By the time she was hospitalized in 2020, Pearlene Darby, a retired teacher, had suffered open sores on both legs, both hips, and both heels, as well as a five-inch-long gash on her tailbone. She died two weeks later at age 81 from infections and bedsores, according to her death certificate. Her daughter sued the…
Philippe Pouletty is a physician who’s an inventor, French venture capitalist, and the founder of Carvolix. Carvolix is a medical technology company that is introducing AI into cardiology. Before Carvolix, Philippe was the founder of Abivax, which makes drugs for chronic inflammatory diseases like ulcerative colitis. He’s been working on helping French medical products develop…
This is the question that a recent AJMCcommentary by William Shrank, Ellen Kelsay, and Mark Fendrick aims to answer. When talking about cell and gene therapies, the authors argue that cost sharing is not being used to avoid unnecessary use of low value care, but rather as a form of rationing that creates disparities in…
Depending on whom you ask, Alfred Engelberg could be a hero or a villain in the story of American pharmaceuticals. The patent lawyer helped write legislation that led to a dramatic increase in the number of generic drugs on the market. He also contributed to a patent system that gives pharmaceutical companies monopolies on their…
BRISTOL, Conn. — Many hospital systems in Connecticut have stopped suing their patients over unpaid bills, stung by criticism about the harm caused by aggressive collection tactics. But physicians, dentists, ambulance companies, and other health care providers are still taking their patients to court, a Connecticut Mirror-KFF Health News investigation of state legal records shows….
Peter Stetson is the CMIO of Tiger Connect. It’s now calling itself an AI platform to connect people, especially workflows between doctors, nurses, EMTs and devices. Until recently he was CMIO at Memorial Sloan Kettering, so I asked him about what the real problems in communications were. He believes it’s all about routing the calls…
KFF Health News Michigan correspondent Kate Wells discussed urgent care clinics offering abortions on Apple News Today on April 15. Click here to hear Wells on Apple News Today. Read Wells’ “Urgent Care Clinics Move To Fill Abortion Care Gaps in Rural Areas.” KFF Health News Montana correspondent Katheryn Houghton discussed doula Medicaid reimbursements on…
Vince Lahey, de Carefree, Arizona, utiliza con entusiasmo los chatbots. Desde los productos de grandes empresas tecnológicas hasta los más “sospechosos”, le ofrecen “alguien con quien puedo compartir más secretos que con mi terapeuta”. Le gustan especialmente las aplicaciones para recibir comentarios y apoyo, aunque a veces lo regañan o hacen que se pelee con…
The Host Mary Agnes Carey KFF Health News @maryagnescarey Mary Agnes Carey is managing editor of KFF Health News. She previously served as the director of news partnerships, overseeing placement of KFF Health News content in publications nationwide. As a senior correspondent, Mary Agnes covered health reform and federal health policy. President Donald Trump this…
As family separations caused by immigration enforcement ramped up last year under President Donald Trump, I wondered what happens to the children whose parents are detained or deported. I found that some have been placed in foster care if they don’t have other family or friends to assume responsibility for them — but it’s not…