KFF Health News and KCUR followed the stories of people injured during the Feb. 14, 2024, mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration. As the one-year mark since the parade shooting nears, the last installment in our series “The Injured” looks at how some survivors talk about resilience, while others are desperately…
For more than a decade, Kaiser Permanente has been under the microscope for shortcomings in mental health care, even as it is held in high esteem on the medical side. In 2013, California regulators fined the insurer $4 million for failing to reduce wait times, giving patients inaccurate information, and improperly tracking appointment data. And…
By MIKE MAGEE “As machines become more intelligent and can performance more sophisticated functions, a new relationship between human and automation is dawning. This relationship is moving from master-servant to teammates…” NASA Langley Research Center/2019 “DeepSeek’s Breakthrough Sparks National Pride in China,” screamed the Wall Street Journal headline last week. In the age of Trump’s…
Dan Liljenquist, Intermountain Health’s chief strategy officer, said that more large health systems should employ a hub-and-spoke model to ensure that rural providers can thrive. Under this model, large health systems partner with rural hospitals — with the rural “spoke” hospitals gaining access to the larger “hub” health system’s technology, staff, medication discounts and more….
Lynx’s Series A round was led by Flare Capital Partners and included participation from CVS Health Ventures, McKesson Ventures, .406 Ventures, Obvious Ventures and Frist Cressey Ventures. The post Lynx Secures $27M To Simplify Healthcare Payments appeared first on MedCity News.
Desde 2022, entre tantos otros mamíferos, ha habido más de 80 casos confirmados de gatos domésticos con gripe aviar: generalmente gatos de granero que vivían en granjas lecheras, gatos salvajes y mascotas que pasan tiempo al aire libre y probablemente la contrajeron al cazar roedores o aves silvestres enfermas. Ahora, un pequeño pero creciente número…
By MATTHEW HOLT There’s been a lot of discussion lately about whether digital health is a legitimate place for venture capital. There have been lots of huge failures, very few notable successes (and certainly no “biggest companies in the world” yet, while some real giants (Walmart/Walgreens/Amazon) have come in and then got out of health…
A data safety monitoring board recommended pausing the Phase 2b test of Pliant’s bexotegrast, an experimental treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The move follows a prespecified data review, the company said. The post Pliant Therapeutics Presses Pause on Clinical Trial for Lung Disorder Drug appeared first on MedCity News.
VITL CEO Beth Anderson says the pandemic helped cement a bond between Vermont health information exchange and Department of Health
AI can be a highly effective tool for plans aiming to reduce fraud, waste and abuse, but only if it is combined with investigative intelligence. The post AI: A Good Tool to Combat Bad Actors in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.