[Sponsored] Make Biotech Showcase your homebase during the busiest week in healthcare. The event convenes 3,200 life science leaders, including 1,200+ investors and over 340 presenting companies, for three days of breakthrough innovation, investment opportunities and strategic collaborations. The post Biotech Showcase™: Where Innovation Meets Investment and Partnerships appeared first on MedCity News.
Ochsner Health is expanding its use of Latent Health’s AI platform after its reduced medication prior authorization times to just 4-5 minutes. The technology is designed to both streamline pharmacists’ workflows as well as improve patients’ access to medications. The post Ochsner Health Scales AI Tool After Its Cuts Prior Authorization Time to Just 4-5…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as many people as New York and more than three times as many as Texas — the two states with the largest number of Medicaid participants after California….
El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, firmó la semana del 13 de octubre un conjunto de proyectos de ley para proteger la privacidad de pacientes transgénero, en medio de las constantes amenazas de la administración Trump. Sin embargo, hubo una omisión importante que, según defensores de la comunidad LGBTQ+ y estrategas políticos, forma parte de…
Providence researchers discuss their recently published results on the impact of ambient clinical intelligence on documentation workload
That is the title of my latest Perspectives from the Healthcare Economist article published in The Evidence Base this week. Here is the teaser: In this guest column, healthcare economist Jason Shafrin (FTI Consulting and Mann School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California) explores a widening divide over how health systems define value, and what that means…
By prioritizing sustainability-minded and compliant waste management in the workplace, healthcare leaders can advance patient and employee well-being, as well as environmental and fiscally responsible programs. The post Advancing Patient & Planet Health Through Proper Healthcare Waste Management appeared first on MedCity News.
This fact sheet explains the types of permanent contraception or sterilization procedures available, reviews private insurance and Medicaid coverage policy, and discusses issues that affect availability in the U.S.
Lantern’s $30 million raise was led by Morgan Health, a JPMorganChase business unit focused on employer-sponsored healthcare, as well as Echo Health Ventures, a strategic investment platform that invests on behalf of multiple Blues health plans. The post Lantern Secures $30M to Fuel Growth Across Employers and Health Plans appeared first on MedCity News.
This is the subtitle of a study by Rebaudo et al. (2024) that aims to examine how different factors impact individual willingness to provide caregiving. The study is focused on potential caregivers in Germany. Before we get to the statistical analysis, first some background: Informal Caregiving in Germany The article provides a nice summary of…