Houston Methodist Coordinate Care is reducing costs through a partnership with Koda Health, a digital platform that guides patients through their end-of-life choices. Preliminary findings show the technology resulted in a 19% reduction in the total cost of care for patients at the end of their life, which equals nearly $9,000 in savings per patient….
If your neighbor is a backyard chicken hobbyist, should you be worried about bird flu? KFF Health News national public health correspondent Amy Maxmen answers that question and shares her reporting, on WAMU’s “Health Hub” segment March 5. The latest outbreak of bird flu has upended egg, poultry, and dairy operations, sickened dozens of farmworkers,…
CagriSema, a dual-acting drug in development by Novo Nordisk, met the goal of a Phase 3 test in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes. But the topline results don’t show an advantage over Eli Lilly’s commercialized obesity medication, Zepbound. The post Novo Nordisk’s Next-Gen Obesity Drug Disappoints Again With Lower Than Expected Weight Loss…
The discussions at HIMSS25, particularly around AI, felt very grounded indeed
A panel of clinician and other leaders looked at issues around clinician engagement in AI
OCR Opens Four Investigations of Medical Schools and Hospitals
[Sponsored] Innovative sterilization cases and trays are instrumental in reducing infection risk in medical settings. Learn notable things about them and their makers. The post Everything You Need to Know About Sterilization Cases and Their Role in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
When home dialysis is done right, care partners quickly discover they are becoming an integral part of the process as engaged, informed participants rather than uninformed outside observers. By knowing more, care partners can worry a lot less. The post When Dialysis Comes Home, Patients and Care Partners Flourish appeared first on MedCity News.
Innovative transplant diagnostics and novel paradigms that give a clearer picture of a recipient’s immune system at various phases of the transplant journey can enable transplant teams to mitigate some of these challenges and make more accurate and faster donor assessments, as well as more informed and patient-centric decisions post-transplant. The post Harnessing Innovative Transplant…
BOLIGEE, Ala. — Green lights flickered on the wireless router in Barbara Williams’ kitchen. Just one bar lit up — a weak signal connecting her to the world beyond her home in the Alabama Black Belt. Next to the router sat medications, vitamin D pills, and Williams’ blood glucose monitor kit. “I haven’t used that…