One of the key benefits of the UK health system is that everyone has access to care. However, is care provided equally to all people? A paper by Matias et al. (2024) examines whether or not there are any inequalities in waiting times by socioeconomic status for women diagnosed with breast cancer in England and…
CMS has introduced the MAHA ELEVATE model to expand lifestyle medicine in Medicare, a move experts support but say will hinge on effective implementation. The post What Health Experts Are Saying About the MAHA ELEVATE Program appeared first on MedCity News.
This analysis looks at the share of family income people with employer-based coverage pay toward their premiums and out-of-pocket payments for medical care. The cost of employer sponsored health insurance—including premiums, deductibles, and other out-of-pocket costs—has risen steadily over time.
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Omada Health filed for an IPO on Friday. It’s the second major digital health company to do so this year, following musculoskeletal company Hinge Health in March. The post Omada Health Files to Go Public: Will It Be Successful? appeared first on MedCity News.
This fact sheet shares information about the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. government funding and engagement with WHO.
Our annual family vacation on Cape Cod included all the familiar summer pleasures: climbing dunes, walking beaches, spotting seals, eating oysters, reading books we had intended to get to all year. And a little shopping. My grandkid wanted a few small toys. My daughter stocked up on thousand-piece jigsaw puzzles at the game store in…
Steps that healthcare providers can take – internally and with the help of external partners – to boost both their security capabilities and the confidence of their clinicians in those capabilities The post Imaging Practices Can Restore Their Clinicians’ Cybersecurity Confidence With These Four Steps appeared first on MedCity News.
Ambient clinical intelligence company chose wide variety of health systems to advise company on core product and sustainable business model
Hackensack Meridian Health launched a clinical trial with Israeli startup SpotitEarly, which is developing a cancer test that combines AI with trained dogs to analyze patients’ breath. The study aims to validate this noninvasive approach alongside traditional screenings, potentially enabling earlier and more accessible cancer detection. The post Hackensack Meridian Health Launches Trial of Canine-Powered…