In December 2024, Marjorie Tingley’s adult sons received an urgent email from the dementia care unit at Vista Grande Villa, a Michigan senior living community. They were told that their 85-year-old mother was a major safety threat. On at least 10 days the previous month, Tingley had hit, kicked, or elbowed aides when they were…
NEW RICHLAND, Minn. — Floodwater seeped through the nursing home’s front door just before sunrise. Inside the New Richland Care Center, staff members rushed to move 36 residents out of the building on Sept. 19 while they still could. They pushed elderly residents in wheelchairs through 4-inch-deep water to buses waiting in the parking lot,…
By TOMMY BEVERIDGE Thought experiment. What if the United States had a vast network of primary care-oriented non-profit health clinics? Imagine if there were, say, 17,000 locations in the most needed corners of our country? What if these clinics had to see everyone, had to offer a sliding fee scale for their services, and be…
Tiny Health’s Series B round was led by B Capital, with participation from Spero Ventures, The Venture City, Overwater Ventures, Black Opal Ventures, Denver Ventures, Pave Health Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels and Pari Passu Ventures. The post Tiny Health Secures $33M to Expand Microbiome Testing appeared first on MedCity News.
Unite Us and Instacart announced Tuesday that they are partnering to connect healthcare organizations’ care coordination efforts with grocery benefits, with the aim of making food-as-medicine programs easier to launch and operate at scale. The post Unite Us, Instacart Link Care Coordination and Grocery Benefits to Scale Food-as-Medicine appeared first on MedCity News.
This brief describes the verification process for Medicaid work requirements in Nebraska and examines early data on outcomes for individuals subject to work requirements.
AstraZeneca’s equity investment in Summit Therapeutics comes with plans for clinical trial collaborations. The deal brings AstraZeneca into a growing group of pharmaceutical companies testing the pairing of antibody drug conjugates with PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibodies, a drug combination that could offer advantages in cancer treatment. The post AstraZeneca Places a $2B Bet on a Summit…
Over a three-year period, Siemens Healthineers’ initiative seeks to shorten cybersecurity response times by simulating hospital scenarios, balancing rapid vulnerability remediation with the imperative of uninterrupted healthcare delivery
In this episode of the MedCity Pivot Podcast, CEO Priya Abani talks about the evolution of AliveCor, one of the earliest digital health companies. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: A Conversation With AliveCor’s Priya Abani appeared first on MedCity News.
The combined nonprofit organization would include 22 hospitals, more than 135 clinics and 6,000 clinicians