approval Process

The Times reports that the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is revising it’s approach to how it approves new medicines that treat rare diseases. How? Principally by allowing for single arm trials with real-world ‘digital twin’ controls as well as expediting the approval process. The new plan, which is being launched on…

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