HELENA, Mont. — In 2023, a group of 16 young Montanans won a much-heralded climate change case that said the state had deprived them of a “clean and healthful environment,” a right enshrined in Montana’s constitution. Their victory in Held v. Montana, later upheld by the state Supreme Court, resounded across the country, showing that…
Now is the time to build a system where every pregnant person, regardless of zip code, ethnicity, or insurance status, can access the level of care their pregnancy demands. The post The U.S. Keeps Failing the March of Dimes Report Card. Here’s One Gap We Can Close Right Now appeared first on MedCity News.
Amgen’s experimental obesity drug, MariTide, led to an average 20% reduction in weight in a Phase 2 clinical trial. While investors hoped for greater weight loss, some analysts say less burdensome monthly dosing of MariTide could make it competitive against weekly injectable weight drugs Zepbound and Wegovy. The post Weight Loss With Amgen Drug in…
For five years straight, patients responding to the State of Patient Access survey have ranked “seeing a doctor quickly” as a top priority. Unfortunately, 94% of patients are still waiting more than two weeks for an appointment. Too many find themselves stuck in scheduling dead-ends, with unanswered calls, endless hold times and limited options when…
Beleaguered for-profit hospital system will seek to sell off remaining operations outside of California
[Sponsored] Balancing recovery with professional obligations can feel overwhelming. The post Personalized Rehab Solution: Supporting Patients With Work Responsibilities appeared first on MedCity News.
David Dyke is the Chief Product Officer of Relatient, which is one of the biggest players in the up and coming area of direct patient scheduling. As anyone who has been stuck in a phone tree or tried to reach a live human just to get an appointment at a doctor’s office knows, scheduling in…
Verily is testing wastewater across World Cup host cities for pathogens like RSV, measles and norovirus, aiming to spot outbreaks five to seven days before they show up in clinics. The post What’s Flowing Beneath the World Cup: How Verily’s Wastewater Monitoring Could Catch the Next Outbreak appeared first on MedCity News.
Companies running private Medicare and Medicaid insurance plans inaccurately list many mental health professionals as being available to treat the plans’ members, a new federal watchdog report says. The investigators allege that some insurers effectively set up “ghost networks” of psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals who purportedly have agreed to treat patients covered…
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