DENVER — Seven years ago, Erica Green learned through a Facebook post that her brother had been shot. She rushed to check on him at a hospital run by Denver Health, the city’s safety-net system, but she was unable to get information from emergency room workers, who complained that she was creating a disturbance. “I…
President Donald Trump’s health officials want you to take your vitamins. Mehmet Oz, the nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has fed calves on camera to tout the health wonders of bovine colostrum on behalf of one purveyor in which he has a financial stake. Janette Nesheiwat, the potential surgeon general,…
By KIM BELLARD I know: you’re pretty proud for being into “wearables” to help monitor your health and other functions. You’ve got some apps on your smartphone. You use a smartwatch. Maybe you’ve tried one of the many iterations of smart glasses, like Google Glass or Meta’s Ray Bans. You were disappointed when Humane’s AI…
The Incidental Economist website has a helpful explainer video. The truth is that higher cost is due to both higher prices and more utilization of healthcare goods and services. It is not caused by any one stakeholder within the healthcare ecosystem. Reducing health care costs would require significant–and often painful–tradeoffs.
The Alliance for Women’s Health and Prevention and several other organizations are urging employers to cover the “full range of evidence-based obesity care options,” including medical nutrition therapy, intensive behavioral therapy, surgery and medications. The post More than 65 Organizations Call on Workplaces to Provide Comprehensive Obesity Care Coverage appeared first on MedCity News.
AI tools very rarely work as out-of-the box solutions, noted Zafar Chaudry, chief digital officer and chief AI and information officer at Seattle Children’s. When hospitals enter into contracts with AI developers to build tools that are the right fit, he thinks the two parties should share risk. That way, hospitals won’t be stuck paying…
Roche will share in developing and commercializing petrelintide, a clinical-stage Zealand Pharma drug that activates the amylin receptor to spark weight loss. This agreement represents the highest total financial consideration in the obesity field to date. The post Roche Puts Up $1.65B to Partner With Zealand on ‘Future Foundational Therapy’ for Obesity appeared first on…
This chart collection examines five types of indicators: outcomes of treatment, provision of appropriate treatment, patient safety, preventive services, and health system capacity and workforce shortages. Measuring quality in health care is complex: a vast number of metrics are used to monitor health system performance since there is no singular definition of quality, and data…
By reducing the time spent on administrative tasks, AI scribes allow physicians to focus more on what truly matters — patient care. As the technology continues to evolve and improve, its adoption will likely become more widespread, further enhancing its benefits. The post Evidence-Based Medicine: AI Scribes Actually Work appeared first on MedCity News.
I asked if I could purchase the brace myself and bring it to the surgery. The answer was an unequivocal no: the health insurer’s contracted rate required me to purchase the brace from the hospital as part of the procedure. The post A 2,100% Markup: My Battle with a Vastly Overpriced Knee Brace — and…