Vertex Pharmaceuticals is known for its cystic fibrosis drugs, but the company aims to diversify with a pipeline that reaches more therapeutic areas. CEO Reshma Kewalramani explained Vertex’s strategy during the World Medical Innovation Forum in Boston. The post Pain Meds, Cell Therapies & More: Vertex Pharma CEO Talks About What’s Next After Cystic Fibrosis…
Georgia is one of dozens of states that require health-care facilities to ask for permission to build or expand by obtaining “certificates of need.” Basically, state regulators get to decide whether a town needs a new hospital or long-term care center. If the need is deemed real, they’re granted a “CON.” The intent of the…
The integration of AI into mental healthcare is more advanced than many realize because it’s not always obvious; frequently, it’s providing support to free up clinicians to spend more time with their patients or to get more patients into treatment. The post How AI Humanizes Mental Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Many great ideas fail because of a fundamental misunderstanding or underestimation of the unique barriers entrenched within healthcare. Here are some key considerations that innovators from non-healthcare backgrounds need to be prepared for. The post The Long Road to Adoption: What Founders Need to Know Before Breaking into Health Tech appeared first on MedCity News.
Sara McGinnis tenía nueve meses de embarazo de su segundo hijo y algo no iba bien. Su cuerpo estaba hinchado. Estaba cansada y mareada. Su esposo, Bradley McGinnis, dijo que ella le había informado a su doctor y enfermeras sobre sus síntomas e incluso había ido a la sala de emergencias cuando empeoraron. Pero, según…
With the 2024 election season underway, a large majority of the public reports hearing false claims about immigrants from candidates or elected officials, and many immigrants say Donald Trump’s rhetoric in particular is negatively affecting how they are treated. This poll finding also gauges understanding about U.S. immigrants’ eligibility for government benefits programs.
Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon [it].” Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on “Meet the Press,” Sept. 15 Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sept. 15 told viewers of NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Trump built up the Affordable Care Act, even though Trump could…
With immigration and border security getting attention heading into November’s elections, a large majority of the public reports hearing false claims about immigrants from candidates or elected officials, and many immigrants say the rhetoric is negatively affecting how they are treated, a new KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll finds. Fielded before the Sept. 10 debate…More
By MIKE MAGEE “What did they know, and when did they know it?” These are the questions Americans have become accustomed to asking of their leaders, dating back to Nixon and extending to Trump, and all Presidents in between. But now the same questions have surfaced, to the extreme discomfort of conservative Justices, as death…
In the U.S., health insurance premiums are tax deductible–if paid through out of pocket expenses–but out-of-pocket expenses are not. However, there are exceptions to this rule. These include two often-used tax-favored accounts: Flexible savings accounts (FSA). These accounts allow employees to set aside a portion of their pretax income to cover qualified medical expenses; however,…