This brief provides new data from the 2024 KFF Women’s Health Survey on access to fertility care, including women’s opinions about access in their state, cost barriers, and the range of fertility services that women use.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Blocks from where tourists stroll along the cobblestoned riverfront in this racially divided city, Detraya Gilliard made her way down the dark, ruptured sidewalks of Yamacraw Village, looking for her missing 15-year-old daughter. Like most other people living in one of the nation’s oldest public housing projects, Gilliard endured the boarded-up buildings…
Industry experts discuss cybersecurity within healthcare organizations at the annual HIMSS conference
This analysis examines differences in HIV outcomes by urban/rural residence, wealth quintile, sex, and age in 15 PEPFAR countries and finds that HIV equity gaps were found for some, but not all, subpopulation groups.
Top challenges impacting specialty pharmacy outcomes, and how health systems may achieve efficiencies and enhance performance for optimal outcomes. The post An Integrated Approach to Optimizing Specialty Pharmacy and Accelerating Performance appeared first on MedCity News.
Walter Singleterry has worked as a member of the Environmental Services at Baptist Health Shelby Hospital for the last 14 years. Not long after after he was hired, Walter was promoted to cleaning patients’ rooms—a position he does not take lightly. Phyllis Thomas, a manager in the EVS department at Shelby Hospital, has worked at…
To overcome challenges and ensure that RPM reaches its full potential, both providers and payers need to implement several key strategies — and technology is a key component to making everything easier on all organizations. The post Remote Patient Monitoring Works … What are Payers and Providers Waiting for? appeared first on MedCity News.
Eli Lilly reported that in addition to achieving greater reductions in weight, Zepbound-treated patients achieved greater reductions in waist circumference compared to those treated with Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. Full details from the head-to-head Phase 3 test were presented at the European Congress on Obesity meeting. The post Details From Head-to-Head Phase 3 Test Give Fuller…
Twentyeight Health’s $10 million Series A round was led by Seae Ventures and included participation from Impact America Fund, The Social Entrepreneurs’ Fund, RH Capital, Impact Engine, Gratitude Railroad and Townhall Ventures. The post Twentyeight Health Raises $10M, Secures New Medicaid Partnerships appeared first on MedCity News.
Integrating nursing expertise into technology design, development, and implementation fosters early user support, establishes credibility with the technology, and leads to significantly better usage across the organization, avoiding the creation of process workarounds. The post The Nurse as Designer: Breaking Down Barriers with Clinician-Center Innovation appeared first on MedCity News.