Humana Eyes Another Strong Growth Year for CenterWell Primary Care
Executives are targeting a 25 percent increase in the venture’s patient base and are circling a “strategic” acquisition.
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Empathetic AI Nurses Can Vastly Improve Nurses’ Work and Patient Care
The AI revolution doesn’t mean erasing the value of humans. It means giving nurses more time to do what they signed up to do — deliver care directly to patients. The post Empathetic AI Nurses Can Vastly Improve Nurses’ Work and Patient Care appeared first on MedCity News.
A Guide to the Best Disaster Recovery Solutions for Health Care Organizations
[Sponsored] Here are the best disaster recovery solutions for health care organizations. The post A Guide to the Best Disaster Recovery Solutions for Health Care Organizations appeared first on MedCity News.
Blinded by Science: The Importance of RWD and Post-market Surveillance
When applied with a rigorous, subject-matter-expert guided process, AI-currated RWD is an essential resource giving life science organizations new power to monitor the diverse variety of ways drugs are actually utilized post-approval. The post Blinded by Science: The Importance of RWD and Post-market Surveillance appeared first on MedCity News.
New KFF Poll Finds Trust in CDC Remains at Low Point Amid Falling Trust Among Democrats – These Findings and Others Included in New Polling Dashboard – The Monitor
KFF’s latest Health Information and Trust Tracking Poll shows trust in the CDC for vaccine information is at its lowest point since the pandemic began. Findings are available on KFF’s new polling dashboard. New evidence also finds no link between prenatal acetaminophen use and autism, though confusion may persist as officials question the drug’s safety.
The Hidden Administrative Tasks Draining Small Practices
[Sponsored] Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences. The post The Hidden Administrative Tasks Draining Small Practices appeared first on MedCity News.
Alabama’s ‘Pretty Cool’ Plan for Robots in Maternity Care Sparks Debate
It sounds like something from a science fiction novel, but Alabama officials’ plan to use robots to improve care for rural pregnant women and their babies is real. During a January White House roundtable touting the first grants to states under a new $50 billion rural health fund, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator…
Louisville Found PFAS in Drinking Water. The Trump Administration Wouldn’t Require Any Action.
Every day, the Ohio River sends billions of gallons of water flowing past Louisville’s pumping station, where the Kentucky city’s utility sucks it up to turn it into tap water. To ensure it tastes good and is safe to drink, a small team of scientists and technicians is constantly testing the water for pH, odors,…
How is MFN likely to impact drug prices in the US and referenced countries?
That is the question asked by a 2022 NBER working paper by Pierre Dubois, Ashvin Gandhi and Shoshana Vasserman. Methodology: Demand Side Model The authors used IQVIA data on revenues and quantities of drugs sold to hospitals from 2002 to 2013 across US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK markets. The authors define a…
Why Mount Sinai Chose Microsoft Over Abridge and Suki
Mount Sinai Health System is betting on Microsoft’s Dragon Copilot as its ambient scribing tool of choice, a decision that followed competitive tests against rival vendors Abridge and Suki. Lisa Stump, Mount Sinai’s chief digital information officer, noted that the health system has been transparent with Microsoft that their partnership may change given Epic’s launch…