Medicine

[Sponsored] Temperature-sensitive medications represent one of the most critical operational and regulatory challenges in modern pharmacy management. The post Best Automated Systems for Cold Chain Pharmacy Management appeared first on MedCity News.

For many organizations, the workload has become too large for manual review alone. AI and automation are stepping in, not to replace the human element, but to restore focus to it. The post The Future of Pharmacovigilance Technology: How AI and Automation Are Redefining Drug Safety appeared first on MedCity News.

As individual enrollment grows, agents must evolve to meet a more complex, consumer-driven market. The post Individual Coverage Is Reshaping Health Insurance. Agents Are the Key to Making It Work appeared first on MedCity News.

The contract research organization consolidation trend continues with Worldwide Clinical Trials striking a deal for Catalyst Clinical Research, which has particular expertise in oncology. Worldwide is a portfolio company of Kohlberg, a private equity firm. The post Worldwide Clinical Trials to Buy Catalyst, Another M&A Deal Between Private Equity-Backed CROs appeared first on MedCity News.

As OpenAI and Anthropic move deeper into healthcare, experts say AI chatbots are becoming the new front door to medicine. This shift is shaking things up for some health tech startups, redefining the patient-provider relationship, and intensifying debates over safety, privacy and accountability. The post What Does OpenAI and Anthropic’s Healthcare Push Means for the…

AnswersNow’s Series B round was led by HealthQuest Capital, with participation from Left Lane Capital and Owl Ventures. The post AnswersNow Raises $40M to Expand Access to Autism Therapy appeared first on MedCity News.

I lived for nine years with ALS while navigating a healthcare system that routinely obscured my own medical reality. But I know that pain is only amplified for individuals without medical expertise like mine. The post We Have a Problem: Even Doctors Struggle to Navigate our Healthcare System appeared first on MedCity News.

When MRD testing evolves from a numerical readout into a definition of clonal behavior, it becomes what clinicians have needed all along: a tool that informs action, not just detection. The post Same Mutation, Different Fate appeared first on MedCity News.

About 31,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers plan to launch an open-ended strike over staffing shortages, wages and care access issues — potentially affecting dozens of hospitals and hundreds of clinics in California and Hawaii. While Kaiser blames unions for stalled negotiations, workers say the conflict reflects deeper concerns about patient safety, burnout and health systems’…