Cyril Philip, vice president of digital health ventures with Bon Secours Mercy Health and digital ventures lead for Accrete Health Partners, is taking part in a panel discussion at INVEST Digital Health in Dallas on September 18. In response to emailed questions, he addressed some of these challenges. The post What Challenges Do Implementing New…
A measles outbreak is growing in a Texas county with dangerously low vaccination rates. In late January, two school-age children from Gaines County were hospitalized with measles. Since an estimated 1 in 5 people with the disease end up in the hospital, the two cases suggested a larger outbreak. As of Feb. 6, there were…
Healthcare experts shared key principles that are guiding health system strategy during a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST conference. These leaders believe in flexible, patient-centered engagement strategies, emphasize clinical value as the benchmark for adopting technology, and champion collaboration to scale solutions that deliver proven results. The post 3 Rules Health Systems Are Living By…
The Trump administration recently issued a manifesto on what’s wrong with health in America, but many of its actions clash with its answers. Scientists and public health advocates see deep disconnects between what the administration has said about health — notably, in “The MAHA Report,” which President Donald Trump recently presented at the White House…
[Sponsored] Using RWD to understand SDOH factors faced by patients with non-small cell lung cancer paves the way for improving health equity and more effective treatments for more people. The post The Role of RWD in Revolutionizing Clinical Trial Design appeared first on MedCity News.
In a top-rated nursing home in Alexandria, Virginia, the Rev. Donald Goodness is cared for by nurses and aides from various parts of Africa. One of them, Jackline Conteh, a naturalized citizen and nurse assistant from Sierra Leone, bathes and helps dress him most days and vigilantly intercepts any meal headed his way that contains…
The company will close some Oak Street clinics next year and has pulled back on plans to open other locations.
Cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs proposed in President Donald Trump’s budget plan would rapidly push more than 300 financially struggling rural hospitals toward a fiscal cliff, according to researchers who track the facilities’ finances. The hospitals would be at a disproportionate risk of closure, service reductions, or ending inpatient care, according to…
More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the covid-19 vaccine. The project, dubbed Operation Warp Speed, likely saved millions of lives. But a substantial number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics — and Trump rarely mentions what’s considered one of the great public health…
That is a key question if long-run drug prices are going to come down for biologic products. We can decompose this question into 3 sub-questions: What share patients initiating therapy start on a biosimilar?What share of patients already using a biologic products switch to a biosimilar?Do patient of physician factors drive biosimilar prescribing patterns? A…