When the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network organized its annual citizen lobby day in Washington last month, more than 500 volunteers pushed members of Congress to keep cancer research and support for cancer patients at the top of the nation’s health care agenda. It came as Democrats and Republicans in Washington headed toward a budget impasse over extending the enhanced subsidies that…
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That is the title of a paper I published today in Journal of Market Access & Health Policy with co-authors by Karim EI-Kersh, Nadine Zawadzki, Catelyn Coyle, Shurui Zhang, Dhruv Dalal, Anna Watzker, and Dominik Lautsch. The abstract is below: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and cancer share high mortality and complex prognoses. Due to PAH’s…
Focusing on comprehensive strategies and embracing flexible technology solutions arms pharmacy leaders to stay ahead of industry changes, connect teams, and integrate information efficiently. The post 10 Imperatives of a Medication Intelligence System to Streamline the Pharmacy Lifecycle appeared first on MedCity News.
Epic’s rollout of a built-in AI charting tool is intensifying competition in the already crowded ambient AI scribe market, forcing standalone vendors to sharpen their differentiation in an Epic-dominated health system landscape. The post Do Ambient Scribe Startups Have a Future Now That Epic Launched Its Own Tool? appeared first on MedCity News.
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After losing and regaining the same 20-plus pounds more times than she could count, Anita Blanchard concluded that diets don’t work. So when the University of North Carolina-Charlotte professor learned that Ozempic — developed to treat Type 2 diabetes — helped people lose weight and keep it off, Blanchard was determined to try it. The…
By KIM BELLARD A recent report from Moody’s Analytics, by chief economist Mark Zandi, had an eye-opening fact: the top 10% of earners in the U.S. – those who make $250,000 or more – now account for just shy (49.7%) of half of consumer spending. If that strikes you as unusual, you’re right. It is…
Colton George, un niño de 9 años, de Indiana, se sintió enfermo. Les dijo a sus padres que le dolía el estómago. No paraba de correr al baño y se sentía demasiado mal como para terminar un partido de baloncesto. Días más tarde, estaba en una cama de hospital, luchando por su vida. La demanda…
The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest estimate shows that the One Big Beautiful Bill would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $793 and that the Medicaid provisions would increase the number of uninsured people by 7.8 million. Previous CBO estimates show that 10.3 million fewer people would be enrolled in Medicaid in 2034. Building on prior…