Like many parents, Tatiana Lafortune wants her children to get a good education, eat nutritious food, and see a doctor when they’re not feeling well. Public schools and her church’s pantry help Lafortune accomplish the first two goals. But insurance to cover doctor visits has been the most difficult to secure. As nursing assistants at…
On a recent Monday, Sandy Guzman, a community health worker in rural Oregon, drove to visit a patient in her 60s in a small city called The Dalles. The patient lived alone, and “really struggles with social isolation,” Guzman said. After a serious fall and subsequent surgery, the woman was using a wheelchair. She confided…
Samira Daswini is CEO of Manta Cares. Her career in consulting and digital health startups took a left turn when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had 18 months of visits with 123 appointments, 5 ER visits and much more. And it was very hard to manage her journey. So she built a paper…
Midstream Health is taking a bit of a different approach to healthcare AI by focusing on reducing hospitals’ costs rather than boosting their revenue. The startup uses AI to identify savings opportunities across fragmented spending data, which helps health systems like Mount Sinai and CommonSpirit quickly improve their purchasing decisions. The post Why Some Hospitals…
Michigan Program on Value Enhancement (MPrOVE) seeks to help Michigan Medicine eliminate low-value or inappropriate care
The World Health Organization has prequalified Coartem Baby, the first and only antimalarial for babies. Novartis developed this combination drug in partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture. The post Novartis Antimalarial Clears Key WHO Review to Get the Combo Drug to Babies appeared first on MedCity News.
The American Medical Association is urging Congress to add safeguards for AI mental health chatbots amid safety concerns, while noting their potential to expand access. The post AMA Calls on Congress to Improve Safeguards for AI Mental Health Chatbots appeared first on MedCity News.
Transportation is a vital part of the care journey, and if we are serious about improving outcomes, reducing missed appointments, and supporting healthier members, we have to be honest about where friction still exists and focus on removing it. The post Driving Outcomes with a Digital Transportation Infrastructure appeared first on MedCity News.
Now is the time to solve the industry’s identity crisis, and it can only be done through a combination of phishing-resistant and adaptive MFA, fine-grained access control, and standards-based interoperability. The post Healthcare’s Identity Crisis: Why A Single Prescription Requires Multiple Logins appeared first on MedCity News.
While other areas of healthcare have been star-struck by sophisticated AI and massive infrastructure investments, safety net entities have found that the answer is much simpler. Better managing chronic conditions across populations simply requires the right connection at the right time. The post The Quiet Revolution Comes Full Circle: How CMS ACCESS Validates Safety-Net Innovation…